DevOps Lead

83zero Ltd; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing startup in London is seeking a Dev/Ops Lead for their Platform-as-a-Service initiative. In this hands-on leadership role, you will lead a distributed engineering team and oversee the technical direction of a serverless, event-driven platform on AWS. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in software engineering and DevOps. Responsibilities include architecting high-scale systems and mentoring your team, all within a hybrid remote-first working culture offering competitive salary and equity.

Benefits

Competitive salary + performance bonus

Meaningful equity

Hybrid/remote-first working culture

Real autonomy

Rapid progression

Culture of experimentation and bold thinking

Qualifications

• 7+ years in software engineering, with 3+ years in a DevOps or Technical Lead role.
• Experience with building front-end apps and console/dashboard backends.
• Deep expertise in serverless/event-driven architecture on AWS.

Responsibilities

• Architect and optimise a high-scale, cloud-native PaaS.
• Champion CI/CD, automation, observability, and reliability.
• Design and maintain secure, performant public APIs.
• Build real-time, distributed systems on AWS.
• Mentor a cross-functional team and elevate engineering standards.

Skills

CI/CD

Agile delivery

Containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)

Leadership of distributed teams

Serverless/event-driven architecture on AWS

Tools

AWS Lambda

DynamoDB

Kinesis

ECS/EKS

Job description

Dev/Ops Lead - PaaS Platform Hybrid (Central London)

83zero is partnered with an exciting, fast-growing startup that's making serious moves in the B2B2C social media space. They're building a next-gen Platform-as-a-Service that's already gaining traction across global media ecosystems - and they're now looking for a DevOps Lead to join their journey.

This is a hands‑on leadership role where you'll own the technical direction of a serverless, event‑driven, globally distributed platform built on AWS. You'll lead a distributed engineering team, shape high‑performance APIs, and build systems that scale hard and run clean.

What's On Offer

• Competitive salary + performance bonus.
• Meaningful equity - build it, own it, grow with it.
• Hybrid/remote‑first working culture.
• A seat at the decision table in a fast‑scaling SaaS business.
• Real autonomy, rapid progression, and zero bureaucracy.
• A culture of experimentation, curiosity, and bold thinking.

The Role

As Dev/Ops Lead, you'll:

• Architect and optimise a high‑scale, cloud‑native PaaS.
• Champion CI/CD, automation, observability, and reliability.
• Design and maintain secure, performant public APIs.
• Build real‑time, distributed systems on AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, Kinesis, ECS/EKS).
• Mentor a cross‑functional team and elevate engineering standards.
• Prototype and ship features that drive commercial impact - including mobile apps and PWAs.

What You'll Bring

Essential:

• 7+ years in software engineering, with 3+ years in a DevOps or Technical Lead role.
• Needs to have built a front‑end app and a console or dashboard backend.
• Deep expertise in serverless/event‑driven architecture on AWS.
• Mastery of CI/CD, Agile delivery, and containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong leadership of distributed engineering teams.

Desirable:

• Experience in social media, advertising, eCommerce, or news.
• Proficiency in Node.js, Go, Python, Java, and modern front‑end frameworks.
• AWS certifications, microservices/service mesh, and streaming tech (Kafka/Kinesis).

If you're ready to tackle hard problems, enjoy architectural freedom, and want to shape something foundational - let's talk.