AWS Platform Engineer

Maxwell Bond; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Bonus

Hybrid and Flexible working

25 days’ annual leave

Life assurance

Workplace pension

Home office budget

L&D Budget (certifications paid for)

Job summary

Maxwell Bond is seeking an AWS Platform Engineer to enhance their data-driven solutions in Manchester, offering a salary up to £70,000. The role emphasizes cloud and DevOps practices, collaborating with teams to build and scale data platforms.

This position offers hybrid working, 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, and additional benefits like life assurance and a workplace pension.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional Python engineering experience focused on AWS‑based data platforms.
• Strong experience in DevOps and cloud engineering.
• Hands-on experience provisioning and managing Apache Airflow.

Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities to improve the data platform’s performance and architecture.
• Design and build internal platform tooling for data products.
• Develop cloud-native solutions using AWS technologies.

Skills

Python engineering

DevOps

Cloud engineering

Apache Airflow

Infrastructure as code

CI/CD pipelines

Tools

Terraform

AWS

Apache Spark

Job description

Greater Manchester (Hybrid – 2 days onsite)

Salary up to £70,000

We have partnered with a Manchester‑based technology and market research company that is looking for a AWS Platform Engineer to join its growing team. Over the past decade since their inception, they have supported some of the world’s leading brands with data‑driven intelligence to support growth. They’ve been scaling massively over the past 6 months and the rest of 2026 looks to continue this trend!

As a AWS Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for DevOps, backend, and cloud development across the company’s data infrastructure, building innovative solutions that scale effectively and support the ongoing development of the platform.

What you’ll do

• Proactively identify opportunities to improve the data platform’s performance, architecture, and design, and take ownership of implementing those improvements.
• Design, architect, and build internal platform tooling to support best‑practice development and the delivery of data products.
• Develop scalable, cloud‑native solutions using AWS technologies.
• Build and maintain backend services and infrastructure using Python.
• Work with Apache Spark and Apache Airflow to develop and maintain data orchestration pipelines.
• Implement infrastructure as code using Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation.
• Manage IAM configurations and contribute to cloud security best practices.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, product, and operations teams to align on scope and deliverables.

Key requirements

• 3+ years of professional Python engineering experience focused on AWS‑based data platforms.
• Strong experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, and supporting production data platforms.
• Hands‑on experience provisioning and managing Apache Airflow.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and agile software development practices.
• Comfortable working with large, complex datasets and solving challenging technical problems collaboratively.
• Experience using AI‑assisted development tools to enhance coding, code reviews, productivity, and documentation.

Benefits

• Salary up to £70,000 + Annual Bonus
• Hybrid and Flexible working (2 days onsite per week)
• 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays
• Life assurance + Workplace pension + Home office Budget + L&D Budget (certifications paid for by them)

If you are a passionate AWS Data Platform Engineer looking to develop your career in a collaborative environment, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today!