Job Title: AWS API Technical Architect
Rate: £575p/d via Umbrella
Duration: 3-6 months (flexible on end date)
Location: Remote
Clearance required: SC (active and used in the last 12 months)
Nationality requirement: No dual-nationality restrictions

Job Description:

We are looking for an AWS API Engineer/Architect to design secure, scalable, and well-integrated API and microservices architectures across multiple client applications and services.

Key responsibilities are broadly expected to include:

• Design serverless and microservices-based API architectures on AWS
• Define and apply RESTful API design patterns and integration standards
• Support system and data integration across distributed services
• Assess and address technical debt, recommending pragmatic modernisation approaches
• Work closely with product teams to design solutions that align to their roadmap and support their needs
• Support deployment planning, cutover activities, and post go live stabilisation
• Collaborate with cybersecurity and delivery teams to ensure secure, observable solutions
• Design the integration of applications with identity providers and secure access patterns

The services used across these systems are likely to include:

• AWS Services (ie API Gateway, Lambda, Aurora RDS Postgres, EKS, ECR, STS, Route 53, VPC)
• Kubernetes
• CI/CD (eg GitHub, Jenkins)
• Prometheus, Grafana
• ELK
• Apollo GraphQL, TypeScript
• AWS Config, AWS Macie, AWS Guard Duty, AWS Security Hub, Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon CloudTrail

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Data Engineer to contribute to the development and maintenance of a cutting-edge Azure Databricks platform focused on economic data. This platform supports Monetary Analysis, Forecasting, and Modelling activities.

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in data engineering, Azure cloud technologies, Databricks, and large-scale data processing environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimise scalable data pipelines for ingesting and transforming data from multiple sources into Azure Databricks.
• Implement robust data quality checks, validation rules, and monitoring processes.
• Develop complex data transformations using Spark (PySpark/Scala).
• Work extensively with Azure Databricks, Delta Lake, Spark SQL, and Unity Catalog.
• Build and maintain integrations with APIs, relational databases, and streaming data sources.
• Support data governance and metadata management using Azure Purview.
• Collaborate with data scientists, economists, and technical teams to deliver data-driven solutions.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and DevOps best practices for deployment automation.

Essential Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of experience in Data Engineering with 3+ years of hands-on Azure Databricks experience.
• Strong proficiency in Python, Spark (PySpark), or Scala.
• Expertise in Azure Data Factory, Azure Blob Storage, Azure SQL Database, and Databricks.
• Strong understanding of data warehousing, data modelling, and ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases and streaming technologies such as Kafka or Azure Event Hubs.
• Hands-on experience with Azure Purview for data governance and quality management.
• Familiarity with DevOps tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Tableau or Power BI.
• Prior experience working in financial services or economic data environments is highly preferred.
• Relevant Azure certifications are advantageous

We believe in better. And we make it happen.

Better content. Better products. And better careers.

Working in Tech, Product or Data at Sky is about building the next and the new. From broadband to broadcast, streaming to mobile, SkyQ to Sky Glass, we never stand still. We optimise and innovate.

We turn big ideas into the products, content and services millions of people love.

And we do it all right here at Sky.

What you’ll do:

• Technical Mentorship: Act as the technical lead engineers working cross-functionally in an agile environment; act as a top-notch coder and expert in the domain, capable of deep diving into details of components and features, uplifting capability and shaping engineering maturity across the Domain.

• Architecture Partnership: Define and guide the technical architecture for complex, high impact data products and platforms. Manage Solution Architects and act as the natural bridge between Data Engineering and Data Architecture as well as colleagues in wider Technology.

• Standards Setting: Establish engineering patterns, coding standards, and best practices adopted across multiple squads.

• Design & Innovation: Translate sophisticated business and technical requirements into scalable, cloud native data solutions. Able to create and build frameworks to support CI/CD pipelines and future capability; drive adoption of new tools, technologies, and engineering approaches that support a cloud-agnostic, AI-ready future

• Assurance & Excellence: Embed rigorous validation, profiling, reconciliation, and automated testing into all engineering work; lead monitoring, observability, and performance optimisation to ensure resilient, reliable data products.

• Strategic Influence: Partner with architects, product leaders, and senior stakeholders to shape roadmaps and platform direction. Work collaboratively with your Principal Engineer peers to ensure consistent and joined-up approaches to our biggest priorities and challenges. Communicating in both deeply technical and plain and simple terms.

What you’ll bring:

• Technical Mastery: Deep expertise in cloud data engineering, distributed processing, and enterprise-scale data architecture. Excellent GCP/Python and/or Node JS 8+ knowledge, and CI/CD experience (ideally with Jenkins).

• Advanced SQL: Master-level proficiency in SQL (ideally BigQuery ), with strong optimisation and performance-tuning skills. Experience following coding standards and performing peer code reviews.

• Data Modelling & Insight: Strong capability in designing intuitive, scalable data models and semantic layers aligned to business meaning; skilled in advanced data profiling, anomaly detection, and statistical reasoning to ensure data integrity.

• Collaboration: Able to influence senior stakeholders, simplify complex concepts, and build strong cross-functional relationships.

• Technical Leadership: Expert in data quality frameworks, governance standards, and secure handling of sensitive data; connects engineering choices to long-term platform strategy, organisational goals, and future scalability.

• Understanding: Uses deep business context within the specific Domain to shape proactive, value-driven engineering decisions; also equipped with first-class communication skills, able to grasp very complex data principles and processes, and decipher them in order to walk non-experts through them and gain support.

Team overview:

Our vision is to enable Sky’s growth ambitions though Data and AI: deepening customer relationships, optimising commercial performance, and enhancing operational efficiency.

Our Principal Engineers work within Domains and manage our Solution Architects. With top-notch skills, they act as our Technical Leads, setting and improving standards across the team and helping to raise the bar on what’s possible. As a senior role, they’re also our bridge into wider teams such as Architecture and Technology, ensuring we work together in harmony in pursuit of our data strategy.

Our Residential Products Domain is part of the Customer Directorate within Sky Data. It’s where we build and maintain data products and data assets for Sky’s Connectivity business - including Sky Broadband and Sky Mobile - as well as Sky TV and Sky Protect. We work within the Value Streams, as part of cross-functional teams driving exciting roadmaps; we also support broader work where we help to transform how things get done. That means we’re at the heart of the action, supporting and working on the products that keep our customers connected and protected, and which directly drive their Sky experience. Whether we’re helping to create magic on screen via the products people watch or using data and AI to improve how our business is set up behind the scenes, one thing’s for sure - this is a winning team that collaborates across Sky to make a genuine difference.

The rewards

There’s one thing people can’t stop talking about when it comes to #LifeAtSky : the perks . Here’s a taster:

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place

• The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate

• A generous pension package

• Private healthcare

• Discounted mobile and broadband

• A wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences

Inclusion & how you’ll work:

Recognised by The Times and Stonewall, we take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion. Investing in society, fighting racial injustice and setting ambitious targets for representation at Sky.

