DevOps Lead — Scale a Serverless PaaS on AWS (Equity)

83zero Limited; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A high-growth startup in London is seeking a Technical Lead for their PaaS platform. The successful candidate will own the technical vision and lead a talented team in building a cloud-native system. This role offers competitive compensation, equity options, and the opportunity to shape foundational technology. The ideal candidate has extensive DevOps experience and leadership skills. This position promotes hybrid working arrangements and offers real autonomy within a fast-scaling SaaS business.

Benefits

Competitive salary + performance bonus

Meaningful equity

Hybrid/remote-first working culture

Autonomy and rapid progression

Culture of experimentation and curiosity

Qualifications

• 7+ years in software engineering, with 3+ years in DevOps or Technical Lead roles.
• Experience building both front-end apps and backend dashboards.
• Deep expertise in serverless/event-driven architecture on AWS.

Responsibilities

• Architect and optimise a high-scale, cloud-native PaaS.
• Drive CI/CD, automation, observability, and reliability.
• Design and maintain secure, performant public APIs.

Skills

CI/CD

Serverless/event-driven architecture

Docker

Kubernetes

Leadership of distributed teams

Tools

AWS Lambda

DynamoDB

Kinesis

ECS/EKS

Job description

A high-growth startup in London is seeking a Technical Lead for their PaaS platform. The successful candidate will own the technical vision and lead a talented team in building a cloud-native system. This role offers competitive compensation, equity options, and the opportunity to shape foundational technology. The ideal candidate has extensive DevOps experience and leadership skills. This position promotes hybrid working arrangements and offers real autonomy within a fast-scaling SaaS business.