Lead Software Engineer - Privileged Access Management

Arcus Search

London, UK

3 months ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

find.jobs

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Amazon S3 Amazon DynamoDB Python (Programming Language) Svelte TypeScript Cloudformation Servicebus Production Code Front End Software Development Route53

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Functional Programming Cloudwatch Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) Terraform Golang

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