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OfferUpOfferUpBellevue, WA

Senior Cloud Engineer

Senior Cloud Engineer owning AWS/GCP infrastructure, Kubernetes/GitOps platforms, and CI/CD systems. Designs and operates scalable, secure cloud infrastructure while mentoring engineers and enabling AI/ML tooling.

215k – 240k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEDevOps / SRE

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and operate cloud infrastructure, platform tooling, and CI/CD systems for OfferUp's core applications
  • Build cloud infrastructure as code using Terraform on AWS and GCP, optimizing for reliability, security, and cost
  • Own and evolve the Kubernetes & GitOps platform (EKS/GKE, Envoy/Gloo networking, Helm, ArgoCD)
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and developer workflows (GitHub Actions, monorepo tooling, JFrog Artifactory)
  • Maintain backend "golden templates" and shared libraries used across the organization
  • Lead platform migrations end-to-end including observability, data-store, Kubernetes, and multi-account migrations
  • Drive operational excellence and security: own observability in Datadog, participate in on-call, remediate CVEs, manage secrets and access controls (Cloudflare/ZTNA, Okta, SSO, Workload Identity Federation), optimize cloud cost
  • Enable AI/ML developer tooling (Amazon Bedrock, Claude, AI-assisted workflows)
  • Lead design and code reviews, set technical standards, mentor engineers, and partner with other teams

Requirements

  • 5–8 years in cloud engineering, infrastructure, platform, DevOps, or SRE roles
  • Bachelor's in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
  • Deep, hands-on experience with AWS (ideally GCP): EKS/GKE, Lambda, networking, IAM, S3, Kinesis, OpenSearch, Route53 using Terraform at scale
  • Solid experience with Kubernetes (EKS/GKE), Helm, GitOps (ArgoCD), and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar) in a monorepo or multi-service environment
  • Experience with 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
  • Ability to communicate technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences, lead through influence, and mentor other engineers

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience with edge and zero-trust networking (Cloudflare, Envoy/Gloo)
  • Experience operating data and streaming infrastructure (Kinesis, Flink, Redis/Valkey, Confluent/Kafka)
  • Experience enabling AI/ML infrastructure or developer tooling (Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker, or LLM-based developer workflows)
  • Experience with security and compliance practices, change management, and incident management at scale
  • Experience with GCP Workload Identity Federation and cross-cloud (AWS↔GCP) integrations

Compensation & Benefits

  • Compensation Range: $215,000 - $240,000
  • Equity in OfferUp
  • Health insurance, healthcare savings and spending accounts
  • 401(k) plan with match
  • Basic and voluntary life insurance, disability benefits
  • Paid time off: sick leave, family/medical leave, vacation (flexible 3-5 weeks), 12 company holidays

Skills

AWSGCPTerraformKubernetesEKSGKEHelmArgo CDGitHub ActionsDatadogJavaTypeScriptPythonGoCI/CD

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