AWS Developer

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)