Senior AWS Platform Engineer - Lead Reliable Cloud

CreateFuture; Edinburgh Gate; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35 days leave

Private medical insurance

Enhanced parental and adoption leave

Learning and development 40h

Job summary

CreateFuture is seeking a hands-on Senior engineer embedded in the client's platform team to own the reliability, scalability and evolution of their AWS infrastructure. You will operate autonomously in a mature stack, guiding delivery and translating platform priorities into a coherent roadmap for the team.

You’ll influence architecture, mentor teammates, and engage with business and technical stakeholders to deliver auditable work, including federated identity, Bedrock, and incident management.

Qualifications

• Hands-on AWS cloud engineering and platform design experience.
• Ability to work independently and make sound technical judgments.
• Experience with federated identity and complex integrations.
• Familiarity with Bedrock and Bedrock AgentCore technologies.
• Experience in regulated environments including risk and design controls.
• Operational mindset with incident management and post-incident reviews.
• Experience leading a platform or infrastructure team.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to translate complexity into priorities.

Responsibilities

• Design and build reliable AWS platform capabilities, including federated identity.
• Assess the current platform and prioritise work through year-end.
• Collaborate with solution architect and BAs to turn requirements into actionable work.
• Establish a foundation to enable wider platform use in 2027.

Skills

AWS cloud engineering

Independent work

Federated identity

Bedrock awareness

Regulated environments

Incident management

Platform leadership

Stakeholder management

Tools

Amazon Bedrock

Bedrock AgentCore

Job description

CreateFuture is seeking a hands-on Senior engineer embedded in the client's platform team to own the reliability, scalability and evolution of their AWS infrastructure. You will operate autonomously in a mature stack, guiding delivery and translating platform priorities into a coherent roadmap for the team.

You’ll influence architecture, mentor teammates, and engage with business and technical stakeholders to deliver auditable work, including federated identity, Bedrock, and incident management.