Lead Cloud Services Developer (Cloud Architect)

About the role

We are seeking a Lead Cloud Services Developer to join our Cloud Center of Excellence. The role focuses on designing, building, and evolving a modular, API‑driven cloud services platform and a web‑based developer portal that enables secure, scalable, and automated cloud infrastructure consumption across the enterprise.

Key responsibilities

• Design and develop reusable cloud platform services and RESTful APIs that abstract infrastructure complexity.
• Lead the creation and continuous improvement of a web‑based cloud services portal, including backend and user‑facing components.
• Define service interfaces, API contracts, integration patterns, and versioning strategies.
• Provide technical leadership, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, security, and operational standards.
• Develop backend services and orchestration layers using Python and PHP.
• Integrate generative and agentic AI capabilities to enhance developer experience and automation.
• Build infrastructure‑backed services with Terraform and CloudFormation across AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI.
• Own the Golden Container Image Factory and Cloud Server Image Factory, maintaining secure, compliant images.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, networking, and UX/UI teams to deliver cohesive internal developer platform experiences.
• Mentor senior and mid‑level engineers and promote best practices in platform engineering.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, cloud platform engineering, or related disciplines.
• Proven experience designing modular, API‑driven platforms or Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs).
• Strong hands‑on expertise in backend development with Python and PHP.
• Experience building web‑based developer portals and integrating AI capabilities.
• Expert‑level knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation.

Required skills

• Python
• PHP
• RESTful API design
• Terraform
• CloudFormation
• AWS
• Azure
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Generative AI
• Agentic AI
• Container image creation and management