Senior Cloud Engineer – Hybrid

OfferUp

Senior Cloud Engineer designing, building, and operating cloud infrastructure at OfferUp. Ensuring scalability, reliability, and security for backend services across a multi-account cloud environment.

Posted 6/10/2026full-timeBellevue • Florida, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $215,000 - $240,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKubernetesPythonSQLTerraformTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and operate cloud infrastructure, platform tooling, and CI/CD systems for OfferUp's core applications
Build cloud infrastructure as code — design, implement, and maintain AWS and GCP infrastructure with Terraform
Own Kubernetes & GitOps platform — run and evolve EKS/GKE (cluster upgrades, Envoy/Gloo networking, Helm, ArgoCD delivery)
Build CI/CD pipelines and developer workflows (GitHub Actions, monorepo tooling, JFrog Artifactory)
Lead platform migrations end-to-end — plan, execute, and de-risk observability, data-store, Kubernetes, and multi-account migrations
Drive operational excellence & security — own observability in Datadog, remediate CVEs, manage secrets and access controls, optimize cloud cost
Enable AI/ML developer tooling, lead design and code reviews, set technical standards, mentor engineers

Requirements

What you’ll need

5–8 years in cloud engineering, infrastructure, platform, DevOps, or SRE roles
Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
Deep, hands-on AWS (ideally GCP) — EKS/GKE, Lambda, networking, IAM, S3, Kinesis, OpenSearch, Route53 — managed declaratively with Terraform at scale
Solid experience with Kubernetes (EKS/GKE), Helm, GitOps (ArgoCD), and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar)
Modern observability tooling (Datadog or similar) for metrics, logs, traces, and alerting; supporting production systems, on-call, and debugging complex distributed systems
Proficiency in at least one of Java, TypeScript, Python, or Go for automation, tooling, and platform development; comfort with scripting and SQL
Able to communicate technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences, lead through influence, and mentor other engineers

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Healthcare savings and spending accounts
Retirement savings benefits (401(k) plan with match)
Basic and voluntary life insurance
Disability benefits
Paid time off for sick leave, family and/or medical leave, vacation, and 12 company holidays
Flexible vacation policy
3-5 weeks of pre-planned vacation time per year
12 days (96 hours) of sick time per year

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Hard Skills & Tools

cloud engineeringinfrastructure as codeAWSGCPTerraformKubernetesGitOpsCI/CDJavaPython

Soft Skills

communicationleadershipmentoringinfluencetechnical standards

Certifications

Bachelor's in Computer Science