Technical Lead (AWS / PYTHON)

Technical Lead (AWS / PYTHON - Platform & Microservices) West Midlands based office - remote role with fortnightly office trips £90K - £102K We're currently partnering with a market-leading, technology-driven organisation undergoing a major digital evolution, and they're looking to appoint an experienced Technical Lead to help shape the next phase of their platform engineering journey. This is a high-impact opportunity for a hands-on technical leader to take ownership of a business-critical cloud platform, driving architectural direction, engineering excellence, and long-term platform scalability. You'll work closely with architecture, digital and product teams to define standards, modernise services, and build robust, scalable solutions that support significant organisational growth. Technical Leadership & Architecture responsibilities Define and evolve technical architecture in collaboration with enterprise architecture stakeholders Shape deployment, configuration and operational practices to drive consistency, automation and reliability Design and evolve AWS-based serverless microservices and APIs Make pragmatic architectural decisions that balance delivery pace, cost and long-term maintainability Ensure solutions are designed for scalability, resilience and operational supportability Contribute to infrastructure-as-code approaches for service deployment and platform evolutionPlatform Ownership & Engineering Excellence Take ownership of overall platform health and technical quality Ensure systems are stable, observable and well-supported in production Drive improvements across: Testing and code quality CI/CD pipelines and release management Infrastructure-as-code practices Enhance resilience, performance and operational reliability Ensure technical documentation is maintained and knowledge is shared across the wider engineering functionEssential Experience Strong hands-on backend development experience with Python Deep expertise in AWS serverless architecture, including: Lambda / API Gateway /S3 / SQS/SNS / EventBridge / Step Functions Proven experience designing and delivering microservices and event-driven architectures Strong experience supporting production systems, including monitoring, debugging and incident response Experience defining and embedding engineering standards and delivery best practices Strong understanding of API design, systems integration and distributed system principles Experience leading technical design and architectural decision-making Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as CDK, CloudFormation or Terraform A collaborative leadership style with the ability to mentor engineers and influence technical directionDesirable Experience with AWS data services such as Glue / Redshift Exposure to SaaS platform integrations Experience in platform modernisation or large-scale transformation programmesPlease apply asap if interested - GleeIT At Gleeson Recruitment Group, we embrace inclusivity and welcome applicants of all backgrounds, experiences, and abilities. We are proud to be a disability confident employer. By applying you will be registered as a candidate with Gleeson Recruitment Limited. Our Privacy Policy is available on our website and explains how we will use your data