We’ve embraced hybrid working and split our time between unique office spaces and the convenience of working from home. You’ll find out more about what hybrid working looks like for your role later on in the recruitment process.

Your office space:

Osterley:"

Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing" Broadway “and South Ealing tube stations.” There’s “also plenty of bike shelters and showers.”

On campus," you’ll “find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.”"

We’d love to hear from you

Inventive, forward-thinking minds come together to work in Tech, Product and Data at Sky. It’s a place where you can explore what if, how far, and what next.

But better doesn’t stop at what we do, it’s how we do it, too. We embrace each other’s differences. We support our community and contribute to a sustainable future for our business and the planet.

If you believe in better, we’ll back you all the way.

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.

We believe in better. And we make it happen.

Better content. Better products. And better careers.

Working in Tech, Product or Data at Sky is about building the next and the new. From broadband to broadcast, streaming to mobile, SkyQ to Sky Glass, we never stand still. We optimise and innovate.

We turn big ideas into the products, content and services millions of people love.

And we do it all right here at Sky.

What you’ll do:

• Technical Mentorship: Act as the technical lead engineers working cross-functionally in an agile environment; act as a top-notch coder and expert in the domain, capable of deep diving into details of components and features, uplifting capability and shaping engineering maturity across the Domain.

• Architecture Partnership: Define and guide the technical architecture for complex, high impact data products and platforms. Manage Solution Architects and act as the natural bridge between Data Engineering and Data Architecture as well as colleagues in wider Technology.

• Standards Setting: Establish engineering patterns, coding standards, and best practices adopted across multiple squads.

• Design & Innovation: Translate sophisticated business and technical requirements into scalable, cloud native data solutions. Able to create and build frameworks to support CI/CD pipelines and future capability; drive adoption of new tools, technologies, and engineering approaches that support a cloud-agnostic, AI-ready future

• Assurance & Excellence: Embed rigorous validation, profiling, reconciliation, and automated testing into all engineering work; lead monitoring, observability, and performance optimisation to ensure resilient, reliable data products.

• Strategic Influence: Partner with architects, product leaders, and senior stakeholders to shape roadmaps and platform direction. Work collaboratively with your Principal Engineer peers to ensure consistent and joined-up approaches to our biggest priorities and challenges. Communicating in both deeply technical and plain and simple terms.

What you’ll bring:

• Technical Mastery: Deep expertise in cloud data engineering, distributed processing, and enterprise-scale data architecture. Excellent GCP/Python and/or Node JS 8+ knowledge, and CI/CD experience (ideally with Jenkins).

• Advanced SQL: Master-level proficiency in SQL (ideally BigQuery ), with strong optimisation and performance-tuning skills. Experience following coding standards and performing peer code reviews.

• Data Modelling & Insight: Strong capability in designing intuitive, scalable data models and semantic layers aligned to business meaning; skilled in advanced data profiling, anomaly detection, and statistical reasoning to ensure data integrity.

• Collaboration: Able to influence senior stakeholders, simplify complex concepts, and build strong cross-functional relationships.

• Technical Leadership: Expert in data quality frameworks, governance standards, and secure handling of sensitive data; connects engineering choices to long-term platform strategy, organisational goals, and future scalability.

• Understanding: Uses deep business context within the specific Domain to shape proactive, value-driven engineering decisions; also equipped with first-class communication skills, able to grasp very complex data principles and processes, and decipher them in order to walk non-experts through them and gain support.

Team overview:

Our vision is to enable Sky’s growth ambitions though Data and AI: deepening customer relationships, optimising commercial performance, and enhancing operational efficiency.

Our Principal Engineers work within Domains and manage our Solution Architects. With top-notch skills, they act as our Technical Leads, setting and improving standards across the team and helping to raise the bar on what’s possible. As a senior role, they’re also our bridge into wider teams such as Architecture and Technology, ensuring we work together in harmony in pursuit of our data strategy.

Our Residential Products Domain is part of the Customer Directorate within Sky Data. It’s where we build and maintain data products and data assets for Sky’s Connectivity business - including Sky Broadband and Sky Mobile - as well as Sky TV and Sky Protect. We work within the Value Streams, as part of cross-functional teams driving exciting roadmaps; we also support broader work where we help to transform how things get done. That means we’re at the heart of the action, supporting and working on the products that keep our customers connected and protected, and which directly drive their Sky experience. Whether we’re helping to create magic on screen via the products people watch or using data and AI to improve how our business is set up behind the scenes, one thing’s for sure - this is a winning team that collaborates across Sky to make a genuine difference.

The rewards

There’s one thing people can’t stop talking about when it comes to #LifeAtSky : the perks . Here’s a taster:

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place

• The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate

• A generous pension package

• Private healthcare

• Discounted mobile and broadband

• A wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences

Inclusion & how you’ll work:

Recognised by The Times and Stonewall, we take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion. Investing in society, fighting racial injustice and setting ambitious targets for representation at Sky.

We’ve embraced hybrid working and split our time between unique office spaces and the convenience of working from home. You’ll find out more about what hybrid working looks like for your role later on in the recruitment process.

Your office space:

Osterley:"

Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing" Broadway “and South Ealing tube stations.” There’s “also plenty of bike shelters and showers.”

On campus," you’ll “find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.”"

We’d love to hear from you

Inventive, forward-thinking minds come together to work in Tech, Product and Data at Sky. It’s a place where you can explore what if, how far, and what next.

But better doesn’t stop at what we do, it’s how we do it, too. We embrace each other’s differences. We support our community and contribute to a sustainable future for our business and the planet.

If you believe in better, we’ll back you all the way.

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.

We believe in better. And we make it happen.

Better content. Better products. And better careers.

Working in Tech, Product or Data at Sky is about building the next and the new. From broadband to broadcast, streaming to mobile, SkyQ to Sky Glass, we never stand still. We optimise and innovate.

We turn big ideas into the products, content and services millions of people love.

And we do it all right here at Sky.

What you’ll do:

• Technical Mentorship: Act as the technical lead engineers working cross-functionally in an agile environment; act as a top-notch coder and expert in the domain, capable of deep diving into details of components and features, uplifting capability and shaping engineering maturity across the Domain.

• Architecture Partnership: Define and guide the technical architecture for complex, high impact data products and platforms. Manage Solution Architects and act as the natural bridge between Data Engineering and Data Architecture as well as colleagues in wider Technology.

• Standards Setting: Establish engineering patterns, coding standards, and best practices adopted across multiple squads.

• Design & Innovation: Translate sophisticated business and technical requirements into scalable, cloud native data solutions. Able to create and build frameworks to support CI/CD pipelines and future capability; drive adoption of new tools, technologies, and engineering approaches that support a cloud-agnostic, AI-ready future

• Assurance & Excellence: Embed rigorous validation, profiling, reconciliation, and automated testing into all engineering work; lead monitoring, observability, and performance optimisation to ensure resilient, reliable data products.

