AWS Developer

Stott and May; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking an AWS Developer in London to work on digital trading roadmaps and support cloud-based solutions. This role involves collaboration in an agile team, developing serverless applications, and maintaining production-grade services. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in AWS and API management, alongside excellent communication skills. Competitive day rate offered.

Qualifications

• Strong experience building API solutions including management and developer onboarding.
• Proven experience developing AWS serverless applications including Lambdas.
• Hands-on experience in Typescript.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely in an agile environment with team members.
• Write clean, well-structured code aligned to engineering best practice.
• Develop, support, and maintain production-grade cloud services.

Skills

API management

AWS serverless applications

Typescript

Event-driven integration patterns

Cloud-native applications

DevOps and CI/CD tooling

SQL and NoSQL data models

Security standards

Automated testing

Agile delivery environments

Stakeholder communication skills

Tools

AWS CDK

Terraform

Splunk

Datadog

AWS observability tooling

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)