AWS Cloud Engineer - Lightfoot

About the Role

We’re looking for an experienced Cloud Engineer to join our talented team and play a key role in the evolution of our cloud architecture. This is an exciting opportunity to work on the development, modernisation and optimisation of high-performance systems, designing and implementing robust, scalable solutions within our AWS-based infrastructure.

You'll contribute to the design and delivery of cloud-native applications that process large volumes of real-time telematics data, ensuring solutions are secure, resilient and built to the highest engineering standards. Working alongside software engineers, data engineers, DevOps and product teams, you'll help shape technical solutions that support both current and future business needs.

We're looking for someone who takes pride in writing clean, maintainable code, has a strong focus on system reliability and performance, and enjoys collaborating to solve complex technical challenges. If you're passionate about AWS technologies and want to make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you.

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Location: This is a hybrid role – two office days per week (Tuesdays and Wednesdays) based at our Exeter office.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain scalable, real-time telematics applications using Python.
• Optimise applications for low latency and high throughput to efficiently process large-scale vehicle data.
• Develop cloud-native solutions using AWS services including EC2, S3, Lambda, ECS, SQS and Amazon Aurora.
• Build and deploy containerised applications using Docker and Kubernetes, implementing serverless architectures where appropriate.
• Apply best practices for secure data transmission and storage, ensuring compliance with industry standards.
• Monitor application health and performance using AWS CloudWatch, X-Ray and other monitoring tools, proactively identifying and resolving issues.
• Collaborate with data engineers, DevOps and product teams to deliver solutions that meet business and customer requirements.
• Participate in code reviews, technical design discussions and Agile ceremonies to promote engineering excellence and continuous improvement.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong commercial experience designing and developing cloud-native applications within AWS.
• Excellent knowledge of AWS services including S3, Lambda, EC2, ECS, SQS and Amazon Aurora.
• Expert-level Python development skills.
• Proven experience designing and building highly available, scalable and resilient software solutions.
• Strong experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies, including Docker, Kubernetes and Helm.
• Experience with Git, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD practices.
• Good understanding of Test-Driven Development (TDD) and software testing best practices.