• Strategic Influence: Partner with architects, product leaders, and senior stakeholders to shape roadmaps and platform direction. Work collaboratively with your Principal Engineer peers to ensure consistent and joined-up approaches to our biggest priorities and challenges. Communicating in both deeply technical and plain and simple terms.

What you’ll bring:

• Technical Mastery: Deep expertise in cloud data engineering, distributed processing, and enterprise-scale data architecture. Excellent GCP/Python and/or Node JS 8+ knowledge, and CI/CD experience (ideally with Jenkins).

• Advanced SQL: Master-level proficiency in SQL (ideally BigQuery ), with strong optimisation and performance-tuning skills. Experience following coding standards and performing peer code reviews.

• Data Modelling & Insight: Strong capability in designing intuitive, scalable data models and semantic layers aligned to business meaning; skilled in advanced data profiling, anomaly detection, and statistical reasoning to ensure data integrity.

• Collaboration: Able to influence senior stakeholders, simplify complex concepts, and build strong cross-functional relationships.

• Technical Leadership: Expert in data quality frameworks, governance standards, and secure handling of sensitive data; connects engineering choices to long-term platform strategy, organisational goals, and future scalability.

• Understanding: Uses deep business context within the specific Domain to shape proactive, value-driven engineering decisions; also equipped with first-class communication skills, able to grasp very complex data principles and processes, and decipher them in order to walk non-experts through them and gain support.

Team overview:

Our vision is to enable Sky’s growth ambitions though Data and AI: deepening customer relationships, optimising commercial performance, and enhancing operational efficiency.

Our Principal Engineers work within Domains and manage our Solution Architects. With top-notch skills, they act as our Technical Leads, setting and improving standards across the team and helping to raise the bar on what’s possible. As a senior role, they’re also our bridge into wider teams such as Architecture and Technology, ensuring we work together in harmony in pursuit of our data strategy.

Our Residential Products Domain is part of the Customer Directorate within Sky Data. It’s where we build and maintain data products and data assets for Sky’s Connectivity business - including Sky Broadband and Sky Mobile - as well as Sky TV and Sky Protect. We work within the Value Streams, as part of cross-functional teams driving exciting roadmaps; we also support broader work where we help to transform how things get done. That means we’re at the heart of the action, supporting and working on the products that keep our customers connected and protected, and which directly drive their Sky experience. Whether we’re helping to create magic on screen via the products people watch or using data and AI to improve how our business is set up behind the scenes, one thing’s for sure - this is a winning team that collaborates across Sky to make a genuine difference.

The rewards

There’s one thing people can’t stop talking about when it comes to #LifeAtSky : the perks . Here’s a taster:

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place

• The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate

• A generous pension package

• Private healthcare

• Discounted mobile and broadband

• A wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences

Inclusion & how you’ll work:

Recognised by The Times and Stonewall, we take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion. Investing in society, fighting racial injustice and setting ambitious targets for representation at Sky.

We’ve embraced hybrid working and split our time between unique office spaces and the convenience of working from home. You’ll find out more about what hybrid working looks like for your role later on in the recruitment process.

Your office space:

Osterley:"

Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing" Broadway “and South Ealing tube stations.” There’s “also plenty of bike shelters and showers.”

On campus," you’ll “find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.”"

We’d love to hear from you

Inventive, forward-thinking minds come together to work in Tech, Product and Data at Sky. It’s a place where you can explore what if, how far, and what next.

But better doesn’t stop at what we do, it’s how we do it, too. We embrace each other’s differences. We support our community and contribute to a sustainable future for our business and the planet.

If you believe in better, we’ll back you all the way.

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.

We believe in better. And we make it happen.

Better content. Better products. And better careers.

Working in Tech, Product or Data at Sky is about building the next and the new. From broadband to broadcast, streaming to mobile, SkyQ to Sky Glass, we never stand still. We optimise and innovate.

We turn big ideas into the products, content and services millions of people love.

And we do it all right here at Sky.

What you’ll do:

• Technical Mentorship: Act as the technical lead engineers working cross-functionally in an agile environment; act as a top-notch coder and expert in the domain, capable of deep diving into details of components and features, uplifting capability and shaping engineering maturity across the Domain.

• Architecture Partnership: Define and guide the technical architecture for complex, high impact data products and platforms. Manage Solution Architects and act as the natural bridge between Data Engineering and Data Architecture as well as colleagues in wider Technology.

• Standards Setting: Establish engineering patterns, coding standards, and best practices adopted across multiple squads.

• Design & Innovation: Translate sophisticated business and technical requirements into scalable, cloud native data solutions. Able to create and build frameworks to support CI/CD pipelines and future capability; drive adoption of new tools, technologies, and engineering approaches that support a cloud-agnostic, AI-ready future

• Assurance & Excellence: Embed rigorous validation, profiling, reconciliation, and automated testing into all engineering work; lead monitoring, observability, and performance optimisation to ensure resilient, reliable data products.

• Strategic Influence: Partner with architects, product leaders, and senior stakeholders to shape roadmaps and platform direction. Work collaboratively with your Principal Engineer peers to ensure consistent and joined-up approaches to our biggest priorities and challenges. Communicating in both deeply technical and plain and simple terms.

What you’ll bring:

• Technical Mastery: Deep expertise in cloud data engineering, distributed processing, and enterprise-scale data architecture. Excellent GCP/Python and/or Node JS 8+ knowledge, and CI/CD experience (ideally with Jenkins).

• Advanced SQL: Master-level proficiency in SQL (ideally BigQuery ), with strong optimisation and performance-tuning skills. Experience following coding standards and performing peer code reviews.

• Data Modelling & Insight: Strong capability in designing intuitive, scalable data models and semantic layers aligned to business meaning; skilled in advanced data profiling, anomaly detection, and statistical reasoning to ensure data integrity.

• Collaboration: Able to influence senior stakeholders, simplify complex concepts, and build strong cross-functional relationships.

• Technical Leadership: Expert in data quality frameworks, governance standards, and secure handling of sensitive data; connects engineering choices to long-term platform strategy, organisational goals, and future scalability.

• Understanding: Uses deep business context within the specific Domain to shape proactive, value-driven engineering decisions; also equipped with first-class communication skills, able to grasp very complex data principles and processes, and decipher them in order to walk non-experts through them and gain support.

Team overview:

Our vision is to enable Sky’s growth ambitions though Data and AI: deepening customer relationships, optimising commercial performance, and enhancing operational efficiency.

Our Principal Engineers work within Domains and manage our Solution Architects. With top-notch skills, they act as our Technical Leads, setting and improving standards across the team and helping to raise the bar on what’s possible. As a senior role, they’re also our bridge into wider teams such as Architecture and Technology, ensuring we work together in harmony in pursuit of our data strategy.

