Senior AWS Engineer
Hybrid
Thame, United Kingdom
£ 70,000 / year
Full Time
15-04-2025
Job Specifications
Hi, we’re PEXA!
We know you’ll Google us before applying, so let’s keep this brief. PEXA revolutionised the way that property is settled in Australia, turning a paper-based process into a digital one. Our solution is a world-first, with over 500 people across Australia and an expanding international team, we’re helping 20,000+ families into their homes each week.
We’re passionate about solving problems for our customers – always striving to set the standard for how property is bought and sold. Being awarded as one of the best places to work in Australia is a recognition of our culture and commitment to innovation, customers and our community.
We’re growing fast, that is where you come in.
We believe our success in Australia is worth sharing and that our proven technology will advance how the UK buys and sells homes.
Establishing ourselves within the UK in late 2020, we are committed to collaborating with lawyers, conveyancers, lenders, government and the property industry, to set the new standard for both remortgages and buying and selling property.
Why become a PEXArian?
Great question! Being a PEXArian is so much more than just a job. We’re a passionate, motivated and unashamedly enthusiastic bunch at PEXA – we love what we do and we’re proud to admit it! Creating brilliant experiences for our members and their clients wouldn’t be possible without ensuring we deliver an exceptional employee experience.
Here’s a snapshot of what your life at PEXA could look like:
Your growth:
We encourage you to hit your personal and professional learning and development goals with our tailored programs and tools.
Your wellness:
We care about your holistic wellbeing
Your work/life blend:
We know that work is just one aspect of your life – we want to help you create your ideal work/life blend, rather than squeezing in life around work.
The successful candidate will work within our multi-disciplinary team of experts to plan, implement and support PEXA initiatives across multi-AZ and multi region AWS.
Your focus will ensure we uphold the security, resilience and predictability of our services using automated and scalable solutions.
You will also demonstrate a hybrid developer/system-admin skillset allowing you to not only diagnose problems but to fix and mitigate any future occurrences.
This team have a maximum of 30 team collaboration days per year, typically 2-4 days per month. Please only apply if you are happy with this.
Key Accountabilities
Contribute to the design and implementation of PEXA’s automated infrastructure systems
Provide expert guidance to teams to allow them to progress their projects and ensure the creation of robust and scalable applications following industry best practice
Work with Product, Technical and Operations teams at various levels in delivery of the programs of work
Building and maintaining our world-class cloud infrastructure, with key objectives in the areas of automation, availability, scalability and security management
Helping set the technical vision for the delivery of new high-quality products and deliver the best of breed architecture and infrastructure as required
You will work with our team in driving forward the operability of the platform
Mentor intermediate and junior AWS Engineers
Skills & Experience
Advanced knowledge and hands on experience of AWS services, particularly EC2, RDS, S3, CloudFormation, IAM, CloudFront, Lambda, KMS
Experience creating AWS infrastructure as code using tools including CloudFormation and Terraform
Solid skills and experience with scripting languages e.g. Bash, Python and Node.js
Have a good understanding of modern SDLC, CI/CD and automated build and deployment processes
Extensive experience in the industry including experience in DevOps or cloud-based roles
Experience delivering enterprise grade infrastructure systems with all associated monitoring and metrics built-in
Experience collaborating with different parts of the business to deliver programmes of work
Strong understanding of digital & cloud technologies and the broad impact that it has on organisations generally
Strong understanding of new concepts and techniques associated with the creation of digital capability within an organisation
Experience with cloud computing and application development for the Cloud
Knowledge of building and deploying containerized solutions, Kubernetes preferable
Key Attributes
You will thrive in smaller teams with wider collective ownership of solutions end to end
You pride yourself on attention to detail and don't repeat mistakes
You are reliable. When you say you're going to deliver something, you take accountability to ensure the quality of the services delivered
Strong collaborator who can work well with other areas of the business to ensure delivery of projects to a high standard
Good communicator, able to work with multiple teams to both understand and guide decisions
Ability to understand business and commercial drivers
Automation and Security are your first thoughts when working on a new solution
Sounds like you?
We at PEXA are ready so if this role sounds like you apply today.
GDPR Compliance
Digital Completion UK Limited (trading name “PEXA”), Optima Legal Services Limited (trading name "Optima Legal") and Smoove Limited (a holding company which comprises of the following wholly owned trading Subsidiary companies: United Legal Services Limited, United Home Services Limited, Legal-Eye Limited, and Amity Law Limited) are all owned directly by DigCom UK Holdings Limited, which is a wholly owned Subsidiary of PEXA Group Limited in Australia (ACN 140 677 792; ASX: PXA) (referred to collectively as “PEXA Group”).
When we process your applicant personal data for recruitment purposes, we do so as a controller. If as part of the recruitment process, we share your personal data with another company within the PEXA Group, that company may process your personal data as either an independent controller or, in certain circumstances, a joint controller. By applying for this role, you consent to us processing your personal data in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation ("UK GDPR") and the Data Protection Act 2018, and further information can be found in our privacy notice https://pexa.co.uk/applicant-policy/.
About the Company
PEXA is a world-leading digital exchange and data insights listed proptech business. Since 2014, PEXA has facilitated more than 15 million property settlements through the PEXA Exchange in Australia. PEXA has launched refinancing capability in the UK and operates an insights business that helps government and business unlock the future value of property. Know more
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