Lead Software Engineer - Privileged Access Management
Arcus Search
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
5 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
SeniorJob location
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
Tech stack
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon DynamoDB
Python
Svelte
TypeScript
Cloudformation
Servicebus
Production Code
Front End Software Development
Route53
Functional Programming
Cloudwatch
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Terraform
Go
Job description
- Own systems from architecture and implementation through to production operations
- Design secure, scalable, and highly reliable infrastructure services
- Help shape technical direction and engineering standards across the platform
- Work across Python, Go, and TypeScript - choosing the right tool for the job
- Improve observability, reliability, and operational excellence across critical systems
- Collaborate closely with engineers, security, and infrastructure teams
- Solve hard problems around access control, automation, and cloud-scale operations
Requirements
This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys designing systems, shipping production code, improving reliability, and making smart architectural decisions in a fast-moving engineering culture., * Strong experience building and running production systems on AWS
- Deep familiarity with services like Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, EC2, SQS, EventBridge, CloudWatch, and Route 53
- Excellent Python skills, plus experience with Go for high-performance tooling or services
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and/or CloudFormation
- Strong systems design and architectural judgment
- Comfortable taking ownership of complex problems with minimal oversight
- Pragmatic mindset with a bias toward shipping and continuous improvement
- Bonus points for frontend experience with Svelte or TypeScript