Senior Cloud Engineer

At The Stepstone Group, we have a simple yet very important mission: The right job for everyone. Using our data, platform, and technology, we create opportunities for job seekers and companies around the world to find a perfect match, in a fair and equitable way. With over 20 brands across 30+ countries, we strive for fair and unbiased hiring, and we are particularly focused on building a diverse, inclusive workforce.

At our Tech Hub, located near Wilanowska Metro, we are over 300 passionate and driven specialists who work on the development of our IT products. We are proud to be part of The Stepstone Group, a global leader in job-tech platforms and e-recruiting.

Join our team of 4,000+ employees and help us reshape the labour market. Together, we will create a future where everyone—regardless of background—has equal opportunities in the job market.

The job at a glanceAs a Senior AWS Platform Engineer, you’ll play a key role in designing and scaling the AWS infrastructure behind our inhouse LLM-based systems. These systems help jobseekers discover better-fitting jobs and recruiters find the right talent, using advanced Vector Databases and semantic search.You’ll manage and optimize AWS accounts and infrastructure to support LLM inference, act as a strategic liaison to our central IaaS teams, and empower two business teams by managing LLM-Operations. Working closely with Data Scientists, Machine Learning, Big Data, and Software Engineers in an agile environment, you’ll help us build a future where a new job is just a click away.In our inclusive team culture, we value ownership, mentoring, and proactive collaboration to keep improving how we work.

Your responsibilities

• Act as a liaison to our central IaaS teams to align infrastructure and business needs.

• Set up and administer newly created AWS accounts to ensure efficient resource allocation.

• Enable two teams in our business by managing and streamlining LLM-Operations.

• Communicate clearly and effectively with team members and stakeholders, explaining cloud concepts in an accessible way.

• Show a strong sense of ownership and proactively provide solutions before issues escalate.

• Contribute actively to technical discussions and decision-making alongside Product Managers and stakeholders.

• Collaborate in an empowered, self-sufficient Scrum team with a focus on delivery and continuous improvement.

Your skills & qualifications

• Excellent communication skills in English (written and spoken).

• Strong team player mindset, willing to learn from and support an experienced team.

• High engagement, proactivity, and ownership.

• 5+ years of professional experience in DevOps, Cloud Operations, Data Engineering, or a related field.

• High proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), CI/CD, and test automation best practices.

• Strong experience in AWS administration, including IAM permission management.

• Experience setting up compute, storage, and service infrastructure in AWS.

• Experience with networking and content delivery (e.g., VPC, Route53).

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field (Master’s preferred).

• Nice to have: experience supporting infrastructure for hosting LLMs, AWS-supported Vector Databases, AWS EMR, Spark, or Python.

Don’t meet every requirement? We still encourage you to apply. We know from research that candidates from underrepresented groups sometimes hesitate unless they meet every qualification – if this role excites you, we want to hear from you.

We believe in supporting our team members both inside and outside the office. We strive to ensure that your job enriches your life. Here are just some of the benefits we offer:

• Premium medical and dental care

• Life insurance

• Flex Benefits - Worksmile Cafeteria System (Multisport, vouchers, tickets, etc.)

• Employee Referral Program

• Hackathons, Knowledge Sharing Hours, In-house projects

• Tech and sport communities

• Events and integration parties

• Charity initiatives, including 2 extra volunteer days

• English/German language classes

• A supportive and inclusive workplace that promotes professional and personal growth for everyone

• Flexible working hours and hybrid work model to support work–life balance.

Our commitment

At The Stepstone Group, diversity and inclusion are key to our success. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, or any other characteristic. We are particularly passionate about attracting more women into tech and leadership roles and provide an environment that supports your growth. We offer mentoring and support networks to help women and underrepresented colleagues grow into senior and leadership roles.