Job description
Job Title: AWS Developer
Location: London (2–3 days on site per week)
Contract Duration: Until 30/06/2026
Day Rate: £340 per day (Inside IR35)
Role Details
We are seeking a talented and driven AWS Developer to join our Digital Platform Team, working on the continued evolution of our digital trading roadmap and supporting existing cloud-based solutions. This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious software engineer eager to work with modern serverless technologies and gain valuable experience in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment.
You will contribute to the delivery of high-quality, scalable and secure digital services, working closely with the Product Owner, Scrum Master and wider technical team to support both development and run activities..
Key Responsibilities
• Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Scrum Masters and team members in an agile environment
• Write clean, well-structured code aligned to engineering best practice
• Own, scope and deliver clearly defined work items, reporting progress in agile ceremonies
• Develop, support and maintain production-grade cloud services, ensuring performance, security and stability
• Utilise observability tooling to monitor live environments and remediate issues
• Implement automated testing and contribute to CI/CD pipeline excellence
• Participate actively in code reviews and contribute to coding standards and engineering quality
• Produce and maintain technical documentation
• Maintain strong working relationships with colleagues, stakeholders and technical partners
• Demonstrate continuous learning and promote engineering excellence and best practice
Required Skills & Experience
• Strong experience building API solutions, including API management (e.g. Apigee), versioning and developer onboarding
• Proven experience developing AWS serverless applications, including Lambdas and Step Functions
• Hands-on experience in Typescript
• Knowledge of event-driven integration patterns
• Experience developing cloud-native applications on AWS
• Experience with DevOps and CI/CD tooling (e.g. Jenkins, Bamboo, Git)
• Experience with both SQL and NoSQL data models
• Good understanding of security standards and secure coding practices
• Experience with automated testing and modern software engineering standards
• Proven experience working in agile (Scrum/Kanban) delivery environments
• Strong stakeholder communication skills with the ability to work with technical and non-technical stakeholders
Desirable Skills
• Integration design and delivery experience
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code — AWS CDK preferred (Terraform beneficial)
• Experience supporting and monitoring production systems (e.g. Splunk, Datadog, AWS observability tooling)