Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

<h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Senior Cloud Platform Engineer</strong></h2> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Team: Platform</em></p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Prolific</em></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Prolific is not just another player in the AI space – we are the architects of the human data infrastructure that's reshaping the landscape of AI development. In a world where foundational AI technologies are increasingly commoditised, it's the quality and diversity of human-generated data that truly differentiates products and models.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>The role</em></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Our Cloud Platform team empowers developers to build and deploy their applications swiftly, securely, and seamlessly. As a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer, you'll be deep in Prolific's technical foundation, ensuring our infrastructure remains scalable, reliable, and ready for growth. You'll implement automation strategies that reduce complexity, champion best practices, and serve as a trusted technical expert to teams across Prolific.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>What you’ll bring to the role</em></p> <ul style="text-align: center;"> <li>Extensive experience administering and optimising large-scale Kubernetes clusters</li> <li>Strong experience with Kubernetes tooling, such as Helm and kustomize</li> <li>Strong experience with GitOps tooling and methodologies, such as ArgoCD</li> <li>Proven experience with Google Cloud Platform services and architecture</li> <li>Strong knowledge in GKE and Kubernetes, including maintenance and optimisation of production clusters</li> <li>Strong experience with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and automation</li> <li>Solid programming skills in Python and/or TypeScript&nbsp;</li> <li>Experience creating developer-focused documentation and self-service solutions that enable teams to easily self-serve</li> <li>Strong customer empathy, with a focus on supporting the needs of internal teams (our Prolificos)</li> </ul> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>What you’ll be doing in the role&nbsp;</em></p> <ul style="text-align: center;"> <li>Manage and optimise our Kubernetes clusters in GKE through Terraform</li> <li>Support our compliance with SOC2, ISO-27001, and