At Mindera, we believe that software is built by people, for people, with high-performance systems that impact users worldwide.
We are looking for a Senior Cloud/Platform Engineer with a strong Software Engineering foundation to join an agile team building modern infrastructure and an innovative agentic AI platform.
Our core philosophy is simple: Developers first, then Cloud. We want someone who truly understands software development, clean code and engineering best practices, who has transitioned into (or naturally evolved towards) Cloud Infrastructure, Automation, and Platform Engineering.
The work will focus primarily on using AWS services with delivery through Terraform and automation in Node.js or Python.
The focus will be on our developer platform that our engineering community is using on a day to day basis to deliver and operate hundreds of services on EC2, ECS and Lambda. Some engagement will also support the team to deliver the new agentic platform currently being built with AWS Bedrock AgentCore technology.
We value empathy, self-organization and a positive attitude. If you are approachable, communicate clearly and believe that team fit is just as important as technical prowess, you'll feel right at home here.
At Mindera we encourage the use of AI to assist with coding and related tasks. We find a persons skill in engineering and software craft, has a big impact long term successful delivery, with or without AI. Our goal in the interview process is to understand the candidates knowledge and skill with engineering. If you need to, or plan to use AI, please be transparent with us when you're using it, to avoid issues and misunderstandings that can either: impact your chance of securing the role or impact your success at Mindera.
When you join Mindera we welcome you into a fun and politics-free work culture, built on the principles of lean and self-organisation.
Note: Depending on the project and our clients' needs, you may get the chance to pack your bags and take off every now and then. Typically, we estimate travel time to be between 0% and 15%.
HOW YOU’LL MAKE AN IMPACT:
- Deliver improvement to our engineering platforms.
- Implement infrastructure changes using Terraform following existing module patterns.
- Contribute to services written in Node or Python and automation scripts.
- Collaborate with the tech lead and delivery manager to achieve defined milestones.
- Test, validate, and deploy changes through CI/CD pipelines.
- Provide clear delivery updates and proactively highlight blockers or risks.
Requirements
YOUR SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:
- Several years of professional experience as a software engineer, writing code with either Python, Node.js, C# or other programming languages.
- Solid foundations, experience with unit testing and knowledge of best practices. The programming language is not important, as long as you know how to code and can adapt. Hands-on coding experience is required — not just basic scripting. (We are using Python and Node)
- Strong knowledge of software engineering best practices, writing clean, maintainable and testable code.
- Excellent understanding of DevOps practices and CI/CD (e.g. GitHub Actions).
- Strong experience with AWS (with services such as ECS/EKS, Lambda, Cloudfront, IAM, S3 etc...) following operational and security best practices.
- Proven delivery experience with Terraform.
- Experience leveraging AI tooling in day-to-day work for coding, code review, research and productivity enhancement.
- Active user of AI tooling for daily development, research and productivity — with a genuine curiosity about the AI/agentic space.
- Strong ability to quickly learn and effectively apply new technologies.
- Track record of delivering results within agile, delivery-focused teams.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Fluency in English.
We'd love to get to know you better!
Benefits
THE PERKS OF BECOMING A MINDER:
- Private medical subscription
- Private medical subscription for children
- Counseling and psychotherapy services
- Reimbursement for eyeglasses
- Self-proposal salary process
- Annual profit distribution, subject to company performance and board decision
- Mindera Unit Plan
- Flexible benefits options (sports, medical, cultural, donations)
- Trainings and learning opportunities to grow within your role
- Coaching and development guidance
- 25 days holiday
- Flexibility to choose where you work from
- Vacation incentive
- Parties, gatherings & trips
We're thrilled to have the opportunity to share with you what it's like to be a part of the Mindera community.
We're a group of friendly and talented individuals who work together to bring projects to life, in a fun, politics-free environment.
Our culture is all about being adaptable and self-organized. We want Minders to take risks, make decisions, work together and feel free to be their most authentic selves, every single day.
We work closely with our clients to truly understand their products and develop high-performance, resilient, and scalable software systems that make a real impact for their users and businesses, worldwide.
We are proud of our work, we're always learning and growing in our Agile and collaborative environment, and we hope you'll love it here just as much as we do!
Check out our Handbook & get to know us better: https://mindera.com/handbook.pdf
Mindera around the world: Porto, Portugal | Aveiro, Portugal | Coimbra, Portugal | Leicester, UK | San Diego, USA | San Francisco, USA | Chennai, India | Bengaluru, India | Blumenau, Brazil | Cluj-Napoca, Romania | Valencia, Spain | Casablanca, Morocco | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia & Remote
Skills Required
- Several years professional experience as a software engineer writing code in Python, Node.js, C# or other languages
- Hands-on coding experience (not just scripting); strong software engineering foundations, unit testing and best practices
- Strong experience with AWS services including EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda, CloudFront, IAM, S3
- Proven delivery experience with Terraform and following existing module patterns
- Experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD (e.g., GitHub Actions)
- Experience contributing to services and automation in Node.js or Python
- Experience leveraging AI tooling in day-to-day development and curiosity about agentic AI
- Track record of delivering results within agile, delivery-focused teams
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills; fluency in English
- Strong ability to quickly learn and apply new technologies
Mindera Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mindera and has not been reviewed or approved by Mindera.
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Healthcare Strength — Company materials highlight health insurance, medical assistance, and wellbeing programs across locations, with the UK explicitly offering private medical including mental‑health, optical, and dental coverage. Country pages position healthcare as a core element of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, sick leave, and flexible vacation policies are described as standard, with some locales referencing generous or unlimited PTO. Flexible schedules and remote options further support time away when needed.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Flexibility, remote/hybrid work, and wellness initiatives (e.g., mental‑health sessions and onsite activities) are emphasized as part of the employee experience. Cultural perks such as team gatherings and trips add lifestyle value.
Mindera Insights
What We Do
At Mindera we craft software with people we love. Software Engineering Applications, including Web and Mobile, are at the core of what we do at Mindera. You get to work with a bunch of great people, where the whole team owns the project together. Our culture reflects our lean and self-organization attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work in a collaborative way and talk to everyone to enhance communication. We partner with our clients, to understand their product and deliver high performance, resilient and scalable software systems that create an impact in their users and businesses across the world Our offices are located in: Portugal | UK | USA | India | Romania | Brazil
