AI-Driven Platform Engineer — Build Modern AWS Dev Platforms

ClearRoute Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ClearRoute Limited is seeking an experienced AWS platform engineer to redefine production pathways and own modern developer platforms on AWS. You will drive policy-as-code adoption, embed AI tooling, and enforce secure, scalable architectures across CI/CD pipelines.

You will design self-service tooling, integrate security checks, and collaborate with engineering teams to set platform standards from development to production, ensuring compliant, reliable software delivery.

Qualifications

• Strong AWS platform engineering experience (CDK, CloudFormation, or Terraform).
• Hands-on experience implementing policy-as-code (OPA, Sentinel, AWS Config, or equivalent).
• Deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines and modern path-to-production patterns.
• Experience embedding governance and compliance controls into the SDLC.

Responsibilities

• Design and build AWS-native developer platforms that modernise the path to production.
• Extend policy-as-code principles into the SDLC (PR gates, compliance checks, pipeline guardrails).
• Integrate AI tooling to automate code review, security scanning, and deployment decisions.
• Define and enforce golden paths for service onboarding, CI/CD, and infrastructure provisioning.
• Build self-service developer tooling that reduces cognitive load and accelerates delivery.
• Ensure secure, scalable AWS environments using IAM, VPC, SCPs, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to embed platform standards across the delivery lifecycle.

Skills

AWS platform engineering

CDK

CloudFormation

Terraform

policy-as-code

CI/CD pipelines

Python/Bash scripting

AI tooling integration

Security mindset

SCPs / org guardrails

Tools

Backstage

ECS

EKS

AWS Config

OPA

Sentinel

Sigstore

Job description

ClearRoute Limited is seeking an experienced AWS platform engineer to redefine production pathways and own modern developer platforms on AWS. You will drive policy-as-code adoption, embed AI tooling, and enforce secure, scalable architectures across CI/CD pipelines.

You will design self-service tooling, integrate security checks, and collaborate with engineering teams to set platform standards from development to production, ensuring compliant, reliable software delivery.