Lead Cloud Platform Engineer (Azure) | Manchester Hybrid
10 days ago
Manchester
Lead Cloud Platform Engineer (Azure) Manchester Hybrid Working The Opportunity I'm recruiting for a hands-on Lead Cloud Platform Engineer to join a highly advanced underwriting technology team working on a cloud-native platform used across major US property portfolios and now scaling globally. This is a modern engineering environment built around Azure-native services, containerisation, and ML-driven pricing models, with significant future investment and a global roadmap. You'll lead technical delivery, elevate engineering standards, and drive performance, scalability, and reliability across a platform built end-to-end in Typescript, NodeJS, and Azure. This role blends hands-on engineering with senior-level technical leadership and genuine influence across international teams. What You'll Be Doing • Leading technical delivery and engineering quality across a high-visibility, cloud-native underwriting platform., • Designing, implementing, and optimising solutions in Azure, including Containers, AKS, App Services, and Azure Functions., • Improving platform performance, scalability, observability, and reliability., • Overseeing code reviews, production releases, development standards, and architectural decision-making., • Partnering with Product Owner and cross-functional teams, • Introducing engineering discipline to an area transition...