AWS Cloud Engineer

Title: AWS Cloud Engineer – Banking Start up (mature and profitable)

Client/Role

My client is an exciting online challenger bank start- up, with secure major funding, a fantastic product and actual profitability.

If you are looking to get stuck in at the sharp end and be one of the first 100 through the door with a successful start-up, this is a chance too good to miss. The culture is forward thinking, inclusive and diverse, with a can-do attitude.

We’re looking for an exceptional engineer who will work closely with the CTO and businesspeople as we scale up and modernise our business processes and tech stack.

This is a great opportunity for a leading edge, innovative, high-class engineer to enter the company at a time when you can make your mark on the development of the company and contribute to the quality work that has already been created.

The right candidate could well see themselves in line for a head of infrastructure role in the future.

Key Skill requirements:

• 5+ years experience of AWS architecture, networking and resources including VPC, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, Cognito, API Gateway, CloudFront, RDS, S3, VPN, EC2, ECS
• 2+ years experience with automation of DevOps build using GitHub actions/Bitbucket/Jenkins/Maven
• 3+ years experience with Terraform / IaC
• 5+ years experience with batch job scheduling and identifying data/job dependencies
• Good knowledge of software DevOps CI/CD tools, such Git, Jenkins, Linux, and Shell Script
• Good knowledge of SSO, OIDC, Azure Entra ID & Enterprise applications
• Ability to learn quickly, be organized and detail oriented
• Automated testing experience, preferably with Playwright
• Experience in Software Engineering and Development
• Understanding of database schema design
• Experience in supporting web applications including familiarity with web technologies

About You

You will have a strong desire to work in a start-up / scale-up environment with a delivery focused approach to problem solving.

You will be a born problem solver, keen to dig into the technology supporting our business and demonstrating high standards of professionalism and integrity throughout the working day.

You will be equally comfortable mentoring colleagues through technical detail as well as rolling your sleeves up and leading from the front.

Working practice

Two days per week in the office.

If you think you have what it takes for this role, please send your CV ASAP to book an appointment to discuss.