Technical Development Lead – AWS / Cloud Engineering

Key Responsibilities

• Providing hands-on technical leadership across a team of software/cloud engineers.
• Helping design and develop scalable solutions within a complex AWS environment.
• Supporting and unblocking developers when they encounter difficult technical problems.
• Driving modern engineering practices across CI/CD, containerisation, microservices and automation.
• Working through complex cloud integration and connectivity challenges.
• Challenging existing technical approaches and identifying better ways of solving problems.
• Helping accelerate the move away from traditional development approaches towards faster, iterative software delivery.
• Exploring emerging technologies and identifying where they can provide genuine business and engineering value.
• Supporting the programme's growing use of AI-assisted and agentic development technologies.
• Communicating technical concepts effectively across engineering teams, technology stakeholders and senior business leadership.

Key Requirements

• Strong hands-on background in Software Engineering, Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering or DevOps.
• Deep practical knowledge of AWS and the wider AWS technology ecosystem.
• Strong experience with containers/microservices and CI/CD.
• Experience designing and delivering solutions within complex cloud environments.
• Strong software engineering capability – Python experience would be particularly relevant, although broader/polyglot development experience is welcomed.
• Experience technically leading, mentoring and supporting other engineers without moving away from hands-on technology.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the confidence to challenge technical decisions where appropriate.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to operate effectively with both highly technical teams and senior stakeholders.
• Most importantly, a genuine enthusiasm and curiosity for technology – someone who naturally keeps up with emerging tools and engineering approaches, experiments with new ideas and is interested in continually improving how technology is built and delivered.

Desirable

• React experience.
• Kubernetes/container orchestration.
• Infrastructure as Code, e.g. Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Developer platform/tooling experience.
• Exposure to Generative AI, agentic development or AI-assisted software engineering.
• Experience introducing new engineering standards, technologies or development practices.
• Financial Services experience is not required. We are particularly interested in strong technologists from cloud, SaaS, technology consultancy, digital product, gaming or other engineering-led environments.