Lead Software Engineer (DevOps / Cloud Infrastructure)

Propel London; London; On-site; GBP 102,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in London seeks a Lead Engineer to mentor a growing team and manage AWS infrastructure development. Ideal candidates will possess strong cloud experience, and knowledge of CICD and automation tools. The role offers a competitive salary of £120K, an excellent benefits package, and a flexible working environment.

Benefits

Excellent bonus and benefits package

Flexible working environment

Qualifications

• Strong experience with public cloud.
• Excellent understanding of Automation and Infrastructure as Code.
• Excellent knowledge of CICD processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 4 engineers, mentoring to grow to 10.
• Design and build out the AWS estate.
• Ensure reliability and security processes are adhered to.

Skills

Public cloud experience

Automation (Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation)

CICD processes (Jenkins)

Logging, Monitoring, and Alerting tools

DevOps best practices

Software Development practices

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Posted:

12.08.2025

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26.09.2025

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Job Description

Sitting within the wider infrastructure and systems engineering team, this role will play a key part in the future development of their products, tooling and scalability.

As a Lead Engineer, you will be responsible for leading a team of 4 engineers, with the goal to mentor and grow this team to 10 over the next 12-18 months. You will be tasked with designing and building out their AWS estate, ensuring reliability and security processes are adhered to as you scale this environment.

Key Requirements:

• Strong experience with public cloud.
• Excellent understanding of Automation and Infrastructure as Code (Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Excellent knowledge of CICD processes (Jenkins).
• Experience with Logging, Monitoring, and Alerting tools.
• Excellent understanding of DevOps best practices.
• Good understanding of Software Development practices.

Bonus Knowledge:

• Experience with Serverless Architecture.
• Understanding of Security processes (ISO27001).

This is an excellent opportunity for a Lead Engineer to join a market leader, who has experienced recent success and has aggressive growth plans.

They are offering a leading salary (£120K), with an excellent bonus and benefits package, and a flexible working environment.

Please apply here to register your interest in this opportunity.