--- title: 'Lead Cloud Engineer at Kobie Marketing' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/lead-cloud-engineer-kobie-marketing-bengaluru-dpepnr54bra0' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-07' --- # Lead Cloud Engineer at Kobie Marketing - **Company:** Kobie Marketing - **Location:** Bengaluru, India - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2025-04-24 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/kobie/98fb2c71-81f0-4ec6-b047-65acb8a54d79 ## Job description Join our India Tech Hub – Be among the first hires! Kobie, a 35-year veteran of the loyalty industry, a multi-year Forrester Leader, and USA Top Workplace is expanding its global footprint by establishing a Tech Hub in India. Kobie partners with global brands to build deep connections with their customers through personalized, data-driven loyalty experiences and has a mission of growing enterprise value through loyalty. The Tech Hub will serve as a Global Capabilities Center for a broad range of technology roles, and this is your chance to play a pivotal role in shaping our presence in India. Join us as we continue to lead in loyalty, delivering innovative customer experiences for some of the world’s most recognized brands while working alongside some of the best and brightest in loyalty. About the team and what we will build together The Kobie Engineering Team is a diverse group of individuals belonging to teams including DevOPS Engineering, Cloud Engineering, and System Administration. The overall goal of our team is to bridge the gap between different organizational units creating a collaborative environment where all teams are working together to benefit the organization and our various technology platforms.  Additionally, we strive for excellence in delivering business needs to the organization in reliable and repeatable fashion in order to maximize our impact to the business bottom line. ## How you will make an impact As a Lead Cloud Engineer, you will be responsible for leading the design, implementation, and maintenance of our infrastructure and deployment pipelines. You will work closely with development and operations teams to ensure that our systems are scalable, reliable, and highly available. You will also be responsible for mentoring and training junior and mid-level engineers, and for driving the adoption of best practices and automation across the organization. Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of our infrastructure and deployment pipelines Collaborate with development and operations teams to improve software delivery processes Monitor and troubleshoot and implement automation allowing the self healing of production systems to ensure optimal performance Lead the planning and implementation of automation designs and strategy to improve efficiency and reliability of our systems Understand and translate the business vision into technical roadmaps used to improve our infrastructure and deployment processes, identifying areas for optimization, cost savings, feature improvements, etc Evaluate current technology trends and make recommendations to the business for improvements and adoption Mentor and train junior and mid-level engineers Drive the adoption of best practices and automation across the organization Provide technical leadership and support to development and IT teams as needed ## What you need to be successful We are looking for six or more years of experience in the following areas: Mastery of automation tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or similar Strong knowledge of programming concepts and design architecture in one or more languages Extensive experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef Extensive knowledge with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes Strong Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as New Relic, Prometheus, ELK stack, or similar Strong Cloud infrastructure experience and certifications with OCI, AWS, Azure, or GCP Excellent communication and collaboration skills ## How you will make an impact - As a Lead Cloud Engineer, you will be responsible for leading the design, implementation, and maintenance of our infrastructure and deployment pipelines. You will work closely with development and operations teams to ensure that our systems are scalable, reliable, and highly available. You will also be responsible for mentoring and training junior and mid-level engineers, and for driving the adoption of best practices and automation across the organization. - Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of our infrastructure and deployment pipelines - Collaborate with development and operations teams to improve software delivery processes - Monitor and troubleshoot and implement automation allowing the self healing of production systems to ensure optimal performance - Lead the planning and implementation of automation designs and strategy to improve efficiency and reliability of our systems - Understand and translate the business vision into technical roadmaps used to improve our infrastructure and deployment processes, identifying areas for optimization, cost savings, feature improvements, etc - Evaluate current technology trends and make recommendations to the business for improvements and adoption - Mentor and train junior and mid-level engineers - Drive the adoption of best practices and automation across the