Lead Cloud Engineer

Futureheads Recruitment | B Corp™; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency seeks a skilled Lead Cloud Engineer for a prominent eCommerce client. In this mid-senior level position, you'll lead cloud infrastructure evolution, drive architectural decisions, and mentor a high-performing team. Ideal candidates possess strong AWS knowledge, experience with Infrastructure as Code, and a passion for enhancing deployment strategies.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in cloud infrastructure at scale, preferably AWS.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, ideally using Terraform.
• Knowledge of CI/CD practices and tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of high-quality cloud services.
• Define best practices for IaC, monitoring, and cost management.
• Build and mentor a high-performing engineering team.

Skills

Cloud Infrastructure Design

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD Pipelines

Event-Driven Architecture

Cloud-Native Testing Strategies

Scalability Improvements

Tools

Terraform

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

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Futureheads Recruitment | B Corp provided pay range

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Base pay range

Remote (must be UK based)

Futureheads are partnered exclusively with an established eCommerce client within the sports industry, who are looking for a skilled Lead Cloud Engineer to drive the evolution of their cloud infrastructure, enabling teams to scale rapidly with high reliability, security, and efficiency.

This is a strategic and hands on role, where you will have the opportunity to lead on architectural decisions, define and enforce best practices, and own testing strategy across an event-driven, serverless-first platform.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, implementation, and optimisation of high-quality, event-driven cloud services.
• Define and enforce best practices for Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD, monitoring, and cost management.
• Support and lead platform-wide initiatives to reduce toil, improve observability, and increase deployment velocity.
• Guide and own architectural decisions across services and systems.
• Build and mentor a high-performing team, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Partner with stakeholders to streamline developer experience — including onboarding, tooling, and documentation.

Experience we are interested in:

• Designing and operating cloud infrastructure at scale (AWS preferably)
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferably)
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, etc.)
• Modern infrastructure patterns such as serverless, event-driven architecture, and container orchestration
• Understanding of cloud-native testing strategies and quality automation
• Have led engineering initiatives that improve reliability, scalability, and delivery velocity

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Technology, Information and Media and Software Development

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