Senior Cloud Platform Engineer - Remote Opportunity

About the Role

We're hiring a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to join our dynamic team at Trendyol. In this role, you will help accelerate Trendyol’s cloud journey by working closely with platform and infrastructure teams. As a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer, you'll design and build scalable cloud platform capabilities, improve automation, and enable product teams to adopt cloud-native technologies. Your work will focus on creating reliable, efficient, and developer-friendly infrastructure that supports large-scale workloads.

What You'll Do

• Design and build scalable cloud architectures and automation systems across AWS, GCP, and Alibaba Cloud environments.
• Collaborate with engineering, platform, and operations teams to understand their needs and deliver reliable cloud solutions.
• Contribute to platform and infrastructure roadmaps, proposing improvements and new capabilities.
• Enable product and domain teams to effectively use public cloud platforms and cloud-native technologies.
• Evaluate and recommend cloud technologies and architectural strategies to improve cost efficiency, scalability, and performance.

Requirements

• Strong Cloud Expertise – Deep hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Infrastructure as Code Mindset – Proficient with tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, or similar IaC solutions.
• Platform Thinking – Ability to build internal platforms that improve developer experience and reduce cognitive load for application teams.
• Automation First Approach – Passion for eliminating manual operations through automation, scripting, and platform tooling.
• Scalability & Performance Awareness – Experience designing systems that can handle large-scale workloads and traffic spikes while maintaining performance and reliability.
• Cost Awareness – Ability to design architectures with cost efficiency in mind and experience optimizing cloud resource utilization.
• Collaborative Mindset – Comfortable working cross-functionally with developers, SREs, network, security, and platform teams.
• Ownership & Leadership – Takes end-to-end ownership of platform components and actively contributes to improving engineering standards.

Nice to Have

• Experience with container orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Knowledge of security best practices in cloud environments.

What We Offer

• Hybrid working model with flexibility: a schedule that helps you find the right balance between flexibility and team bonding, including work-from-abroad opportunities and a summer working model.
• Customisable FlexBenefits budget: Adjust your daily meal allowance, choose your health insurance package (and extend it to your spouse or children), and pick from additional benefits like fuel support or Trendyol shopping credits.
• Well-being support: Access to location-based in-house doctors, as well as psychologist and dietitian support, and HPV vaccination provision.
• Personalised training allowance and learning opportunities: Use your annual budget for any training or conference of your choice, explore our Learning Management System (LMS) anytime, and join in-person learning sessions offered throughout the year.
• Responsibility from day one: Take full ownership from the start in a culture where every voice is heard and valued.
• A diverse, international team: Collaborate with global peers across our offices in Berlin, Amsterdam, Dubai, and beyond, in a startup-spirited and collaborative environment.
• Opportunities to grow with the best: Tackle meaningful challenges, develop through hands-on experience, and grow with the support of expert guidance and global mentoring.
• Meaningful connections beyond tasks: Be part of team rituals, events, and social activities that help us stay connected and inspired.