Senior Cloud Engineer

Metrica Recruitment; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global arts and luxury sector leader in London seeks a dynamic technology leader to guide a high-performing engineering team. This role blends strategic vision with hands-on technical involvement, overseeing the design and implementation of features in a modern cloud-first environment. The ideal candidate will bring strong experience in Azure, C#, and leading complex projects while staying engaged with coding.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience of development, deployment and support within an Azure Environment.
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server or Azure SQL and Azure services.
• Strong development experience in C# and .NET core technologies.
• A track record of leading teams and delivering complex projects at scale.
• Creation and maintenance of build and release automation (CI/CD) pipelines using Azure DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Lead a talented team of architects and developers to deliver cutting-edge software solutions.
• Oversee design and implementation of features in a cloud-first environment.
• Champion best practices in performance, automation, monitoring, logging, and security.
• Balance leadership with technical input, remaining hands-on around 30% of the time.
• Collaborate across time zones and geographies.

Skills

Development and deployment in Azure

Experience with Microsoft SQL Server

Strong development in C#

Leadership experience

CI/CD pipeline automation

Job description

Join a global leader in the arts and luxury sector, where tradition meets innovation. This is an incredibly exciting and enriching place to grow your career. Whether you thrive in specialist teams or in operational roles, everyone works together towards a shared mission: honouring a rich heritage while driving bold new ideas forward.

With over two centuries of history, the organisation is guided by core values of Integrity, Excellence, Innovation, Responsibility, and Collaboration. You’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who are true experts in their fields, people who inspire one another to push boundaries and set new standards across the industry.

Role Overview

The team are now looking for a dynamic technology leader to guide a high-performing engineering team and shape the future of their platform architecture. Reporting into senior leadership, this role blends strategic vision with hands-on technical involvement, offering the opportunity to drive meaningful change across a global organisation.

What You’ll Do

• Lead a talented team of architects and developers to deliver cutting-edge software solutions aligned with business strategy.
• Oversee the design and implementation of features in a modern cloud-first environment.
• Champion best practices in performance, automation, monitoring, logging, and security.
• Balance leadership with technical input, remaining hands-on around 30% of the time while steering projects and people 70% of the time.
• Collaborate across time zones and geographies, contributing to a truly global impact.

Why This Role?
This is more than just a leadership role, it’s a chance to influence technology strategy, shape a talented team, and stay close to the code in an innovative environment. If you thrive on combining big-picture thinking with technical depth, you’ll find this an exciting next step.

**What We’re Looking For**

• Hands on experience of development, deployment and support within an Azure Environment
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server or Azure SQL and Azure services
• Strong development experience in C# and .NET core technologies
• A track record of leading teams and delivering complex projects at scale.
• Creation and maintenance of build and release automation (CI/CD) pipelines using Azure DevOps

Job Owner: d.prosser

Tagged as: Azure, C#, SQL