Summary: The Cloud Engineer role involves developing and delivering cloud infrastructure and application services for a leading client in the technology sector. The position requires collaboration with research and software teams to enhance platform usability and reliability, along with deploying software to cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure. This is a rolling 12-month contract based in London with a hybrid working arrangement. Candidates should possess strong leadership skills and a solid background in software engineering.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and deliver cloud infrastructure and application services
• Collaborate with research and software teams to enhance platform usability and reliability
• Deploy software to cloud platforms (AWS or Azure)
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform
• Participate in and lead engineering discussions and decision-making processes
• Optimize and maintain cloud-based systems
• Ensure the platform meets user needs from concept to implementation
• Continuously improve cloud deployment processes

Key Skills:

• Bachelor's degree (2:1 or higher) in Computer Science, Mathematics, Science, or Engineering
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Experience deploying software to AWS, Azure or GCP
• Familiarity with Terraform or other IaC tools
• Experience with PostgreSQL or similar database technologies
• Ability to work with or desire to learn Rust
• Strong leadership skills in engineering discussions and decision-making
• Experience with Kubernetes (preferred)
• Knowledge of common distributed system architectures (preferred)
• Experience developing in TypeScript (preferred)

Salary (Rate): 550

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT