Design and build scalable cloud platforms on Microsoft Azure, driving architecture, security, and cloud innovation for next-generation products in a fast-paced engineering environment.
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Act as the Cloud Architect within the Cloud & Infrastructure team and collaborate with architects across other domains to define the overall system architecture
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Lead the Cloud & Infrastructure squad until the permanent Team Lead joins, ensuring alignment with the product roadmap and successful sprint delivery
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Design and implement a secure, scalable multi-tenant cloud platform, including APIs and integration patterns connecting robots, edge devices, cloud services, and enterprise systems
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Stay hands-on by contributing to code repositories, pull requests, prototyping, troubleshooting, and turning architectural decisions into production-ready solutions
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Drive non-functional requirements including availability, scalability, latency, security, reliability, and cost optimization
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Establish security-by-design principles covering IAM, encryption, secrets management, and network segmentation while ensuring regulatory compliance
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Guide engineering teams through architecture reviews, code reviews, reference architectures, and technical mentoring
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Collaborate closely with Product Management, leadership, and solution architects to define roadmaps and customer integrations
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Balance rapid delivery with long-term robustness, maintainability, and operational efficiency
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Support industrialization and operations by implementing SRE practices, observability, incident readiness, and production troubleshooting
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Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
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Proven experience designing and implementing cloud solutions on Microsoft Azure, from architecture through production deployment
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Strong understanding of Azure networking, storage, compute, multi-tenant environments, and cloud architecture best practices
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Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or similar), Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and automation frameworks
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Strong architectural and implementation skills with the ability to design, build, prototype, and troubleshoot cloud solutions
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Experience leading technical initiatives or sub-projects within startup, scale-up, or research-driven environments
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Experience mentoring cloud engineers and supporting high-quality technical delivery
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Ability to work in fast-moving environments where requirements evolve continuously
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Strong understanding of cloud security, governance, availability, scalability, and cost optimization
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Experience with cloud governance, landing zone design, monitoring, observability, or SRE practices is considered an advantage
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Familiarity with AWS, GCP, on-premises infrastructure, IoT, industrial systems (ERP/MES/SCADA), robotics, or PKI is beneficial
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Azure certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert are considered a plus
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Strong communication skills with the ability to act as the primary cloud expert for research and engineering teams
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Fluent English language skills
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Based in Switzerland and willing to work on-site
