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Senior AWS Engineer

London, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Edinburgh, Belfast, England, United Kingdom · On-site · Full-time

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  • EmployerVersion 1
  • LocationLondon, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Edinburgh, Belfast, England, United Kingdom
  • Work styleOn-site
  • Employment typeFull-time
  • Employer posted

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, build and maintain cloud-native applications using AWS serverless services (e.g. Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SQS, Cognito and CloudWatch).
  • Architect and support highly regulated, multi-tenant EKS/Kubernetes clusters.
  • Develop Infrastructure as Code using AWS CDK or similar tools (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation).
  • Build and support modern web applications using React and TypeScript.
  • Implement and optimise REST and GraphQL APIs.
  • Contribute to event-driven and microservices architectures.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, support DevOps processes (CI/CD pipelines and configuration management), and troubleshoot issues across the technology stack.

Essential Skills & Experience

AWS & Cloud (Mandatory)

  • Demonstrated hands-on experience with AWS services, including:
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  • Lambda
  • API Gateway
  • DynamoDB
  • SQS
  • Cognito
  • CloudWatch
  • Proven experience designing, building, deploying and operating AWS workloads.
  • Experience working in highly regulated and secure environments.

Kubernetes & Platform Engineering

  • Demonstrated hands-on experience with:
  • EKS/Kubernetes production-grade clusters
  • Multi-tenant Kubernetes architectures
  • Platform reliability, scalability and observability

DevOps & Automation

  • Experience implementing fully automated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
  • Infrastructure as Code using Terraform (mandatory).
  • Configuration and deployment using Helm Charts.
  • Scripting and automation using Python and Bash.

Application & Development

  • Proficiency in TypeScript.
  • Hands-on experience with React frontend development.
  • Experience developing and integrating:
  • REST APIs
  • GraphQL APIs
  • Demonstrated understanding of:
  • Microservices architectures
  • Event-driven architectures

Quality & Testing

  • Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD).
  • Exposure to relevant testing frameworks.
  • Commitment to code quality, reliability and maintainability.

Security & DevSecOps

  • Demonstrated understanding of:
  • Secure-by-design principles
  • DevSecOps practices
  • Security controls across cloud, container and CI/CD layers

Collaboration & Problem Solving

  • Demonstrated troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across the full technology stack.
  • Ability to work in complex, distributed system environments.
  • Effective collaboration and communication skills.

Nice to Have

  • Experience working in financial services or other regulated industries.
  • AWS Certifications (Solutions Architect and/or DevOps Engineer).
  • Experience with GraphQL security and API governance.

Why Version 1?

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.

Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits

Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme

Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance

Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme

Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies

Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat

Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.

Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.

And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.

Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer.

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity.

We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact your recruiter at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially.

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  • Work styleOn-site
  • Employment typeFull-time
  • SeniorityMid level
  • Employer posted
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Python AWS Kubernetes Terraform React TypeScript GraphQL

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