Lead Cloud Architect with GCP

Who We Are

VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award-winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave™ Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization.

In addition, VML’s specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world’s largest and most awarded health agencies. VML’s global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney. About WPP WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands.

We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. com . Lead Cloud Architect needed to work on a large, complex GCP project.

What you’ll get to do: You will design, build, and guide the implementation of innovative cloud-native solutions, with a strong emphasis on event-driven architectures and microservices. What you should have: Extensive experience as a hands-on software developer and architect, delivering complex enterprise solutions. Deep expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services and architectural best practices.

Proven ability to design, implement, and lead event-driven architectures and distributed systems. Strong understanding of API design principles and practical experience with Apigee X . Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), specifically Terraform .

Experience with observability platforms, particularly New Relic , for monitoring, logging, and tracing in cloud environments. Solid grasp of traditional and modern architectural design patterns. js/TypeScript, Python, Go).

Experience applying DevOps principles and practices. Commitment to Test-Driven Development (TDD) principles. Exceptional communication skills (written, verbal, diagrammatic) to convey technical and abstract concepts.

You will collaborate with our UK project team, so we’ll need you to be available until 18:00 PL Bonus points if you have: GCP Professional Cloud Architect or DevOps Engineer certification. , Google Cloud Pub/Sub, Kafka). , Cloud Functions, Cloud Run) for event processing.

, Jenkins, GitHub Actions). Contributions to Open Source projects. Background in Data Engineering.

Experience with Diagrams-as-Code tools. What we can offer you: We offer net hourly rate for B2B cooperation ranging from 200 - 240 PLN, dependent on your skills and experience. Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills.

Who You Are

Our culture thrives on our core values, designed for impact-driven individuals: Heart, Brains and Courage. We lead with Heart , fostering empathy and trust where genuine connections and human-centric work flourish.