Full Stack Cloud Engineer

Full Stack Cloud Engineer:

• Location: London
• Working Pattern: Hybrid
• Salary: £60,000 to £80,000 per annum + benefits + company shares
• Experience: 2 - 4 years
• Eligibility: Must have a minimum of 3 years’ UK residency

Role Overview We are supporting an innovative AI start-up delivering high-assurance, mission-critical solutions. This role is suited to a Full Stack Cloud Engineer who thrives in a start-up environment, takes ownership, and is able to think beyond the immediate technical challenge to understand the wider product and business impact. 

This is an opportunity to join a high-growth, purpose-driven organisation, offering significant autonomy, technical ownership, and the chance to contribute to impactful solutions in a high-assurance environment.

You will play a key role in building and scaling secure, cloud-native applications where reliability, precision, and performance are critical.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain full stack, cloud-native applications
• Develop scalable backend services using Python
• Work across the full development lifecycle, from concept through to deployment
• Build and optimise infrastructure on GCP
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful, AI-driven solutions
• Ensure high levels of system reliability, security and performance
• Contribute to architectural decisions with a focus on scalability and resilience

Key Skills and Experience

• 2 to 4 years’ experience as a Full Stack or Cloud Engineer
• Strong programming capability in Python
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform
• Experience building and deploying production-grade applications
• Understanding of modern DevOps practices and cloud architecture
• Ability to operate effectively in high-assurance, low-throughput environments
• Experience in a start-up or scaling business environment

Desirable Background

• Experience working within public sector environments such as law enforcement, NHS, or wider government organisations
• Exposure to regulated or mission-critical delivery environments

Personal Attributes

• Start-up mindset with a proactive, ownership-led approach
• Strong ability to see the bigger picture and align technical delivery to broader objectives
• Resilient, delivery-focused and comfortable operating where failure is not an option
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail