We're supporting a major financial services organisation on a large-scale cloud transformation programme and are looking for a senior AWS Cloud Application Engineer to help drive cloud adoption, improve developer experience, and establish engineering best practices across a complex enterprise environment.
This is a hands-on role suited to an experienced software engineer who enjoys working directly with development teams, solving complex technical challenges, and enabling the adoption of secure, cloud-native application development practices within a regulated environment.
The Role
Design and implement AWS engineering standards, guardrails and reusable development patterns
Support application modernisation and cloud migration initiatives
Help engineering teams adopt AWS services, tooling and best practices
Conduct technical research, proof-of-concepts and architecture assessments
Drive improvements in developer experience and software delivery practices
Partner with engineering, platform, security and architecture teams
Provide hands-on technical leadership, coaching and mentoring
Influence engineering direction and cloud adoption across multiple delivery teams
Required Experience
Strong software engineering background with extensive AWS application development experience
Deep understanding of AWS services, cloud-native architectures and developer tooling
Experience with AWS Step Functions and distributed application architectures
Strong knowledge of modern software engineering practices, CI/CD and automation
Ability to operate in complex enterprise environments and influence technical decision-making
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Proven experience driving adoption of new technologies, standards and engineering practices
Highly Desirable
Previous experience within Financial Services, Banking, Capital Markets, Insurance or other regulated environments
Experience working within governance, risk, compliance or security-focused engineering environments
Experience with AI-assisted software development tools
Knowledge of containerised development environments
Exposure to telemetry, engineering analytics and reporting