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Lead Engineer (AWS/Serverless)

Simply Commerce Recruitment Ltd
Posted 2 days ago, valid for 25 days
Location

London, Greater London N8 7HR, England

Salary

£45,000 - £54,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Lead Engineer position is with a mid-sized sport and leisure apparel B2C retailer that is transitioning to MACH and composable architecture on AWS.
  • The role involves architecting, developing, and maintaining AWS infrastructure with a focus on event-driven, serverless-first solutions.
  • Candidates should have extensive experience in AWS services, TypeScript, Node.js, and testing strategies, with a minimum of 5 years in relevant roles.
  • The position also requires skills in containerization with Docker and infrastructure automation using Terraform.
  • This hybrid role offers a competitive salary of £85,000 to £95,000 and requires working 2-3 days a week in London.

Lead Engineer

Our client is a mid sized sport and leisure apparel B2C retailer. They have been on a journey within tech that has involved migrating away from SAP Hybris to MACH and composable architecture that includes a range of saas products, deployed on AWS.

They are looking for a Lead Engineer to architect, develop, and maintain their AWS infrastructure with an event-driven, serverless-first approach. As a testing owner across their architecture, you’ll drive end-to-end testing coverage and ensure comprehensive validation at all layers, delivering resilient, scalable solutions. You’ll also lead in implementing a service/software catalog, building APIs, and managing infrastructure automation.

Responsibilities

  • Cloud Infrastructure Development: Design, develop, and deploy scalable, event-driven cloud solutions on AWS, ensuring secure and efficient operations with a strong focus on serverless and containerised solutions.
  • API Development & Maintenance: Build and optimise APIs using TypeScript and Node.js, ensuring secure, high-performance data communication across distributed systems.
  • Containerisation & Serverless Deployment: Utilise Docker, Lambda, and other serverless tools for efficient, on-demand scaling, focusing on robust, even-driven architectures.
  • Service Catalog & Infrastructure Management: Implement a service catalog and use Terraform for non-serverless infrastructure deployment, creating efficient workflows for internal teams.
  • Testing Ownership & Strategy: Lead and own testing across all architectural layers.
  • Mentorship & Collaboration: Guide engineers and collaborate closely with cross-funcational teams to build aligned, strategic cloud solutions.

Skills & Experience Required:

  • AWS Expertise: Proficiency in AWS services, including Lambda, ECS, CloudFormation, IAM, and Kinesis or SNS for event-driven architectures
  • Programming Skills: Advanced knowledge of TypeScript and Node.js with a proven track record in scalable API development.
  • Testing Leadership: Extensive experience establishing and leading testing strategies across cloud architectures, with automation-first principles.
  • Containerisation & Orchestration: Proficiency with Docker and orchestration for flexible, containerised solutions.
  • Infrastructure Automation: Expertise in Terraform for deploying and managing non-serverless infrastructure components.
  • eCommerce / Retail experience highly beneficial.

Hybrid 2-3 days a week in London.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.

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