Cloud Engineer

Do you want to use your cloud engineering skills to make a meaningful impact? At Whiffle, we develop high-resolution weather forecasting technology that helps accelerate the transition to renewable energy and supports better decision-making in weather-dependent industries.

We are looking for a Cloud Engineer to help build and operate the cloud platform behind our numerical weather modelling services. You will work closely with software engineers, the operations team and scientists to ensure our infrastructure is reliable, secure and scalable, enabling accurate weather data with real societal impact.

At Whiffle, we believe that diversity and inclusion drives innovation. We foster an open, collaborative environment where everyone’s voice is heard, and where we support each other’s growth and development. Ready to contribute to our mission of accelerating the energy transition? Apply now! Thijs, our CTO, looks forward to collaborating with you!

About Whiffle
Whiffle is a growing technology scale-up delivering high-resolution weather forecasting solutions based in Delft. We are transforming numerical weather prediction by using advanced computing technology to run one of the world’s highest-resolution operational weather models. Our products support decision-making across multiple industries, with a strong focus on accelerating the global transition to renewable energy. At Whiffle, scientific excellence and innovation go hand in hand. We work in multidisciplinary teams of experts in physics, computing, software engineering and renewable energy.

The role

As a Cloud Engineer at Whiffle, you take full ownership of our cloud infrastructure and platform services. You design, build and maintain the cloud infrastructure and platform services that power our products. The core foundations are in place, your challenge is to further develop, operate and improve them to support our growing products and teams. You ensure the platform remains secure, scalable and reliable, enabling efficient development and deployment of our weather models and services.

While you are the primary owner of our cloud infrastructure, you work closely with software engineers, scientists and other teams across the organization. You actively seek collaboration, translate technical choices to non-infrastructure colleagues, and help shape solutions together. This role suits someone who is technically strong, communicative and comfortable working in a small, highly collaborative environment.

What you’ll bring:

• BSc or MSc in Computer Science, IT or a related field (or equivalent experience)

• You live within a reasonable distance from our office in Delft

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform or OpenTofu)

• Experience with high-performance computing with GPUs in a cloud environment

• Strong knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)

• Solid understanding of cloud fundamentals (IAM, logging, networking, resource management, cost monitoring), preferably Google Cloud; AWS/Azure is a plus

• Familiarity with data/workflow orchestration tools (e.g. Argo Workflows, Airflow, SLURM, Kafka)

• Cloud certifications (e.g. Google Cloud Professional DevOps Engineer) are a plus

• Comfortable collaborating in small teams and communicating with non-infrastructure colleagues

• Strong focus on quality with a pragmatic mindset, able to balance long-term robustness with practical solutions

   

What we offer

• With this job you ensure a lasting impact in the field of sustainable energy and weather forecasting

• The opportunity to bring your own ideas into action. You will have a lot of freedom in this role

• Room to grow, with learning opportunities both technical and personal

• Everyone in our team is eager to learn from and share knowledge with each other

• Travel allowance of €0,23 per km (door-to-door)

• An awesome job for at least 32 hours a week (depending on your preference)

• We have a nice office space in the NEXTDelft building where we would love to welcome you, in combination with working from home

• Pension fully paid by Whiffle, because we care about your future!

• Up to 31 days off

• 65K - 87K gross salary, depending on your level of experience

Apply for this job and we would be happy to tell you more about the position and about Whiffle. We're looking forward to speak to you soon!

Interview process

We like to keep things transparent. You can expect the following steps in the recruitment process for this role:

How to apply
We’d love to hear from you! To apply, please fill in the application form and include a short introduction about yourself. The closing date for this vacancy is 23 January 2026. This ensures that we have ample time to review all applications thoroughly and fairly.

We want to keep all applicants informed. You can expect to receive an update on the status of your application shortly after the closing date, regardless of the outcome.