AWS Platform Engineer

AWS Platform Engineer - Largely Remote (Occasional Travel) - Inside IR35

Harvey Nash is currently recruiting for an AWS Platform Engineer to join a major digital programme. This is a largely remote opportunity with occasional travel requirements and an immediate start available.

We're looking for experienced Platform Engineers with strong AWS expertise and a proven track record of building scalable, resilient cloud-native solutions. The successful candidates will have experience designing APIs, developing serverless applications and implementing best practices around observability, automated testing and platform reliability.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build and support cloud-native platform solutions within AWS
  * Develop and maintain serverless applications using AWS Lambda
  * Design and implement robust, scalable APIs and integration services
  * Work with DynamoDB and other AWS managed services to deliver high-performing solutions
  * Develop backend services and automation using Node.js
  * Ensure solutions are scalable, resilient, secure and cost-effective
  * Implement observability, monitoring and alerting capabilities across platform services
  * Champion automated testing and quality engineering practices throughout the development lifecycle
  * Collaborate with engineering, architecture and product teams to deliver platform enhancements
  * Troubleshoot and resolve performance, reliability and operational issues
  * Contribute to CI/CD processes and platform automation initiatives
  * Produce and maintain technical documentation and architectural artefacts

AWS Platform Engineer - Largely Remote (Occasional Travel) - Inside IR35