☁ Cloud Engineer
Hi, I am Michal from Applifting! 👋
I'm the Cloud Tech Lead of our cloud team, and I'm currently seeking an experienced professional to join us and help strengthen our capabilities.
Who are we?
Our team currently consists of 10 people, specialists primarily focused on major providers such as AWS, Azure, or GCP. We work on a wide variety of projects ranging from startups to corporations. Our daily work involves designing, building, and maintaining cloud infrastructures, which brings a high level of automation. Equally important is the communication with and support for developers and testers.
Something about the company.
We are Applifting – a software studio from Karlín with an 11-year tradition. Even though we're still growing and now have nearly 170 team members, we thrive as a teal company with a friendly, family-like atmosphere. All our projects are designed to make people's lives easier and must pass an internal ethics check.
What do we do?
- Provide cloud professional services to clients of various sizes
- Develop and support our internal cloud infrastructure
- Collaborate with developers to get their software into production
- Orchestrate, monitor, and automate using various platforms and solutions
What would you do?
- Help us bootstrap new projects and demonstrate expertise to our clients
- Design and implement cloud-based infrastructure through automation
- Write CI/CD pipelines and build observability solutions
- Collaborate with architects, developers, testers, and other stakeholders
- Mentor and develop junior colleagues to enhance their professional growth
What technologies will you work with?
- Cloud (AWS or Azure)
- Container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes + Helm, managed container platforms such as ECS or Container Apps)
- Databases (PostgreSQL, Azure SQL, MongoDB, Redis)
- Messaging (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS)
- Automation (Terraform, Ansible)
- CI/CD (GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines)
- GitOps (Argo CD)
- Observability (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus and Grafana)
- Scripting (Shell, Python, JavaScript)
What we've done - And what you could do with us?
- BankID - The bank identity platform and developer portal
- Skoala - A financial education platform for kids
- Jablotron Cloud - Transition from monolithic to microservices architecture
- Remangu - A remote-first, all-in-one game development cloud SaaS platform
- Erste - API Hub portal connecting each of the 9 banks in the Erste Group
- …and dozens more
Who are we looking for?
- Someone experienced in cloud (senior) and related technologies
- Someone with deep expertise in cloud networking and security principles / best practices
- Someone with drive and a passion for learning, who embraces project challenges as opportunities for growth
- Someone comfortable with a high level of independence. Applifting is fueled by freedom, but that requires a high level of personal responsibility
- Someone passionate about digital products and who stays on top of the latest trends
- Someone fluent in English - our clients come from the whole wide world
What do we have in Applifting?
🖖 "Hey buddy" attitude and open culture.
⏰ Flexible working hours.
⚖️ Mental well-being care in cooperation with therapists from Terap.io.
💆 Massages in the office from Massage therapist with a chair.
🍺 Meetups, team building activities, and other community events.
🦸 Spirit of Applifting - you get paid for your time on good deeds, both during and outside your working hours.
👫 Mentorship program - everyone has a mentor, or even two, here.
📚 Personal growth - a budget for conferences, training, and books of your choice.
🇬🇧 Contribution to language courses—whether in a group or on your own.
💻 MacBook that matches your needs, with an option to upgrade.
🛋 Rest zones, a meetup space, and a game room in modern offices in Karlín.
👼 Offices where all manners of kids and pets are welcome.
🚴♂️ MultiSport card and also a place to exercise at work with our trainer.
☕️ Specialty coffee, tea, and regular refreshments including a snack bar.
🏎️ Company cars that anyone can borrow.
🛍️ Discounted prices on electronics thanks to our partner.