Senior Cloud Engineer

Summary

Join our growing global IT team as a Senior Cloud Engineer to drive meaningful transformation. You will play a hands-on role in replacing legacy systems, delivering scalable cloud-first solutions, and exploring the value of AI. This position offers the opportunity to work on real-world problems impacting operations, sales, and customer service, while collaborating internationally. As a senior team member, you will mentor junior and mid-level engineers, contributing to a DevOps culture and implementing a serverless-first approach. You will be part of a small, cross-functional team working in a modern AWS environment, delivering solutions impacting millions of transactions globally. If you value a workplace where your ideas matter and change is embraced, this is the ideal opportunity.

Requirements

• Strong experience with AWS serverless components including Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, and CDK
• Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript with Node.js and frontend frameworks like React
• Experience building and deploying applications using Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g. CDK, Serverless Framework, Terraform)
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, Git, and cloud-native development patterns
• Ability to work collaboratively in an Agile environment and provide technical mentorship to less experienced engineers

Responsibilities

• Build modern cloud-first systems using AWS services such as CDK, Lambda, API Gateway, and DynamoDB
• Improve and upgrade legacy software by designing scalable microservices and implementing a serverless-first approach
• Contribute to DevOps culture and practices including CI/CD, IaC, and cross-functional delivery
• Support AI-based initiatives, including internal productivity tools and chatbots that help scale engineering excellence
• Mentor junior engineers and help embed good engineering practices, clean code, and technical standards across the team

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing systems for authentication/authorisation
• Exposure to AI developer tools such as Amazon QDev, Claude, Cursor, or similar
• Background in breaking down monoliths and refactoring for scalable cloud deployments
• Experience working across multiple AWS accounts or with distributed global teams
• Previous experience in wholesale, logistics or manufacturing environments

Benefits

• Annual Discretionary Bonus
• Remote-first working environment
• Flexible hours built around core team collaboration
• 25 days holiday plus UK bank holidays
• Company Pension Scheme
• Access to Champion Health, our Employee Wellbeing Platform