Senior Cloud Engineer I
Checkout.com · London, England ·
Overview In this role you drive the cloud foundations for Checkout.com's global payments platform. You will own and evolve multi-cloud infrastructure, primarily AWS and Azure, treating infrastructure as software and shipping with CI/CD.
You'll design scalable, secure architectures and build reusable Terraform modules, shaping the platform as a product with users, SLOs, and a roadmap. You work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure regulatory-compliant, highly available services at scale.
This is a hands-on leadership role that blends engineering excellence with mentorship and strategic impact. Pay / Benefits hybrid working model opportunity for growth impact-driven work global team collaboration Responsibilities Lead end-to-end design and delivery of large-scale platform projects from architecture to production Develop and maintain Terraform modules and secure state management, promoting IaC practices Collaborate with engineering managers and architects to refine requirements and ADRs Act as Subject Matter Expert for team-owned services, ensuring high availability and incident response Promote best practices, code quality, and cross-team standards Manage technical dependencies across pillars to balance speed and business outcomes Foster Checkout Operating Principles to shape group culture and efficiency Explore and implement AI-driven automation to improve infrastructure efficiency Key requirements 5+ years in cloud engineering with deep AWS experience Production experience with Azure including landing zones and governance models Strong software engineering mindset with IaC and Python automation Expert-level Terraform experience and CI/CD with Git-based workflows (Spacelift) Solid cloud networking skills (VPC/VNet, hub-and-spoke, PrivateLink) Kubernetes experience in production (EKS/AKS) Security/compliance awareness for regulated environments; PCI DSS is a plus Leadership and mentorship abilities; incident resolution and root-cause analysis Ability to work in a complex, established estate with fast-moving delivery Bachelor or related degree helpful but not required leadership mentorship problem-solving AWS multi-account architectures (Control Tower, Organizations) IAM, KMS, core AWS services Azure landing zones and VNet architectures