Plain Concepts
Principal Cloud Engineer
Remote role where the employee must remain based in a particular country.
Spain only
Employer listed it 6 months ago · Found 2h ago
Been open since 6 months ago. Long-running listings are sometimes left up after the role is filled.
Salary
Not stated
Location
Spain only
Timezone
CET ±2
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Lead
Category
Software
This employer didn't state pay. Jobs like this usually pay around $205k–$275k a year, a typical range taken from 599 lead-level software roles on Nomaders that do state pay. It's a guide, not an offer.
Remote flexibility
Work from home
This is a remote role, but the employee must be based in Spain. It is work from home rather than work from anywhere.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "Spain, Remote"
What Nomaders makes of it
- Residency required in Spain
- Payroll and tax are likely handled in that country only
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About the role
🚀 We’re Growing Our Cloud Dream Team!
As part of our international Principal Engineers team, you’ll craft tailor-made solutions that wow our clients. We’re hunting for a passionate Principal Cloud Engineer with a solid technical background. Your mission is not just to build infrastructure — but to design, evolve and scale cloud-native and AI-driven platforms that are secure, resilient, and production-ready.
This role is for engineers who enjoy owning architecture decisions , working close to product and AI teams, and pushing cloud platforms to the next level.
Here’s the deal:
You'll tackle the unique challenges of cloud infrastructure, working alongside a team of brilliant minds to build scalable and reliable solutions.
You’ll dive into cutting-edge projects using the latest tech to push boundaries and make an impact.
Whether you prefer working from home or vibing with us at our offices, the choice is yours.
AGILE isn’t just a buzzword here — it’s how we roll. Multidisciplinary teams? Check. Full ownership of projects? Double check.
You will be responsible for:
Design and lead cloud architectures on Azure , covering networking, security, governance, IaaS, PaaS and serverless solutions.
Ensure the technical quality of proposals, RFP responses and solution definitions within the discipline.
Own the shared knowledge strategy of the Chapters , ensuring relevant content, documentation and best practices are available.
Lead the mentoring framework within the Chapter, enabling senior engineers to guide practitioners at all levels.
Helps to identify strong technical talent across the company that aligns with the discipline.
Identify emerging trends and opportunities, validating new services, accelerators and reusable assets.
Own the infrastructure of AI-powered platforms , including conversational AI systems with: Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Document ingestion, processing and vector search and Integration with LLM providers and AI services.
Build and evolve CI/CD pipelines for both application and infrastructure, following DevSecOps best practices.
Develop Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) with a strong focus on reusability, scalability and maintainability.
Design and operate production-grade environments , ensuring: High availability and performance, monitoring, logging and observability and cost optimization and reliability
Collaborate closely with AI, data and software teams to productionize ML/LLM solutions (MLOps mindset). Actively propose improvements and new technical approaches , contributing to architectural decisions and technical roadmaps.
Work in Agile, autonomous, multidisciplinary teams , with real ownership from design to production.
Requirements
Strong experience with Microsoft Azure in real production environments.
8+ years of hands-on experience in Cloud / Platform Engineering roles.
Requirements
- ·Strong experience with Microsoft Azure in real production environments.
- ·8+ years of hands-on experience in Cloud / Platform Engineering roles.
- ·Ability to engage with clients , understand their needs, and design technical proposals tailored to business goals.
- ·Experience in technical presales , including demos, solutioning, and proposal writing.
- ·Capable of leading projects independently and mentoring other engineers.
Benefits
- ·Salary determined by the market and your experience 🤑
- ·Flexible schedule 35 Hours / Week 😎
- ·Fully remote work (optional) 🌍
- ·Flexible compensation (restaurant, transport, and childcare) ✌
- ·Fully free health insurance, with a co-payment for dental services 🚑
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, work from home, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Plain Concepts, mentioning your remote working experience and working hours (CET ±2).
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
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