Cloud Platform Engineer - AWS Infrastructure

  • Virtual Hire Staffing
  • 05/06/2026
Full time Information Technology Telecommunications Java

Job Description

Required Skills
  • Java
  • typescript
  • aws
  • ec2
  • lambda
  • DynamoDB
  • IaC
  • AWS CDK
  • BackEnd
Job Summary

Back End Development Engineer - Contract (12 months)

London Onsite - Global Big 4/FAANG

We're hiring an experiencedBack End Engineerto work on large scale, cloud nativeedge and gateway platformshandling high throughput, security critical traffic. This is a Senior Back End Engineer role focused on keeping a prominentGlobal Video platformfast, reliable, and secure at massive scale, requiring strong experience with distributed systems, AWS, and production environments.

What you'll do

  • Build and operate backend services and AWS infrastructure
  • Improve availability, performance, and operational efficiency
  • Take part in on call and incident response

Key skills

  • JavaandTypeScript
  • AWS(EC2, Lambda, DynamoDB, NLB, ElastiCache)
  • Generative AIFluency
  • Distributed systems,networking fundamentals
  • Infrastructure as code / IaC(AWS CDK)
  • Production operationsexperience

Why apply

  • Mission critical systems at scale with a Global brand
  • High ownership, real impact project
  • 12 month initial contract

This is a 12 month maternity cover contract that can extend, working on a huge name in global media and video. The role is an onsite role, 5 days per week in London (City/Shoreditch) working within a team of experts