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About the Role
Altus Group is seeking a hands-on Tech Lead with strong engineering expertise and technical leadership to build modern, AWS-native platforms. This role involves writing and reviewing production code, driving architectural decisions, and owning mission-critical services end-to-end, while raising the technical bar through mentorship and strong engineering practices.
Responsibilities
- Own system design for complex, high-impact initiatives from analysis through implementation
- Take end-to-end ownership of mission-critical services, ensuring reliability, scalability, and long-term sustainability
- Manage and reduce technical debt strategically
- Design cost-efficient, cloud-native solutions
- Set and uphold standards for code quality, testing, observability, security, and documentation
- Champion automated testing and “shift-left” quality practices
- Promote DevSecOps principles to embed security and compliance into development
- Lead through thorough code reviews, design documentation, and retrospectives
- Drive delivery of complex, multi-phase initiatives
- Partner with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, and Architects to shape the technical roadmap
- Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
- Identify risks early and proactively remove blockers
- Build and evolve AWS-based, cloud-native systems (Lambda, ECS, RDS, S3, SQS, API Gateway, CloudWatch)
- Own both application code and infrastructure (Infrastructure as Code, e.g., Terraform)
- Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for reliable deployments
- Support incident response and continuous reliability improvements
- Provide technical mentorship and architectural guidance
- Support hiring and onboarding of engineers
- Encourage thoughtful adoption of AI-assisted development tools
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Tech Lead, Staff Engineer, or Senior Engineer owning complex systems in production
- Strong hands-on AWS experience and cloud-native architecture expertise
- Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Python, Java, Node.js, etc.)
- Deep understanding of system design, distributed systems, scalability, APIs, and data modeling
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar)
- Strong CI/CD and observability experience
- Experience implementing robust testing strategies
- Comfortable working cross-functionally in Agile environments
- Strong communication skills and ability to operate effectively in ambiguous situations
Skills
- AWS
- Cloud-native architecture
- Python
- Java
- Node.js
- System design
- Distributed systems
- Scalability
- APIs
- Data modeling
- Infrastructure as Code
- Terraform
- CI/CD
- Observability
- Testing strategies
- Agile methodologies
- Communication
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Remote
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- £90,000–£120,000
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Incentive and bonus plans
- Total rewards package prioritizing mental, physical, and financial well-being
- Professional learning opportunities
- Access to Altus Intelligence Academy with over 150,000 hours of learning content
About the Company
- Altus Group is building modern, AWS-native platforms.
- Altus Group is in an industry that is transitioning for greatness.
- Altus Group has a high trust, high performance culture that prioritizes progressive programs.
- Altus Group offers boundless opportunities in a rapidly growing global business.
- Altus Group provides mentorship from the best and brightest in CRE.
- Altus Group offers access to its Altus Intelligence Academy.
- Altus Group provides the chance to work with the best data sets, tools and technology in the industry.
Equal Opportunity
- Altus Group is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment where all clients and employees feel welcomed, accepted and valued.
- Altus Group provides an atmosphere free from barriers to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Altus Group encourages equal opportunities for all employees.
- Altus Group is seeking candidates with diverse experiences.
- Altus Group provides accessible candidate experiences throughout the selection process.
- If you need accommodation, please contact us at accessibility@altusgroup.com or +1 888 692 7487.