Our Residential Products Domain is part of the Customer Directorate within Sky Data. It’s where we build and maintain data products and data assets for Sky’s Connectivity business - including Sky Broadband and Sky Mobile - as well as Sky TV and Sky Protect. We work within the Value Streams, as part of cross-functional teams driving exciting roadmaps; we also support broader work where we help to transform how things get done. That means we’re at the heart of the action, supporting and working on the products that keep our customers connected and protected, and which directly drive their Sky experience. Whether we’re helping to create magic on screen via the products people watch or using data and AI to improve how our business is set up behind the scenes, one thing’s for sure - this is a winning team that collaborates across Sky to make a genuine difference.

The rewards

There’s one thing people can’t stop talking about when it comes to #LifeAtSky : the perks . Here’s a taster:

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place

• The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate

• A generous pension package

• Private healthcare

• Discounted mobile and broadband

• A wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences

Inclusion & how you’ll work:

Recognised by The Times and Stonewall, we take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion. Investing in society, fighting racial injustice and setting ambitious targets for representation at Sky.

We’ve embraced hybrid working and split our time between unique office spaces and the convenience of working from home. You’ll find out more about what hybrid working looks like for your role later on in the recruitment process.

Your office space:

Osterley:"

Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing" Broadway “and South Ealing tube stations.” There’s “also plenty of bike shelters and showers.”

On campus," you’ll “find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.”"

We’d love to hear from you

Inventive, forward-thinking minds come together to work in Tech, Product and Data at Sky. It’s a place where you can explore what if, how far, and what next.

But better doesn’t stop at what we do, it’s how we do it, too. We embrace each other’s differences. We support our community and contribute to a sustainable future for our business and the planet.

If you believe in better, we’ll back you all the way.

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.

Daily rate: £500 - £700 (inside IR35)

Duration: 6 months

Hybrid: 2 days a week on site (tues, weds)

Start: ASAP

My client is looking for a Senior Software Developer (AWS/Java) to join the Digital Development & Delivery team. You will play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining secure, scalable, and cloud-native Java microservices, primarily hosted on AWS, integrating with both internal and third-party systems.

Collaborating closely with technical leads, platform engineers, QA, and product teams, you will follow best practices in software design, observability, security, and DevOps principles. You will also contribute to L3 support activities, ensuring the stability and reliability of production systems.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional backend development experience
• Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Programming principles and familiarity with Functional Programming
• Proficiency in Java (v8 - v24) and dependency injection frameworks
• Knowledge of software design patterns
• Understanding of microservices architecture and event-driven patterns
• Familiarity with other JVM languages
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services (e.g., Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, ECS, S3)
• Experience developing RESTful APIs
• Exposure to SOAP and GraphQL services
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline)
• Knowledge of unit, integration, and automation testing
• Awareness of security best practices, including OAuth2/JWT authentication
• Awareness of SQL and NoSQL (e.g., OpenSearch)
• Familiarity with industry-specific systems (e.g., GDS) is advantageous
• Partner and Vendor Teams (onshore and offshore)

Backend Service Development

• Design, build, and maintain secure, high-performance Java-based microservices
• Implement RESTful APIs and GraphQL integrations
• Ensure services are cloud-native, scalable, and resilient in AWS

Code Quality, Testing, and Best Practice

• Write clean, maintainable code following internal coding standards
• Develop automated tests (unit, integration, performance)
• Participate in peer code reviews and technical discussions

Operational Support and Continuous Improvement

• Support production systems through L3 incident triage and root cause analysis
• Monitor service health using observability tools
• Identify opportunities for refactoring and performance improvements

Collaboration and Agile Delivery

• Work with Technical Leads, QA Engineers, and Product Owners to deliver sprint goals
• Contribute to estimation, design discussions, and documentation
• Participate in DevOps practices including CI/CD and deployments

Security, Compliance, and Observability

• Develop secure APIs and backend services following best practices
• Embed monitoring, logging, and tracing into services
• Ensure solutions meet organisational security and compliance standards

*Rates depend on experience and client requirements

AWS Solution Architect Up to £100K + Bonus

Were working with a global technology consultancy delivering secure, large-scale digital transformation programmes across multiple industries.

Theyre looking for an AWS Solution Architect to join a growing engineering and architecture team, designing and delivering modern, cloud-based solutions across enterprise environments.

This role is ideal for someone who wants to shape cloud strategy, design scalable architectures, and work alongside senior engineers and technical leads on enterprise-scale AWS programmes.

What Youll Be Doing:

• Designing secure, scalable AWS architectures
• Defining cloud solutions across microservices, data, and integration layers
• Supporting migration and modernisation initiatives
• Working within Agile delivery teams
• Contributing to CI/CD and DevOps best practices
• Ensuring solutions meet security, governance, and compliance standards
• Collaborating with developers, DevOps engineers, and stakeholders

What Theyre Looking For:

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS solution design
• Experience architecting cloud-native solutions
• Understanding of microservices and modern application patterns
• Experience working in Agile environments
• Ability to translate business requirements into secure technical architectures
• Passion for cloud innovation and best practices

Nice to Have:

• AWS Associate or Professional certification
• Experience with containers (Docker/Kubernetes)
• CI/CD tools (e.g. Jenkins, GitLab, etc.)
• Knowledge of security architecture and IAM
• Experience with data platforms or analytics solutions

Security Clearance Requirement:

Due to client project work, candidates must be eligible for UK Security Clearance (SC).

Why Apply?

• Work on large-scale enterprise cloud transformations
• Strong technical mentoring and career progression
• Hybrid working model
• Modern cloud-first engineering culture
• Excellent benefits package including private medical and additional volunteering leave

Ok, Im In Whats Next?

Please apply with your latest CV.

Python Software Engineer / Developer London onsite to £100k

Are you a data savvy Python Software Engineer?

You could be progressing your career in an impactful role at a start-up Hedge Fund / FinTech founded by two hugely successful financial trading entrepreneurs.

As a Python Software Engineer you’ll join a small team to design and develop scalable, low latency backend trading systems services including APIs and data-driven research platforms that directly support investment and research teams. You’ll focus on backend Python and FastAPI development within a modern development environment including Snowflake, Containerisation, Kubernetes, Azure, LLMs and Claude and will also have exposure to data visualisation front ends.

A key focus of the role will be designing AI-enabled workflows using LLMs, RAG, prompt engineering and agentic systems to automate research, extract insights and accelerate decision making.

Working closely with portfolio managers and analysts, you’ll turn complex investment processes into scalable technical solutions, leveraging structured and unstructured data to deliver actionable intelligence, while helping to drive engineering best practices across architecture, testing, CI/CD, deployment and reliability.

Location / WFH:

You’ll join a small, accomplished team based in Mayfair on a fulltime basis, Monday to Friday.

About you:

You are degree educated in Computer Science or other STEM discipline, having achieved a 2.1 or above from a top tier university

You have commercial Python software development experience including data libraries such as Pandas and NumPy

You have experience using AI, LLMs and agentic tools as part of day-to-day software development and problem solving

You have experience of building APIs, FastAPI preferred

You’re familiar with SQL, database management, Kubernetes, Docker, cloud platforms (Azure preferred), orchestration tools such as Airflow or Jenkins

You’re collaborative and pragmatic with great communication skills

What’s in it for you:

Salary to £100k

Discretionary bonus

Impactful role with excellent career progression

Apply now to find out more about this Python Software Engineer / Developer opportunity.

