Open role, Google One | Cloud
Cloud Engineer
Google Cloud
Cloud as the thing the marketing runs on, not as an IT line item. Google Cloud first, with the data, the deployment and the bill all in scope.
Infrastructure, data foundations and the bill
Wise Pirates seeks restless people, focused on evolving to learn, on producing meaningful impacts, and on working in a highly collaborative way, in a Digital and Tech context. We want to meet people who are digital natives and full of good energy and a good attitude.
We are a Google partner and Google Cloud is our first platform, with AWS and Azure where a client’s estate already lives there. What makes this seat unusual is what sits on top: marketing data warehouses, server-side measurement, model serving and agent workloads, rather than a generic corporate estate.
That means the work runs from infrastructure to outcome. Getting first-party data into BigQuery so it can be activated, standing up services on Cloud Run, moving a database off something ageing, keeping it compliant, and keeping the invoice from quietly becoming the biggest line in a client’s budget. We say we speak both BigQuery and ROAS, and this is the seat where that has to be literally true. Like everyone here, you will be judged on the marginal value you add to the company and to the projects you touch.
What you will actually do
- InfrastructureDesign, build and run environments on Google Cloud: compute, storage, networking, identity and the boring parts that decide whether the rest works.
- Data FoundationsStand up and maintain the BigQuery layer that unifies first-party, behavioural and campaign data, with the ingestion around it.
- DeploymentDeploy and operate services and jobs, with Cloud Run, GKE or whatever the workload actually needs.
- Infrastructure as CodeKeep environments reproducible with Terraform or equivalent, because clicking through a console does not scale and cannot be reviewed.
- Migration & ModernisationMove workloads and databases onto managed services, modernising rather than lifting and shifting where it is worth it.
- Security & ComplianceApply least privilege, secrets management, data residency and the controls that regulated clients and ISO 27001 require.
- FinOpsOwn the cost side: budgets, guardrails, right-sizing and the continuous optimisation that keeps cloud defensible.
- ReliabilityMonitoring, alerting and the postmortem habit, so a failure teaches something rather than repeating.
- CollaborationWork with the data, ML and web teams, and explain infrastructure choices to people who care about the outcome rather than the architecture.
Technical & platform skills
- Experience
- 2 to 4 years in cloud engineering, DevOps, platform or infrastructure work.
- Google Cloud
- Hands-on with Google Cloud, or with AWS or Azure and a genuine willingness to make GCP your main platform.
- Linux & networking
- Solid fundamentals: Linux, networking, DNS, certificates, and how a request actually gets somewhere.
- Scripting
- Python, Bash or similar, enough to automate rather than repeat yourself.
- SQL
- Enough SQL to work with a data warehouse and to talk to the analytics team in their own terms.
- Security posture
- Working understanding of identity, permissions and secrets, and the instinct to grant less rather than more.
- AI literacy
- Literacy in Tech and AI subjects, and sophisticated use of AI platforms in day-to-day engineering, both with efficiency and security, plus an understanding of what serving models and agent workloads actually demands from a platform.
- Languages
- Fluent Portuguese and solid English.
Behavioral skills
- Kindness
- At Wise Pirates we promote and admire kindness, independently of rhythm, intensity and efficiency.
- Curiosity
- You want to understand why something behaves the way it does, and you keep asking after the first answer.
- Ownership
- Accountability for what you deliver and for what you promise a client.
- Collaborative Spirit
- Proactive in working across multi-disciplinary teams, sharing knowledge rather than holding it.
- Analytical Mindset
- Capable of putting data first and obsessed with insight building, always with client satisfaction and business results in mind.
- AI Readiness
- Interest and fluency in using AI as a partner to deliver efficient value, respecting security and privacy regulations.
- Results-Oriented Zeal
- An unwavering commitment to the client’s bottom line, pushing boundaries to chase the best overall performance and business goals.
Not required. Noticed.
- Additional years of experience beyond the range above, for a broader remit and more ownership over how the discipline is run.
- Google Cloud certification, Associate or Professional.
- BigQuery in depth: partitioning, clustering, slots and query cost control.
- FinOps practice, or having been the person who cut a cloud bill materially.
- Infrastructure as code with Terraform or an equivalent, and the habit of treating infrastructure as something reviewed.
- Docker in practice, and an understanding of what orchestration is for.
- Kubernetes in production.
- CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, Cloud Build or similar.
- Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, formerly Vertex AI, or model and agent serving generally.
- Server-side tagging infrastructure and consent-aware measurement.
- Database migration work: Cloud SQL, AlloyDB, or moving off a legacy engine.
- AWS or Azure alongside GCP, for clients whose estate lives there.
- ISO 27001 or similar governance, and the documentation that comes with it.
- Data residency or sovereignty requirements in a regulated sector.
- Google Workspace administration alongside the platform work.
A Digital, Tech and AI Business Partner
Wise Pirates is a leading Digital, Tech, and AI Business Partner, operating from Portugal. With a team of 100+ professionals, we are a Martech-independent agency at the forefront of innovation in Southern Europe. Our ambition is to lead an AI-first marketing ecosystem, blending human creativity with the power of artificial intelligence.
We are dynamic, forward-thinking, and driven by data, automation, and meaningful customer experiences. We believe that our people are our most valuable asset, and we are committed to fostering a culture where they can grow, innovate, and thrive.
Our value proposition is holistic and new generation. We combine services with proprietary products, custom data and proprietary frameworks, so the client gets one capability aimed at their business results, not a stack of separate disciplines. You get to work across all of it.
The part most
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- A front-row seat in a growing agency placing AI at the centre of how we work and how we serve our clients, both in service and products. Senior peers in every discipline, our sharpest edge and your fastest growth.
- A culture of autonomy connected to a clear orientation towards action and performance. You own your projects end-to-end and have real space to grow. The rhythm is intense and evolution happens at a fast pace.
- Direct exposure to a wide range of use cases, industries, and clients across 80+ countries, with real impact on what gets shipped.
- Continuous learning alongside a cross-functional team of automation, data, media, and creative specialists.
Why join the navy when you can be a pirate?
Portugal, hybrid, full time. Direct client impact from day one, alongside senior peers in every discipline.
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