Cloud Platform Engineer (SDE 1)
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 7, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 6, 2026.
About Aftershoot
At Aftershoot, we’re building more than just AI tools, we’re building a global community of photographers who spend less time behind their screens and more time behind the lens.
Every feature we create, every update we ship, is designed to make post-processing easier, faster, and smarter for photographers around the world. From culling to editing to retouching, our AI tools do all the heavy lifting, so photographers can focus on what they do best: capturing moments, telling stories, and creating magic.
We’re a fast-growing, passionate team backed over 100K+ active users globally. But we’re just getting started. Our mission is clear: solve the biggest pain points in photography, and keep evolving with photographers who use our tools daily.
If you care deeply about building meaningful products, working with curious and driven teammates, and being part of a team that genuinely loves what they do, we’d love to meet you. Let’s create the future of AI in photography, together.
Your Mission
We're seeking an experienced Software Development Engineer (SDE 1) with strong cloud engineering skills to join our team. In this role, you'll build and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure leveraging cloud technologies, preferably GCP.
What You Will Be Doing
Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure on public cloud platforms.
Develop and operate microservices-based applications.
Implement comprehensive monitoring and observability solutions.
What We’re Looking For
1+ years of professional software development experience
Experience with cloud services and infrastructure (GCP preferred, AWS or Azure acceptable)
Hands-on experience with Docker, Infrastructure-As-Code Principles
Experience building and operating microservices architectures with a high standard of code quality.
Experience with observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus)
Hands-on with coding in at least one modern programming language like Golang, JS, etc.
Nice-to-have (Bonus Skills)
Familiarity with data pipelines and warehousing technologies is good to have.
Experience with Kafka, PubSub, etc for event-driven architectures.
You will work with
Team Members: Daksh, Samrat and the rest of the Aftershoot team.