Technical Lead (AWS / Python)

Salary: £90,000 - 102,000 per year

Requirements

• We require strong hands-on backend development experience with Python.
• We require deep expertise in AWS serverless architecture, including Lambda, API Gateway, S3, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, and Step Functions.
• We require proven experience designing and delivering microservices and event-driven architectures.
• We require strong experience supporting production systems, including monitoring, debugging, and incident response.
• We require experience defining and embedding engineering standards and delivery best practices.
• We require a strong understanding of API design, systems integration, and distributed system principles.
• We require experience leading technical design and architectural decision-making.
• We require experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as CDK, CloudFormation, or Terraform.
• We require a collaborative leadership style with the ability to mentor engineers and influence technical direction.
• We would value experience with AWS data services such as Glue and Redshift.
• We would value exposure to SaaS platform integrations.
• We would value experience in platform modernisation or large-scale transformation programmes.

Responsibilities

• We will have you define and evolve technical architecture in collaboration with enterprise architecture stakeholders.
• We will have you shape deployment, configuration, and operational practices to drive consistency, automation, and reliability.
• We will have you design and evolve AWS-based serverless microservices and APIs.
• We will have you make pragmatic architectural decisions that balance delivery pace, cost, and long-term maintainability.
• We will have you ensure solutions are designed for scalability, resilience, and operational supportability.
• We will have you contribute to infrastructure-as-code approaches for service deployment and platform evolution.
• We will have you take ownership of overall platform health and technical quality.
• We will have you ensure systems are stable, observable, and well-supported in production.
• We will have you drive improvements across testing and code quality, CI/CD pipelines and release management, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• We will have you enhance resilience, performance, and operational reliability.
• We will have you ensure technical documentation is maintained and knowledge is shared across the wider engineering function.

Technologies

• API
• AWS
• Lambda
• Redshift
• Backend
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Support
• Python
• Serverless
• Terraform
• microservices

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We are a market-leading, technology-driven organisation undergoing a major digital evolution, and we are looking to appoint an experienced Technical Lead to help shape the next phase of our platform engineering journey. This is a high-impact, hands-on leadership role where you will own a business-critical cloud platform and work closely with architecture, digital, and product teams to define standards, modernise services, and build robust, scalable solutions that support significant organisational growth. The role is based in the West Midlands with a remote working pattern and fortnightly office trips, and it offers a salary of £90K to £102K. We are an inclusive employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds, experiences, and abilities.

last updated 20 week of 2026