Senior Cloud Engineer
CV-LibraryManchester, Greater ManchesterpermanentPosted: 2 March 2026
Apply NowSenior Cloud Engineer | Manchester | Hybrid | £80,000+
Are you a Senior Cloud Engineer who enjoys solving complex engineering problems, shaping cloud platforms, and improving how teams build and deliver software?
We're looking for an experienced engineer to play a key role in designing and delivering scalable cloud and Developer Experience solutions within a modern, engineering led environment. This is a hands on position offering real ownership across architecture, delivery and platform evolution.
You'll work alongside talented engineers to build resilient, secure and highly automated cloud systems, helping development teams move faster through better tooling, infrastructure and engineering practices.
What You'll Be Doing
Leading the design and delivery of cloud based solutions and platform capabilities
Owning significant technical components from concept through to production
Writing high quality, maintainable and testable code
Designing scalable, loosely coupled systems across multiple services
Driving best practice across performance, resilience, security and observability
Contributing to solution design and technical decision making
Supporting roadmap planning and identifying platform improvements
Championing automation, modern tooling and engineering standards
What We're Looking For
Strong hands on experience with AWS
Experience using Terraform for infrastructure as code
CI/CD experience using GitHub Actions or similar tooling
Solid understanding of cloud architecture and platform engineering principles
Experience building and maintaining shared infrastructure or developer platforms
Strong testing mindset and experience writing testable code
Knowledge of Git and distributed version control
Exposure to cloud cost optimisation and FinOps practices
Tech Environment
AWS | Azure | Terraform | GitHub | GitHub Actions | Jira | Confluence | VS Code | PyCharm
Why Apply?
Genuine technical ownership and autonomy
Opportunity to influence engineering direction and tooling
Modern cloud first environment
Collaborative engineering culture
Complex, meaningful technical challenges
Are you a Senior Cloud Engineer who enjoys solving complex engineering problems, shaping cloud platforms, and improving how teams build and deliver software?
We're looking for an experienced engineer to play a key role in designing and delivering scalable cloud and Developer Experience solutions within a modern, engineering led environment. This is a hands on position offering real ownership across architecture, delivery and platform evolution.
You'll work alongside talented engineers to build resilient, secure and highly automated cloud systems, helping development teams move faster through better tooling, infrastructure and engineering practices.
What You'll Be Doing
Leading the design and delivery of cloud based solutions and platform capabilities
Owning significant technical components from concept through to production
Writing high quality, maintainable and testable code
Designing scalable, loosely coupled systems across multiple services
Driving best practice across performance, resilience, security and observability
Contributing to solution design and technical decision making
Supporting roadmap planning and identifying platform improvements
Championing automation, modern tooling and engineering standards
What We're Looking For
Strong hands on experience with AWS
Experience using Terraform for infrastructure as code
CI/CD experience using GitHub Actions or similar tooling
Solid understanding of cloud architecture and platform engineering principles
Experience building and maintaining shared infrastructure or developer platforms
Strong testing mindset and experience writing testable code
Knowledge of Git and distributed version control
Exposure to cloud cost optimisation and FinOps practices
Tech Environment
AWS | Azure | Terraform | GitHub | GitHub Actions | Jira | Confluence | VS Code | PyCharm
Why Apply?
Genuine technical ownership and autonomy
Opportunity to influence engineering direction and tooling
Modern cloud first environment
Collaborative engineering culture
Complex, meaningful technical challenges