Cloud Architect - London

  • Elwood Roberts
  • 22/05/2026
Full time Information Technology Telecommunications SQL

Job Description

Location: West London (Heathrow). Hybrid - 3 days per week in the office.

We are looking for a highly experienced Cloud Architect who is both architecturally strong and hands on in development.

This role is not a pure architect or governance role. The candidate must still actively write production code and design complex distributed systems.

The client specifically wants a small number of exceptional engineers rather than many average profiles.

Must Haves
  • Strong AWS architecture and development experience
  • Building event driven systems (Kafka, EventBridge or similar)
  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
  • SQL and NoSQL databases
  • CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

Most importantly, candidates must demonstrate they can both design architecture and build it themselves.

Nice to Have
  • Experience in aviation or travel technology
  • Knowledge of AI / ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn)
  • Experience with observability tools (Datadog, New Relic, CloudWatch)
  • Multi cloud experience (Azure or GCP)
  • AWS certifications
  • Open source contributions
Candidate Profile
  • A senior engineer or architect who still codes daily
  • able to operate in large enterprise environments
  • strong communicator who can influence technical direction
Important

The client is prioritising quality over quantity and is specifically looking for top technical experts rather than general cloud engineers.