Lead Cloud Engineer (TypeScript / AWS)

Lead Cloud Engineer (TypeScript / AWS)

Remote (must be UK based)

No sponsorship available

Futureheads are partnered exclusively with an established eCommerce client within the sports industry, who are looking for a skilled Lead Cloud Engineer to drive the evolution of their platform, building scalable cloud-native applications in Typescript.

This is a strategic and hands on role, where you will have the opportunity to lead on architectural decisions, define and enforce best practices, and own testing strategy across an event-driven, serverless-first platform.

Key Responsibilities :

• Lead the design, implementation, and optimisation of high-quality, event-driven cloud services using AWS and TypeScript.
• Collaborate closely with DevOps, Frontend, and Backend teams to align on architecture, service design, and developer workflows.
• Support and lead platform-wide initiatives to for security, observability, testing and reliability.
• Guide and own architectural decisions across services and systems.
• Build and mentor a high-performing team, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Partner with stakeholders to streamline developer experience — including onboarding, tooling, and documentation.

Experience we are interested in :

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