At Client Server we believe in a diverse workplace that allows people to play to their strengths and continually learn. We’re an equal opportunities employer whose people come from all walks of life and will never discriminate based on race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. The clients we work with share our values.

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Senior Site Reliability Engineer (AWS / CDK / TypeScript)

Remote First Occasional travel to Leeds
£40,000 - £50,000 + benefits
No Sponsorship Available

VIQU have partnered with a major UK technology-led organisation undergoing a significant transformation following a large-scale business merger. As part of a wider move away from contractor-heavy delivery, they are investing heavily in permanent engineering talent and building out a high-performing cloud and platform function.

They are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer to help improve the reliability, scalability and automation of their AWS estate. This is a hands-on engineering role working across cloud infrastructure, observability, CI/CD and platform tooling, helping development teams deliver faster and more reliably.

You ll be joining a collaborative engineering environment with the opportunity to influence platform standards, improve operational resilience and support modern DevOps and SRE practices across the business.

Key responsibilities:

• Build, maintain and improve scalable AWS infrastructure.
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code using AWS CDK.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Improve monitoring, logging and observability across distributed systems.
• Support incident management, root cause analysis and platform reliability improvements.
• Work closely with engineering and architecture teams to improve operational performance and security.
• Contribute to cloud best practice, automation and platform engineering standards.

Key requirements:

• Strong experience in a Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps or Platform Engineering role.
• Strong AWS experience within production environments.
• Experience with AWS CDK (TypeScript preferred).
• Strong TypeScript experience.
• Experience with CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins or GitLab CI.
• Containerisation experience with Docker, Kubernetes, EKS or ECS.
• Experience with observability tooling such as Prometheus, Grafana, AppDynamics or OpenSearch.
• Experience with scripting or development using Python, TypeScript or Java.
• Understanding of cloud security and reliability best practices.
• AWS certifications are desirable but not essential.

Apply now to speak with VIQU IT in confidence. Or contact Aaron Chiverton on (url removed) . Know someone great? Refer them and receive up to £1,000 if successful (terms apply). For more exciting roles and opportunities, follow us on IT Recruitment.

Senior Site Reliability Engineer (AWS / CDK / TypeScript) Remote First – Occasional travel to Leeds
£40,000 - £50,000 + benefits
No Sponsorship Available VIQU have partnered with a major UK technology-led organisation undergoing a significant transformation following a large-scale business merger. As part of a wider move away from contractor-heavy delivery, they are investing heavily in permanent engineering talent and building out a high-performing cloud and platform function. They are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer to help improve the reliability, scalability and automation of their AWS estate. This is a hands-on engineering role working across cloud infrastructure, observability, CI/CD and platform tooling, helping development teams deliver faster and more reliably. You’ll be joining a collaborative engineering environment with the opportunity to influence platform standards, improve operational resilience and support modern DevOps and SRE practices across the business. Key responsibilities: Build, maintain and improve scalable AWS infrastructure.
Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code using AWS CDK.
Support CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
Improve monitoring, logging and observability across distributed systems.
Support incident management, root cause analysis and platform reliability improvements.
Work closely with engineering and architecture teams to improve operational performance and security.
Contribute to cloud best practice, automation and platform engineering standards.
Key requirements: Strong experience in a Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps or Platform Engineering role.
Strong AWS experience within production environments.
Experience with AWS CDK (TypeScript preferred).
Strong TypeScript experience.
Experience with CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins or GitLab CI.
Containerisation experience with Docker, Kubernetes, EKS or ECS.
Experience with observability tooling such as Prometheus, Grafana, AppDynamics or OpenSearch.
Experience with scripting or development using Python, TypeScript or Java.
Understanding of cloud security and reliability best practices.
AWS certifications are desirable but not essential.
Apply now to speak with VIQU IT in confidence. Or contact Aaron Chiverton on . Know someone great? Refer them and receive up to £1,000 if successful (terms apply). For more exciting roles and opportunities, follow us on LinkedIn @VIQU IT Recruitment

We believe in better. And we make it happen.

Better content. Better products. And better careers.

Working in Tech, Product or Data at Sky is about building the next and the new. From broadband to broadcast, streaming to mobile, SkyQ to Sky Glass, we never stand still. We optimise and innovate.

We turn big ideas into the products, content and services millions of people love.

And we do it all right here at Sky.

What you’ll do:

• Technical Mentorship: Act as the technical lead engineers working cross-functionally in an agile environment; act as a top-notch coder and expert in the domain, capable of deep diving into details of components and features, uplifting capability and shaping engineering maturity across the Domain.

• Architecture Partnership: Define and guide the technical architecture for complex, high impact data products and platforms. Manage Solution Architects and act as the natural bridge between Data Engineering and Data Architecture as well as colleagues in wider Technology.

• Standards Setting: Establish engineering patterns, coding standards, and best practices adopted across multiple squads.

• Design & Innovation: Translate sophisticated business and technical requirements into scalable, cloud native data solutions. Able to create and build frameworks to support CI/CD pipelines and future capability; drive adoption of new tools, technologies, and engineering approaches that support a cloud-agnostic, AI-ready future

• Assurance & Excellence: Embed rigorous validation, profiling, reconciliation, and automated testing into all engineering work; lead monitoring, observability, and performance optimisation to ensure resilient, reliable data products.

• Strategic Influence: Partner with architects, product leaders, and senior stakeholders to shape roadmaps and platform direction. Work collaboratively with your Principal Engineer peers to ensure consistent and joined-up approaches to our biggest priorities and challenges. Communicating in both deeply technical and plain and simple terms.

What you’ll bring:

• Technical Mastery: Deep expertise in cloud data engineering, distributed processing, and enterprise-scale data architecture. Excellent GCP/Python and/or Node JS 8+ knowledge, and CI/CD experience (ideally with Jenkins).

• Advanced SQL: Master-level proficiency in SQL (ideally BigQuery ), with strong optimisation and performance-tuning skills. Experience following coding standards and performing peer code reviews.

• Data Modelling & Insight: Strong capability in designing intuitive, scalable data models and semantic layers aligned to business meaning; skilled in advanced data profiling, anomaly detection, and statistical reasoning to ensure data integrity.

• Collaboration: Able to influence senior stakeholders, simplify complex concepts, and build strong cross-functional relationships.

• Technical Leadership: Expert in data quality frameworks, governance standards, and secure handling of sensitive data; connects engineering choices to long-term platform strategy, organisational goals, and future scalability.

• Understanding: Uses deep business context within the specific Domain to shape proactive, value-driven engineering decisions; also equipped with first-class communication skills, able to grasp very complex data principles and processes, and decipher them in order to walk non-experts through them and gain support.

