At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and develop scalable cloud-native applications using AWS and Python.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking tech company with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy 25 days annual leave, health plans, and a competitive salary.
- Other info: Hybrid role with excellent career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on innovative projects in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: Experience with AWS, Python, and cloud-native application development.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
Location: This is a hybrid role – two office days per week (Tuesdays and Wednesdays) based at our Exeter office.
About the Role
We’re looking for an experienced Cloud Engineer to join our talented team and play a key role in the evolution of our cloud architecture. This is an exciting opportunity to work on the development, modernisation and optimisation of high-performance systems, designing and implementing robust, scalable solutions within our AWS-based infrastructure.
You'll contribute to the design and delivery of cloud-native applications that process large volumes of real-time telematics data, ensuring solutions are secure, resilient and built to the highest engineering standards. Working alongside software engineers, data engineers, DevOps and product teams, you'll help shape technical solutions that support both current and future business needs.
We're looking for someone who takes pride in writing clean, maintainable code, has a strong focus on system reliability and performance, and enjoys collaborating to solve complex technical challenges. If you're passionate about AWS technologies and want to make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop and maintain scalable, real-time telematics applications using Python.
- Optimise applications for low latency and high throughput to efficiently process large-scale vehicle data.
- Develop cloud-native solutions using AWS services including EC2, S3, Lambda, ECS, SQS and Amazon Aurora.
- Build and deploy containerised applications using Docker and Kubernetes, implementing serverless architectures where appropriate.
- Apply best practices for secure data transmission and storage, ensuring compliance with industry standards.
- Monitor application health and performance using AWS CloudWatch, X-Ray and other monitoring tools, proactively identifying and resolving issues.
- Collaborate with data engineers, DevOps and product teams to deliver solutions that meet business and customer requirements.
- Participate in code reviews, technical design discussions and Agile ceremonies to promote engineering excellence and continuous improvement.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Strong commercial experience designing and developing cloud-native applications within AWS.
- Excellent knowledge of AWS services including S3, Lambda, EC2, ECS, SQS and Amazon Aurora.
- Expert-level Python development skills.
- Proven experience designing and building highly available, scalable and resilient software solutions.
- Strong experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies, including Docker, Kubernetes and Helm.
- Experience with Git, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD practices.
- Good understanding of Test-Driven Development (TDD) and software testing best practices.
- Experience designing and implementing ETL processes, both within and outside AWS.
Desirable Experience
- Experience working within Agile teams using Jira.
- Knowledge of Java and/or C++.
- Experience with Microsoft Azure data services, including Azure Data Factory (ADF).
Ways of Working & Personal Attributes
- Customer-focused, with a commitment to delivering excellent service to both internal and external stakeholders.
- A proactive problem solver with strong analytical skills.
- Meticulous attention to detail and a quality-first mindset.
- Committed to maintaining the integrity, stability and security of production environments.
- Able to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment while taking ownership of your work.
- Self-motivated, adaptable and able to work with a high degree of autonomy.
- Support and demonstrate our core values: To Care, To Deliver and To Innovate.
- Contribute enthusiasm, initiative and a proactive approach to the team.
Our Benefits
We believe great work deserves great support. Alongside a competitive salary, we offer a range of benefits designed to reward our colleagues:
- 25 days’ annual leave
- Christmas closure
- A day off to celebrate your birthday
- Life assurance
- Health and dental cash plans
- Pension scheme
- …and much more.
Visit the “Our Benefits” section of our website to discover the full range of benefits available to our team.
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