Lead AWS Engineer
hace 17 horas
Cardiff
Role: Lead AWS Engineer / Cloud Architect Location: Remote-first (Cardiff twice a month) Salary: Up to £85,000 (flexible) Overview A SaaS product company is hiring a Lead AWS Engineer to take ownership of its cloud architecture and help improve the reliability, scalability and security of its platform. The role is hands-on with a strong focus on AWS engineering, cloud architecture, DevOps, automation and infrastructure-as-code. Key Responsibilities • Design, build and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure, covering VPCs, networking, IAM, security and monitoring, • Re-architect parts of the AWS platform to improve performance, scalability and cost efficiency, • Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or CloudFormation, • Work with serverless technologies and cloud-native components across the AWS ecosystem, • Contribute to application delivery using CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices, • Develop distributed systems, APIs and data workflows in a cloud environment, • Run technical evaluations, proofs of concept and architectural reviews, • Support and guide engineers on AWS best practice and cloud standards Required Skills and Experience • Strong hands-on experience with AWS services including EC2, Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, CloudFront, CloudWatch and IAM, • Background in software engineering with any modern programming language (Node.js, Java, C#, Python or similar), • Experience with DevOps tools, CI/CD pipelines and automation, • Knowledge of SQL databases, NoSQL data stores and data pipelines, • Understanding of serverless computing, distributed systems and cloud-native patterns, • Ability to document and communicate architectural decisions clearly, • AWS certifications are an advantage Preferred Backgrounds Candidates may come from roles such as: • AWS Solutions Architect, • Senior Software Engineer, • DevOps Engineer, • Platform Engineer, • Technical Lead within a cloud or SaaS environment Working Environment • Remote-first with occasional visits to the Cardiff office, • Small, experienced engineering team, • Established SaaS platform with a clear technical roadmap Hours: Monday-Friday, full-time Environment: Remote-first, collaborative, technically mature