Team overview:

Our vision is to enable Sky’s growth ambitions though Data and AI: deepening customer relationships, optimising commercial performance, and enhancing operational efficiency.

Our Principal Engineers work within Domains and manage our Solution Architects. With top-notch skills, they act as our Technical Leads, setting and improving standards across the team and helping to raise the bar on what’s possible. As a senior role, they’re also our bridge into wider teams such as Architecture and Technology, ensuring we work together in harmony in pursuit of our data strategy.

Our Residential Products Domain is part of the Customer Directorate within Sky Data. It’s where we build and maintain data products and data assets for Sky’s Connectivity business - including Sky Broadband and Sky Mobile - as well as Sky TV and Sky Protect. We work within the Value Streams, as part of cross-functional teams driving exciting roadmaps; we also support broader work where we help to transform how things get done. That means we’re at the heart of the action, supporting and working on the products that keep our customers connected and protected, and which directly drive their Sky experience. Whether we’re helping to create magic on screen via the products people watch or using data and AI to improve how our business is set up behind the scenes, one thing’s for sure - this is a winning team that collaborates across Sky to make a genuine difference.

The rewards

There’s one thing people can’t stop talking about when it comes to : the perks . Here’s a taster:

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place

• The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate

• A generous pension package

• Private healthcare

• Discounted mobile and broadband

• A wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences

Inclusion & how you’ll work:

Recognised by The Times and Stonewall, we take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion. Investing in society, fighting racial injustice and setting ambitious targets for representation at Sky.

We’ve embraced hybrid working and split our time between unique office spaces and the convenience of working from home. You’ll find out more about what hybrid working looks like for your role later on in the recruitment process.

Your office space:

Osterley:"

Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing" Broadway “and South Ealing tube stations.” There’s “also plenty of bike shelters and showers.”

On campus," you’ll "find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

We’d love to hear from you

Inventive, forward-thinking minds come together to work in Tech, Product and Data at Sky. It’s a place where you can explore what if, how far, and what next.

But better doesn’t stop at what we do, it’s how we do it, too. We embrace each other’s differences. We support our community and contribute to a sustainable future for our business and the planet.

If you believe in better, we’ll back you all the way.

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.

We believe in better. And we make it happen.

Better content. Better products. And better careers.

Working in Tech, Product or Data at Sky is about building the next and the new. From broadband to broadcast, streaming to mobile, SkyQ to Sky Glass, we never stand still. We optimise and innovate.

We turn big ideas into the products, content and services millions of people love.

And we do it all right here at Sky.

What you’ll do:

• Technical Mentorship: Act as the technical lead engineers working cross-functionally in an agile environment; act as a top-notch coder and expert in the domain, capable of deep diving into details of components and features, uplifting capability and shaping engineering maturity across the Domain.

• Architecture Partnership: Define and guide the technical architecture for complex, high impact data products and platforms. Manage Solution Architects and act as the natural bridge between Data Engineering and Data Architecture as well as colleagues in wider Technology.

• Standards Setting: Establish engineering patterns, coding standards, and best practices adopted across multiple squads.

• Design & Innovation: Translate sophisticated business and technical requirements into scalable, cloud native data solutions. Able to create and build frameworks to support CI/CD pipelines and future capability; drive adoption of new tools, technologies, and engineering approaches that support a cloud-agnostic, AI-ready future

• Assurance & Excellence: Embed rigorous validation, profiling, reconciliation, and automated testing into all engineering work; lead monitoring, observability, and performance optimisation to ensure resilient, reliable data products.

• Strategic Influence: Partner with architects, product leaders, and senior stakeholders to shape roadmaps and platform direction. Work collaboratively with your Principal Engineer peers to ensure consistent and joined-up approaches to our biggest priorities and challenges. Communicating in both deeply technical and plain and simple terms.

What you’ll bring:

• Technical Mastery: Deep expertise in cloud data engineering, distributed processing, and enterprise-scale data architecture. Excellent GCP/Python and/or Node JS 8+ knowledge, and CI/CD experience (ideally with Jenkins).

• Advanced SQL: Master-level proficiency in SQL (ideally BigQuery ), with strong optimisation and performance-tuning skills. Experience following coding standards and performing peer code reviews.

• Data Modelling & Insight: Strong capability in designing intuitive, scalable data models and semantic layers aligned to business meaning; skilled in advanced data profiling, anomaly detection, and statistical reasoning to ensure data integrity.

• Collaboration: Able to influence senior stakeholders, simplify complex concepts, and build strong cross-functional relationships.

• Technical Leadership: Expert in data quality frameworks, governance standards, and secure handling of sensitive data; connects engineering choices to long-term platform strategy, organisational goals, and future scalability.

• Understanding: Uses deep business context within the specific Domain to shape proactive, value-driven engineering decisions; also equipped with first-class communication skills, able to grasp very complex data principles and processes, and decipher them in order to walk non-experts through them and gain support.

Team overview:

Our vision is to enable Sky’s growth ambitions though Data and AI: deepening customer relationships, optimising commercial performance, and enhancing operational efficiency.

Our Principal Engineers work within Domains and manage our Solution Architects. With top-notch skills, they act as our Technical Leads, setting and improving standards across the team and helping to raise the bar on what’s possible. As a senior role, they’re also our bridge into wider teams such as Architecture and Technology, ensuring we work together in harmony in pursuit of our data strategy.

Our Residential Products Domain is part of the Customer Directorate within Sky Data. It’s where we build and maintain data products and data assets for Sky’s Connectivity business - including Sky Broadband and Sky Mobile - as well as Sky TV and Sky Protect. We work within the Value Streams, as part of cross-functional teams driving exciting roadmaps; we also support broader work where we help to transform how things get done. That means we’re at the heart of the action, supporting and working on the products that keep our customers connected and protected, and which directly drive their Sky experience. Whether we’re helping to create magic on screen via the products people watch or using data and AI to improve how our business is set up behind the scenes, one thing’s for sure - this is a winning team that collaborates across Sky to make a genuine difference.

The rewards

There’s one thing people can’t stop talking about when it comes to : the perks . Here’s a taster:

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place

• The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate

• A generous pension package

• Private healthcare

• Discounted mobile and broadband

• A wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences

Inclusion & how you’ll work:

Recognised by The Times and Stonewall, we take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion. Investing in society, fighting racial injustice and setting ambitious targets for representation at Sky.

We’ve embraced hybrid working and split our time between unique office spaces and the convenience of working from home. You’ll find out more about what hybrid working looks like for your role later on in the recruitment process.

Your office space:

Osterley:"

Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing" Broadway “and South Ealing tube stations.” There’s “also plenty of bike shelters and showers.”

On campus," you’ll "find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

We’d love to hear from you

Inventive, forward-thinking minds come together to work in Tech, Product and Data at Sky. It’s a place where you can explore what if, how far, and what next.

But better doesn’t stop at what we do, it’s how we do it, too. We embrace each other’s differences. We support our community and contribute to a sustainable future for our business and the planet.

