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Senior AWS Engineer

Version 1 · Newcastle upon Tyne, ENG, United Kingdom
Newcastle upon Tyne, ENG, United KingdomRemote
Remuneration
Not specified
Location
Newcastle upon Tyne, ENG, United Kingdom
Visa sponsorship
Not specified

Job summary

Design, build, and operate cloud-native applications and platform infrastructure on AWS, including serverless services and highly regulated, multi-tenant EKS/Kubernetes clusters. Develop React and TypeScript applications, REST and GraphQL APIs, and infrastructure as code, while supporting event-driven and microservices architectures, CI/CD, security, and troubleshooting across the technology stack.

Qualifications

  • Hands-on experience with AWS services, including Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SQS, Cognito, and CloudWatch
  • Experience designing, building, deploying, and operating AWS workloads
  • Experience in highly regulated and secure environments
  • Hands-on experience with production-grade EKS/Kubernetes clusters and multi-tenant Kubernetes architectures
  • Experience implementing automated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
  • Experience with Terraform for infrastructure as code
  • Experience with Helm charts for configuration and deployment
  • Python and Bash scripting and automation experience
  • Proficiency in TypeScript and hands-on React frontend development
  • Experience developing and integrating REST and GraphQL APIs
  • Understanding of microservices and event-driven architectures
  • Experience with Test-Driven Development and testing frameworks
  • Commitment to code quality, reliability, and maintainability
  • Understanding of secure-by-design principles, DevSecOps, and security controls across cloud, containers, and CI/CD
  • Ability to work in complex, distributed system environments
  • Strong troubleshooting, collaboration, and communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain cloud-native applications using AWS serverless services
  • Architect and support highly regulated, multi-tenant EKS/Kubernetes clusters
  • Develop infrastructure as code
  • Build and support React and TypeScript web applications
  • Implement and optimize REST and GraphQL APIs
  • Contribute to event-driven and microservices architectures
  • Collaborate across teams and support CI/CD, configuration management, and troubleshooting across the technology stack

Skills

AWSBashAWS CDKCloudFormationCloudWatchDynamoDBEKSGitHubGitHub ActionsGraphQLHelmKubernetesAWS LambdaPythonRESTRHELSnowflakeSQSTerraformTypeScriptOracle Cloud

Certifications

AWS Solutions Architect certificationAWS DevOps Engineer certification

Industry

Financial servicesRegulated industries

Relocation

No