Senior Cloud Engineer

About

Alpian is the first Swiss digital private bank, combining wealth management and everyday banking in a single app. We’re building the next‑generation of private banking — one that’s digital, personalised and meaningful, with the mission to make investing and banking simple, intuitive and accessible to all.

• Provide top‑tier expertise in cloud technologies and lead initiatives that enhance the platform’s capabilities and overall performance.
• Apply platform engineering concepts to build and refine self‑service capabilities that improve the developer experience.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Security, Software and Architecture teams to identify, prioritise and implement solutions that align with overarching goals.
• Continuously seek opportunities to improve the platform, integrating the latest advancements in cloud technologies and Dev Sec Ops  practices.

• Deep expertise in container technologies and managed Kubernetes environments (e.g., GKE). Mastery of Istio and service‑mesh concepts.
• Strong knowledge of core cloud technologies (serverless, networking, storage, databases) and principles (scalability, IAM, security, API Gateways).
• Solid understanding of distributed system architecture.
• Proficiency with observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus).
• Professional‑level English, written and spoken.
• Positive attitude and strong commitment to delivering quality work.
• Practical communication skills to articulate complex concepts to stakeholders.

• GCP Platform expertise demonstrated by relevant training or certifications (Professional Level).
• Experience in the financial domain.
• Knowledge of Data Lake / Data Warehouse and ETL architecture frameworks (e.g., Spark, Google Cloud Dataproc, Google Cloud Data Fusion, Data Analytics / Integration).

• A chance to build the bank of tomorrow from scratch.
• A startup mindset backed by a banking licence.
• A flat, collaborative team of smart, driven people.
• Hybrid setup, base location in Geneva or Lausanne.

• Seniority level:
  Mid‑Senior level
• Employment type:
  
  Full‑time
• Job function:
  Information Technology and Product Management
• Industries:
  Banking and Investment Banking
• Location:
  
  Geneva, Switzerland

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