Engineering Consultant
Posted Today by Qurated
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Engineering Consultant involves providing hands-on technical support for a critical client engagement on a short-term interim basis. The consultant will be responsible for writing code, making architectural decisions, and serving as a senior technical authority. This position requires direct involvement in technical work and the ability to deliver high-quality outcomes under pressure. The role is fully remote and is expected to last for four weeks.
Key Responsibilities:
- Writing and reviewing production-quality Python and/or Java
- Designing and contributing to AWS-hosted, cloud-native architectures
- Providing technical direction and architectural guidance across the engagement
- Engaging in structured technical work and peer review on behalf of the client
- Supporting and conducting technical interviews, assessing candidates against defined engineering standards
- Evaluating technical submissions, coding exercises, and take-home assessments
- Acting as the senior technical voice, bridging hands-on delivery with leadership-level thinking
- Identifying and resolving blockers quickly in a fast-moving environment
Key Skills:
- Proven experience at Principal Engineer level (or EM with a strong coding background)
- Genuinely hands-on in Python and/or Java, writing it daily
- Solid AWS experience across services such as Lambda, EC2, ECS, RDS, S3 or similar
- Strong understanding of microservices, distributed systems, and cloud-native patterns
- Experience conducting or designing technical interviews
- Comfortable reviewing and scoring technical tests, live coding exercises, and system design challenges
- Adaptable and able to hit the ground running with minimal onboarding
- Comfortable working within client-facing contexts under tight timelines
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
We're looking for a seasoned Engineer Consultant to join us on a short-term interim basis, supporting a critical client engagement. This is a hands-on role, you'll be writing real code, making real architectural decisions, and operating as a senior technical authority from day one. This isn't a role for someone who manages from a distance. We need someone who can roll their sleeves up, contribute directly to technical work, and help us deliver high-quality outcomes under time pressure.
What You'll Be Doing
- Writing and reviewing production-quality Python and/or Java
- Designing and contributing to AWS-hosted, cloud-native architectures
- Providing technical direction and architectural guidance across the engagement
- Engaging in structured technical work and peer review on behalf of the client
- Supporting and conducting technical interviews, assessing candidates against defined engineering standards and helping shape interview frameworks where needed
- Evaluating technical submissions, coding exercises, and take-home assessments with a critical and consistent eye
- Acting as the senior technical voice, bridging hands-on delivery with leadership-level thinking
- Identifying and resolving blockers quickly in a fast-moving environment
What We're Looking For
- Proven experience at Principal Engineer level (or EM with a strong coding background)
- Genuinely hands-on in Python and/or Java, writing it daily, not just reviewing it
- Solid AWS experience across services such as Lambda, EC2, ECS, RDS, S3 or similar
- Strong understanding of microservices, distributed systems, and cloud-native patterns
- Experience conducting or designing technical interviews - you know what good looks like and can assess it objectively and fairly
- Comfortable reviewing and scoring technical tests, live coding exercises, and system design challenges
- Adaptable and able to hit the ground running with minimal onboarding
- Comfortable working within client-facing contexts under tight timelines
This is an interim, fully remote, 4-week contract.