Senior AWS Engineer

SoCode
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Today
£80,000 – £100,000 pa

Salary

£80,000 – £100,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Senior
Education
Degree
Posted
27 Apr 2026 (Today)

Senior AWS Engineer (AWS | Python | Data) – HealthTech | Hybrid 🚀

Cambridge 1-2 days per week

No Sponsorship

£80,000 - £100,000

We’re working with a fast-growing, mission-driven company in the HealthTech space, building secure and scalable platforms that process sensitive data at scale. They’re looking for a Senior AWS Engineer to play a key role in shaping their backend services and data infrastructure.

This is a hands-on position offering real ownership across systems, pipelines, and cloud environments.

💻 The Role You’ll design, build, and operate backend services and data pipelines that underpin critical applications. It’s a broad role combining engineering, architecture, and infrastructure.

🛠 What You’ll Be Doing

Building serverless and containerised services on AWS

Designing data pipelines and analytics workflows

Developing event-driven architectures

Creating and maintaining APIs (including GraphQL)

Working with both NoSQL and relational databases

Writing high-quality, production-ready Python

Managing infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code tools

Enhancing scalability, reliability, and observability⚙️ Tech Environment Modern cloud-native stack centred around AWS, containerisation, infrastructure as code, and data tooling.

🔎 What You Bring

A strong background in backend and/or data engineering at a senior level

Solid experience designing and working with cloud-based, distributed systems (ideally AWS)

Confidence owning systems through the full lifecycle, from build to production support

A practical, solutions-focused approach with a sense of accountability

Ability to collaborate effectively in a hybrid team environment➕ Additional Experience (Nice to Have)

Exposure to regulated industries or environments handling sensitive data

Familiarity with building systems where security and data integrity are critical📍 Working Setup Hybrid working with flexibility, combined with regular in-person sessions for collaboration and team alignment

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