JSON/AWS/Lambda Developer - ÂŁ300 per day
2 days ago
Manchester
JSON/AWS/Lambda Developer Location: North West England (Manchester / Liverpool corridor – hybrid, UK citizenship required) About the Company: My client is a UK sovereign AI company developing secure, mission-critical artificial intelligence and data platforms for defence, national security, and strategic industry partners. Our systems operate at the intersection of real-time data, autonomous decision support, and cloud-native infrastructure, with a strong emphasis on security, integrity, and performance. We’re scaling rapidly and seeking a hands-on Development & Operations Manager to lead the delivery and uptime of our AI cloud systems across AWS. I need a JSON/AWS/Lambda Developer to bridge software engineering, DevOps, and cloud operations, ensuring secure, compliant, and high-availability environments for our AI workloads. You’ll lead a small cross-functional team, manage deployment pipelines, automate processes, and enforce defence-grade reliability and observability standards. Key Responsibilities • Lead and manage a small team (developers + DevOps engineers) delivering secure, scalable, and high-availability AI systems., • Own AWS-based infrastructure: Lambda, EC2, S3, CloudFormation/Terraform, CloudWatch, and VPC security., • Oversee JSON-based API integrations, data pipelines, and serverless event-driven architectures., • Implement continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines for code, models, and infrastructure., • Ensure DevSecOps best practices — patching, logging, monitoring, and compliance with UK MoD or ISO27001 frameworks., • Manage incident response, uptime SLAs, and operational dashboards., • Collaborate with software engineers, AI researchers, and data scientists to optimise cloud performance., • Maintain documentation and enforce secure coding and deployment standards., • Support accreditation, audits, and readiness for UK sovereign hosting environments (IL2–IL5)., • Report directly to the Head of Engineering / CTO on delivery metrics, operational risks, and team performance. Required Skills & Experience • Strong experience managing AWS environments — Lambda, EC2, S3, CloudFormation, IAM, CloudWatch., • Hands-on with Python, JSON, and serverless architectures., • Deep understanding of CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or AWS CodePipeline)., • Proven ability to secure and scale production systems., • Monitoring and observability tools (CloudWatch, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)., • Familiar with data exchange formats (JSON, YAML, Parquet) and API design. Leadership & Delivery • 4–8 years in software development and/or DevOps, including 2+ in a management or team lead role., • Experience in defence, aerospace, or regulated sectors preferred., • Strong communicator with ability to translate technical ops into business risk and vice versa., • Comfortable managing multi-disciplinary teams (developers, data, infra)., • Passion for secure AI infrastructure and UK sovereignty in technology. Security & Eligibility • UK citizenship required, • Must be eligible to work in the UK without restrictions., • Understanding of data classification and handling protocols desirable. We Offer • Up to £70,000 base salary + bens Ideal Backgrounds • DevOps or Engineering Manager in defence, cybersecurity, or AI infrastructure startup, • Cloud Infrastructure Lead within AWS Partner or SaaS provider, • Senior DevOps/Software Engineer ready to take on team management and delivery ownership