If you believe in better, we’ll back you all the way.

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.

DV Cleared Backend Developer

Location: UK Wide

Clearance: DV clearance required

Sector: Defence & National Security

Role Summary

Our client is seeking DV cleared Backend Developers to support high impact Defence and Security programmes. You will design, build and operate secure, cloud-native backend services that underpin mission-critical national systems.

This is a hands on engineering role, focused on building robust APIs, services and data driven components within modern cloud and DevSecOps environments. You will work end to end - from shaping technical designs and delivering features through to improving reliability, resilience and performance in live operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and build backend services and APIs, delivering features end-to-end in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Develop cloud-native and containerised applications using technologies such as Java (Spring Boot), Python (FastAPI), Node.js and modern datastores.
• Build solutions within an Agile and DevSecOps environment, embedding security and quality throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Integrate backend services into CI/CD pipelines, supporting automated testing and deployment.
• Ensure systems are reliable, resilient and scalable, applying Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles.
• Collaborate closely with frontend developers, architects, DevOps engineers and client stakeholders.
• Help clients and users understand technical trade-offs and make informed product decisions.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and engineering best practice across teams.

Required Skills & Experience

• DV security clearance is essential.
• Proven experience as a backend or software engineer delivering production systems.
• Strong coding ability in Java, Python and/or JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Solid understanding of backend engineering fundamentals, design patterns and API design.
• Experience working in Agile teams (e.g. Scrum, Kanban).
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset.

Cloud & Engineering

• Experience building backend services on cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
• Familiarity with microservices and containerisation.
• Experience with DevSecOps tooling (e.g. GitLab, Jenkins, Atlassian).
• Understanding of security best practices and OWASP principles.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB) is beneficial.

Identity and Access Management Senior Architect (Manager/Senior Manager)

London / Manchester / Leeds / Edinburgh | Hybrid - 2/3 days per week in office

Permanent - £70,000 - £105,000 + benefits

Hays Technology are working with a global business consultancy organisation who are looking for a variety of Identity and Access Management professionals.

The team you’ll be working within is responsible for providing Identity and Access Management services to a wide range of clients. You’ll be working on projects to provide IAM solutions to clients, running IAM diagnostics, assisting with strategy definition and minimising IAM risk for clients.

What you’ll be doing:

• Define IAM use cases, functional and non-functional solution requirements, and technical specifications, such as those for user authentication, access control, integration, performance and scalability requirements and specifications.
• Design and architect IAM solutions by creating high-level and low-level designs that align with business objectives and comply with industry cybersecurity standards.
• Creating high-level and low-level system architecture diagrams with technical descriptions of each component.
• Defining the system specifications to support optimal performance.
• Integrating workflows with third-party systems and security tools, such as Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions, multi-factor authentication solutions, and cloud platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Azure.
• Develop technical documentation for IAM implementations including process documentation to enable solution operation (e.g., defining processes for user onboarding, access requests, identity governance, approval workflows, authentication workflows, and provisioning/de-provisioning tasks).
• Implement IAM solutions
• Install solution components in on-premise environments where relevant, or configuration of cloud components (and scripting / coding of plug-ins / extensions for cloud solutions)

What we’re looking for:

• Broad enterprise identity experience across IGA, PAM, AM, AD, CIAM, with demonstrable ability to build identity strategies which integrate into client enterprise architectures and beyond.
• Experience of working with IGA, PAM, AM, AD, CIAM solutions such as SailPoint, Saviynt, etc.
• Experience working in a digital transformation environment supporting the definition of Identity architecture leveraging cloud native and/or other IAM solutions.
• Advanced, practical experience with cloud hosting services including, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform.
• Hands-on experience of Microsoft Active Directory/Azure AD Domain Services, Federation Services, Certificate Services, DNS and DHCP.
• Understanding of decentralised identity, verifiable credentials, microservices and Trust over IP architecture stack.
• Experience with waterfall and agile type methodologies, often working within client-specified frameworks.
• Managing teams across a mix of locations, cultures, and experience levels.
• Detail oriented and strong problem-solving skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Desirable:

• Understanding of malware and the modern threat landscape
• Relevant certifications (e.g. CIAM, CISSP, CAMS, etc.)
• Exposure to/Understanding of DevOps tools and repositories (e.g. Git, Azure DevOps, Kubernetes, Docker, Jenkins, Ansible etc.)
• Role-based access control (RBAC) design
• Practical experience with Linux operating systems
• Experience with Modern Authentication concepts e.g. Self-Service Identity, Bring your own Identity, SCIM, SAML, WS-Federation, OAuth, Open ID Connect

What you’ll get in return

In addition to a salary of between £70,000 to £105,000, you’ll also receive a variety of benefits, such as:

• Annual bonus - % dependent on role seniority
• Car/cash allowance - £ dependent on role seniority
• Progression plans and growth opportunities within National and Global teams
• Good holidays and pension

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C’s, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Excellent opportunity opens for an experienced Developer strong on Golang with experience in AWS and Kubernetes to join a highly regarded Financial Services entity’s London office. You will act as the team lead and play a key role in building mission-critical financial applications that power trading, investment, and risk management systems across the firm.

If you are passionate about working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and are eager to apply your technical expertise to the financial services industry, this is the role for you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance Back End services using GoLang to support financial applications and services, including trading platforms, investment systems, and risk management tools.
• Build and deploy cloud-based solutions using Amazon Web Services (AWS), including services such as EC2, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, and Lambda to create scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure.
• Implement and manage containerized applications using Kubernetes, ensuring seamless orchestration, scaling, and resilience in a cloud environment.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code while following best practices for financial systems development, focusing on performance and security.
• Collaborate with other development teams, business analysts, and stakeholders to define and refine requirements, and ensure that applications meet financial regulatory standards and business needs.
• Optimize the performance of Back End services, ensuring low-latency responses and high availability, critical for financial services.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and monitoring systems to ensure the reliability and stability of production systems.
• Proactively identify issues and bottlenecks in existing systems and propose solutions to improve the system’s performance and scalability.
• Stay updated with new tools, technologies, and industry trends in cloud computing, containerization, and financial systems to continuously improve development practices and outcomes.

Ideal Skills:

• Proven experience (2+ years) in GoLang Back End development, with a strong focus on performance optimization and building scalable systems for high-volume, high-frequency financial applications.
• Strong experience working with Amazon Web Services (AWS), including EC2, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, Lambda, and other cloud-native technologies.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes for deploying, managing, and scaling containerized applications in a cloud environment.
• Solid understanding of financial systems and services, particularly in areas such as trading platforms, investment management, and risk analytics.
• Experience in building microservices architectures and working with APIs (RESTful, gRPC, etc.) to integrate various systems.
• Strong knowledge of containerization (Docker) and continuous integration/deployment (CI/CD) practices.
• Experience with database systems (relational and NoSQL) and working with financial data.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools to streamline the development life cycle, such as infrastructure-as-code (eg, Terraform or CloudFormation).
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues in production environments, ensuring uptime and performance in high-pressure, mission-critical scenarios.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders in a fast-paced financial environment.
• Experience with serverless computing (AWS Lambda, etc.) to create efficient and scalable solutions.
• Knowledge of financial industry regulations and standards, particularly around data security and privacy.
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures or message queues (eg, Kafka, RabbitMQ) for Real Time data processing.
• Experience with automated testing frameworks and continuous delivery tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI.
• Understanding of performance monitoring and observability tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, or Datadog.

