Remote Engineering Manager, Cloud Platform

Salary: £63,000 - 103,000 per year

Requirements

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years leading engineering teams
• Deep expertise architecting distributed systems on AWS, including compute, networking, data, IAM, and observability
• Strong Node.js background and a clear point of view on building maintainable services at scale
• Experience designing platform-agnostic systems that can run on any major hyperscaler
• Track record of improving performance, scalability, and deployment velocity in production environments
• Proven ability to grow engineers, hire well, and run a team that ships consistently
• Experience with multi-cloud or cloud-portable deployments, including Kubernetes, Terraform, and containerization
• Background scaling SaaS platforms or developer-facing products
• AWS certifications such as Solutions Architect Professional or DevOps Engineer

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, performance, and scalability of our Node.js-based platform running primarily on AWS
• Ensure architectural decisions preserve portability across GCP, Azure, and other cloud providers
• Own the technical direction of the platform
• Mentor senior engineers and partner with product and engineering leadership to ship high-quality systems quickly
• Manage a team of 10–15 developers by setting goals, running 1:1s, growing careers, hiring, and removing blockers
• Balance roadmap delivery with engineering health, including code quality, system reliability, on-call hygiene, and developer experience

Technologies

• AWS
• Architect
• Azure
• Cloud
• DevOps
• GCP
• IAM
• Kubernetes
• Terraform
• NodeJS

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We are looking for a technical architect to drive development velocity across a team of 10–15 engineers building cloud-native applications. This is a hybrid role that combines deep hands-on technical leadership with people management. Our platform is built on Node.js and runs primarily on AWS, while remaining hyperscaler-agnostic across GCP, Azure, and other cloud providers. We value high-quality systems, strong engineering health, and rapid delivery.

last updated 28 week of 2026