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# Full Stack Lead Engineer (DevEx Lead)

- **Company:** Specialist Computer Centres PLC
- **Location:** United Kingdom (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £156,000
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Bash Shell, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Github, Identity and Access Management, Strategies of Testing, TypeScript, Datadog, AWS Cdk, System Availability, Kubernetes, Devsecops
- **Published:** November 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/gb/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-31D1B6F21EF3BF5BC8/

## About the Role

* Strong hands-on experience with GitHub Actions, reusable workflows, composite actions, and shared CI/CD platforms.
 * In-depth knowledge of CI/CD security, supply chain controls, least-privilege access, and DevSecOps best practice.
 * AWS experience with Infrastructure as Code, ideally AWS CDK and TypeScript.
 * Strong Bash and TypeScript development skills, with the ability to read and troubleshoot Go.
 * Experience supporting shared developer platforms with multiple consumers and a strong focus on backward compatibility.
 * Experience with CI/CD testing strategies, integration harnesses, and tools such as Act.
 * Excellent documentation and stakeholder communication skills.
 * Exposure to Nx, monorepo tooling, Kubernetes, self-hosted GitHub runners, Datadog administration, AWS governance, IAM Identity Center, CodeArtifact, or public sector and regulated environments would be beneficial.

## Description

We are seeking an experienced Full Stack Lead Engineer (DevEx Lead) to take ownership of a large-scale internal developer platform and drive the evolution of the client's CI/CD and platform engineering capabilities. This is an excellent opportunity for a Full Stack Lead Engineer (DevEx Lead) with strong GitHub Actions, AWS, and DevOps expertise., * Own the technical roadmap for the Golden Path GitHub Actions platform.

 * Design and maintain reusable GitHub Actions workflows and shared automation.
 * Lead CI/CD security and platform governance initiatives.
 * Build and review AWS infrastructure using CDK and Infrastructure as Code principles.
 * Manage platform reliability, testing, release processes, and incident response.
 * Oversee the Datadog estate, including usage and cost optimisation.
 * Produce technical documentation and collaborate with product, architecture, and security teams.