Interested? Please Apply!

Golang Go AWS Kubernetes Terraform Bank Banking Finance Financial Services Crypto Blockchain Web3 Trading Exchange Digital Assets Hybrid Flexible Developer Software Engineer Backend Developer Golang Engineer Kafka Apache Kafka RabbitMQ AWS Lambda Cloud Platform

Title: GCP DevOps Engineer

Location: Manchester OR London OR Bristol (Hybrid - 2x-3x days a week onsite is needed)

Duration: 6 months + Extension (Long term project)

THIS PROJECT IS INSIDE IR35

GCP DevOps Engineer

We are looking for an experienced GCP DevOps Engineer to support a modern core banking platform responsible for payments, account services, transactional data, regulatory reporting and Real Time event streaming

You will help design, build and maintain the tools, pipelines and processes that enable engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable and high quality software at pace

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, Harness, Git, Nexus, SonarQube, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Support the deployment and operation of microservices across private and public cloud environments
• Champion DevOps best practices, including Infrastructure as Code, automated testing, monitoring, observability, and secure delivery
• Help improve deployment processes, including modern CI/CD tooling and blue-green deployment approaches
• Support monitoring, alerting, and incident response to maintain high availability and reliability
• Automate manual processes, identify delivery bottlenecks, and share knowledge across engineering teams
• Work collaboratively with engineering, product, and operations teams

Required Skills & Experience

• Hands-on experience with GCP is a must
• Strong engineering background with a deep understanding of DevOps practices, processes, and tools
• Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines
• Strong experience with Git, including branching strategies and code review practices
• Strong experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and Infrastructure as Code
• Experience with monitoring, logging, alerting, and SRE concepts
• Exposure to tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Jenkins, Harness, Backstage, Nexus, SonarQube
• Experience with test automation tools such as JUnit, Cucumber, Selenium, or Postman
• Knowledge of messaging and streaming platforms, especially Kafka
• Knowledge of service mesh technologies such as Istio
• Understanding of network protocols, security best practices, and compliance requirements
• Experience working in large-scale, regulated environments, preferably financial services
• Curious, adaptable, collaborative, and committed to continuous improvement

Desirable Skills

• Experience with Backstage or Internal Developer Portals
• Experience with Harness migrations or modern CI/CD tooling
• Experience with blue-green deployments
• Wider knowledge of DevOps tools and emerging technologies
• Experience supporting secure, high-availability banking or transactional platforms

Please note - this role will require you to attend the London based office as needed. To be eligible for this role you must have the unrestricted right to work in the UK. This organisation is not able to offer sponsorship.

Overview

My client is a global technology consulting partner, working with leading consultancies and end clients to deliver high-impact digital and technology transformation programmes worldwide. They are currently supporting a major consultancy engagement and are looking for an experienced Data Platform Agile Delivery Lead to join a high-profile delivery for a government organisation.

This role combines hands-on agile delivery leadership with strategic planning and stakeholder management, supporting a large-scale AWS DevOps platform team within a complex, regulated environment.

Role Summary

You will lead a 15-person AWS DevOps Platform team, split across three delivery pods, guiding the successful delivery of a critical data and cloud platform. Acting as both Scrum Master and delivery lead, you will ensure strong agile execution while maintaining oversight of dependencies, risks, and roadmap delivery.

The ideal candidate brings a strong DevOps or cloud engineering background, is comfortable operating at both team and programme level, and can foster accountability, pace, and collaboration across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Delivery Leadership: Own end-to-end delivery of the platform roadmap, managing cross-team dependencies, risks, and stakeholder reporting
• Agile Facilitation: Lead all agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, and backlog refinement across a large team
• Impediment Removal: Proactively identify and resolve technical, process, or organisational blockers to protect delivery outcomes
• DevOps Culture & Process: Support adoption of DevOps best practices including Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, monitoring, security, and quality standards
• Stakeholder Management: Work closely with Product Managers, Architects, and Engineering leaders to align priorities and technical direction
• Metrics & Continuous Improvement: Track and analyse delivery and DevOps metrics (velocity, cycle time, deployment frequency, change failure rate) to drive performance improvements
• Coaching & Mentorship: Promote agile maturity, self-organisation, and a culture of accountability within the team

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years’ experience as an Agile Delivery Lead, Scrum Master, Agile Coach, or Technical Project Manager
• Strong understanding of AWS services (e.g. EC2, S3, IAM, EKS, RDS)
• Hands-on knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation) and CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)
• Proven ability to lead and motivate delivery teams in complex, fast-paced environments
• Strong experience using Jira or similar agile delivery tools
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to bridge technical teams and senior stakeholders

Desirable Skills

• AWS certifications (e.g. AWS Certified DevOps Engineer)
• Agile or project certifications (CSM, CSP, PMP)
• Previous experience as a Software Engineer or DevOps Engineer

Additional Information

• Contract length: 3 months
• Day rate: £575 per day (Inside IR35)
• Location: London, with on-site attendance required for important meetings and workshops

This is a standout opportunity for a delivery-focused agile leader to play a key role in a critical cloud and data platform programme within the public sector.

To apply for this role please submit your CV or contact David Airey on or at .

Tenth Revolution Group are the go-to recruiter for Data & AI roles in the UK offering more opportunities across the country than any other recruitment agency. We’re the proud sponsor and supporter of SQLBits, Power Platform World Tour, and the London Fabric User Group. We are the global leaders in Data & AI recruitment.

Role: Platform EngineerLocation: London Area, United Kingdom (Hybrid)Employment Type: Full-timeSeniority: SeniorSalary: £85,000 - £105,000

Are you a skilled Platform Engineer looking to build secure, scalable cloud infrastructure within a fast-paced, regulated environment?

We’re hiring a hands-on engineer to design, implement and optimise AWS-based platforms, working closely with architecture and security teams in a hybrid London setup.

What You’ll Do

• Design and manage AWS cloud architecture
• Build infrastructure as code using Terraform
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub, CircleCI)
• Manage containerised environments (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS Fargate)
• Embed security tooling (WAF, IDS, IPS, SIEM)
• Troubleshoot and optimise cloud infrastructure

Required Experience

• 3-5 years as a Platform Engineer
• Strong AWS and cloud architecture expertise
• Terraform and CI/CD pipeline experience
• Knowledge of cloud security tooling
• Strong troubleshooting skills
• Kubernetes

Nice to Have

• Banking/financial services experience
• Python scripting
• Infrastructure management exposure
• Broader enterprise architecture experience

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