Head of DevOps — AWS Serverless PaaS Leader (Hybrid/Remote)

83zero Ltd; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A high-growth startup in Central London is seeking a Head of DevOps to lead the technical vision of their innovative Platform-as-a-Service. This key position involves driving CI/CD, mentoring an engineering team, and building scalable, cloud-native systems on AWS. Ideal candidates will have over 7 years in software engineering and strong expertise in serverless architecture. The role offers a competitive salary and hybrid working culture.

Benefits

Competitive salary + performance bonus

Meaningful equity

Hybrid/remote-first working culture

Fast-scaling SaaS business

Real autonomy and rapid progression

Culture of experimentation and bold thinking

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.
• Mastery of CI/CD, Agile delivery, and containerisation.

Responsibilities

• Architect and optimise a high-scale, cloud-native PaaS.
• Drive 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 raise engineering standards.

Skills

Software engineering

DevOps

Serverless architecture

CI/CD

Agile delivery

Containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)

Leadership

Tools

AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, Kinesis, ECS/EKS)

Job description

A high-growth startup in Central London is seeking a Head of DevOps to lead the technical vision of their innovative Platform-as-a-Service. This key position involves driving CI/CD, mentoring an engineering team, and building scalable, cloud-native systems on AWS. Ideal candidates will have over 7 years in software engineering and strong expertise in serverless architecture. The role offers a competitive salary and hybrid working culture.