AppDirect

Senior Cloud Platform Developer

AppDirect$100K — $130K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure or platform development roles
  • Expertise in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Ansible, with a focus on automation
  • Experience deploying applications on AWS, Azure, or GCP while managing performance and costs
  • Proven ability to secure and harden cloud infrastructure in compliance-driven environments
  • Solid knowledge of networking, operating systems, databases, and microservices service configuration
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and version control systems like GitHub Actions
  • Experience managing DNS and domain lifecycles across multiple providers

Responsibilities

  • Configure multi-cloud infrastructure using Terraform Cloud and Ansible pipelines
  • Design reusable Infrastructure as Code modules for engineering team adoption
  • Develop AI-assisted workflows for secure self-service deployments
  • Embed FinOps and security compliance into cloud provisioning processes
  • Onboard new engineering teams to the cloud platform for immediate productivity
  • Diagnose issues in distributed systems using observability tools and lead incident responses
  • Mentor junior engineers in best practices and debugging techniques

Benefits

  • Flexible work environment with hybrid options
  • Professional development opportunities and mentorship
  • Access to cutting-edge technology and tools
  • Collaborative culture with a focus on continuous improvement
  • Health and wellness programs to support employee well-being
  • Participation in industry events and training sessions
Full Job Description
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  • Développeur / Développeuse senior, plateformes infonuagiques

About You

You are a senior cloud platform developer with deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code and multi-cloud environments, and you're energized by building self-service tools that other engineering teams genuinely want to use. You think of platforms as products-you track how developers experience your work, respond to usage signals, and iterate accordingly. You're equally comfortable writing production-ready Terraform modules and engaging with a development team to help them adopt them. You bring hands-on experience hardening distributed systems and embedding security and cost guardrails directly into provisioning pipelines. You are curious about how AI-assisted tooling-such as MCP-connected agents or IDE assistants-can reduce cognitive load and accelerate delivery, and you're ready to build those capabilities, not just consume them. You have strong communication skills and you work well within a globally distributed team, and you mentor peers by sharing debugging techniques and platform best practices in ways that scale your impact.

What you'll do and how you'll have an impact
  • Configure and extend multi-cloud, multi-region, multi-tenant infrastructure using Terraform Cloud and Ansible automation pipelines.
  • Design and maintain reusable IaC modules, and work directly with engineering teams to drive their adoption across the organization.
  • Build AI-assisted, guardrailed self-service workflows-including MCP servers and policy/cost validation-that make the secure path the default path.
  • Embed FinOps and security guardrails (ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI) into the provisioning layer so compliance is validated at design time, not after deployment.
  • Support the onboarding of newly acquired teams onto the Cloud Platform so they can ship confidently from day one.
  • Use observability tools such as Datadog to diagnose issues in complex distributed systems and lead incident response when needed.
  • Participate in our DevOps Guild, training DevOps Champions on platform capabilities and maintaining documentation for both human users and AI agents.
  • Provide on-call support on rotation to maintain cloud infrastructure health.
  • Mentor junior engineers and share knowledge, including debugging techniques and platform best practices.
  • Administer and optimize Cloudflare services and DNS architecture across providers (Route53, Cloudflare, GoDaddy), supporting domain and edge-related migration projects with minimal downtime and robust rollback planning.

What we're looking for
  • 6+ years of professional experience in cloud infrastructure or platform development roles.
  • Expertise in Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and Ansible (or comparable tools such as Chef, Puppet, or Salt), including writing complex automation and enabling others to adopt it.
  • Hands-on experience deploying and managing applications on AWS or Azure or GCP, with an understanding of performance optimization and cost management.
  • Demonstrated ability to independently secure and harden cloud infrastructure in compliance-driven environments.
  • Solid foundation in networking, operating systems, databases, and service configuration in a microservices context.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and source code management workflows (e.g., GitHub Actions, ArgoCD).
  • Comprehensive experience managing DNS, domain lifecycles, and traffic routing across providers like Cloudflare (DNS, proxying, SSL/TLS, WAF, edge services), AWS Route53, or GoDaddy.
  • Strong written communication skills in English, because you'll coordinate technical decisions across globally distributed teams and present platform strategy to senior stakeholders.
  • A continuous improvement mindset, because this role requires you to treat usage metrics and support requests as feedback signals and act on them to make the platform measurably better over time.
  • Understanding of containerization platforms like Docker and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes is nice to have.
  • Strong experience with Continuous Integration/Delivery pipelines and corresponding tools (e.g., ArgoCD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions) is nice to have.
  • Experience in writing and testing code in at least one programming language (Java, JavaScript, Golang) is nice to have.
  • Comprehensive knowledge and debugging abilities for complex applications in Java, Node.js, or Golang, and ability to train others in debugging techniques is nice to have.
  • Experience building AI-native platform capabilities-Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, or AI-assisted incident response and runbooks is nice to have.
  • Knowledge or hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is nice to have.
  • Familiarity with FinOps practices and policy-as-code for cost and compliance guardrails is nice to have.

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About AppDirect

AppDirect is a cloud service commerce company founded in 2009. The company provides a cloud service marketplace and management platform that enables companies to distribute web-based services. AppDirect's platform is designed for businesses of all sizes, from small startups to large enterprises, and it offers a range of services, including billing and invoicing, subscription management, and analytics. The company has offices in San Francisco, Montreal, Munich, London, and Sydney.
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Size
1,000 employees
Industry
Founded
2009

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