organization - Provide technical leadership and support to development and IT teams as needed ## What you need to be successful - We are looking for six or more years of experience in the following areas: - Mastery of automation tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or similar - Strong knowledge of programming concepts and design architecture in one or more languages - Extensive experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef - Extensive knowledge with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes - Strong Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as New Relic, Prometheus, ELK stack, or similar - Strong Cloud infrastructure experience and certifications with OCI, AWS, Azure, or GCP - Excellent communication and collaboration skills ## About Kobie Marketing ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Kobie Marketing is a global loyalty marketing company that helps brands grow enterprise value through strategy-led, AI-powered loyalty solutions. - **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held) - **Headquarters**: Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States (with a major office in Bengaluru, India) - **Founded**: 1990 (nearly 40 years of operation) - **Founders**: Not publicly available ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Loyalty Marketing / Marketing Services - **Target customers**: B2B – enterprise brands across retail, travel & hospitality, financial services, entertainment, QSR, telecom, and more. - **Mission / Purpose**: “To grow enterprise value for brands through loyalty” [kobie.com](https://kobie.com/about/). ## Products & Services - **Kobie Alchemy® Loyalty Cloud**: A composable, AI-powered loyalty platform that enables personalization at scale, real-time data capture, and seamless integration with existing stacks. Offers both technology and strategic services. - **Strategic Consulting & Services**: End-to-end loyalty program design, optimization, and management, leveraging human-guided AI and deep data expertise. - **AI-Powered Personalization**: Machine learning and generative AI capabilities to deliver tailored experiences across channels. ## Market Standing - **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company) - **Key Metrics**: Annual Revenue of **$172.2M** (latest available) [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/kobie); **274 employees** [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/kobie) - **Notable Investors / Partners**: Not publicly listed; clients include “the world’s most iconic brands” - **Growth Signals**: - Recognized as the **only provider named a Leader** in both the Forrester Wave™: Loyalty Technology Solutions (Q1 2023) and Loyalty Services (Q2 2024) [kobie.com](https://kobie.com/about/). - Expanding global footprint with a new Bengaluru office and hosting **Kobie LaunchPad 2026**, a university AI hackathon in India to attract engineering talent. - Active hiring for AI, engineering, and client services roles across the US and India. ## Competitive Advantages - **Only Forrester Leader in both loyalty technology and services** – a rare dual recognition. - **Nearly 40 years of domain expertise** in loyalty marketing. - **Composable, API-first technology** that integrates flexibly with clients’ existing stacks. - **Human-guided AI** approach that combines strategic consulting with machine learning for personalization at scale. - **Strong culture and remote-first model** that attracts top talent (awarded Top Workplace USA and Top Remote Workplace). ## Strategic Focus - **AI-first loyalty**: Investing heavily in AI/ML and generative AI to drive real-time personalization and data insights. - **Global expansion**: Building a talent hub in Bengaluru, India, and running university hackathons to source engineering talent. - **Composable architecture**: Offering modular technology that lets clients choose what they need, when they need it. - **Deepening enterprise partnerships** across retail, travel, financial services, and telecom verticals. ## Why Work Here - **Award-winning culture**: Named a Top Workplace in the USA and Top Remote Workplace – values-driven environment with “freedom and responsibility” [kobie.com](https://kobie.com/culture/). - **Remote & hybrid flexibility**: Headquarters in St. Petersburg, FL, but teammates across 25+ US states and India. Hybrid options available; many roles are fully remote. - **Growth & development**: Strong people strategy fostering leadership and ownership; bi-annual L.O.V.E. Awards (peer-nominated) celebrate values-driven contributions. - **Comprehensive benefits**: Health insurance, free fitness programs, virtual health visits, flexible time off, competitive pay, 401k matching, annual profit sharing and bonuses. - **DE&I commitment**: Diversity, equity, and inclusion are woven into the culture; paid volunteer time off and support for local causes (e.g., St. Pete Free Clinic). - **Engineering & AI focus**: Open roles include Lead AI Engineer, AI Engineer, Lead DevOps Engineer, Senior Software Engineer – indicating a strong tech investment and modern stack. ## Sources 1. [Kobie About Page](https://kobie.com/about/) 2. [Kobie Culture & Careers](https://kobie.com/culture/) 3. [LinkedIn Company Profile](https://linkedin.com/company/kobie) 4. [Kobie Careers (Lever)](https://jobs.lever.co/kobie) 5. 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