Lead AWS Software Engineer

At City Electrical Factors, we encourage our people to ask questions, create, discover, and learn.

If you're passionate about what you do and think you can contribute, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every requirement listed. Your unique experiences and perspectives could be exactly what we need to grow and innovate.

Let's build something great together!

About CEF:

CEF is a global electrical wholesaler, providing electrical products to people in the industry known for its extensive range of products and commitment to customer service. Founded in 1951 in the United Kingdom, it has since expanded to over 1,000 locations across multiple countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe.

We in IT are delivering value to our business and our customers with the innovative solutions that enable our business to better serve our customers today and in the future. We recognise that technology and data are at the forefront of this.

Our Global IT team deliver a portfolio of transformative work, expand our digital options, upgrade and future-proof our systems to place us at the forefront of the marketplace.

To do this, we need talented and creative people across all areas to join us in delivering our evolution to enable our forward-thinking business over the next few years and beyond, and this is where you come in...

Life as a Lead Cloud Software Engineer at CEF:
As a Lead Cloud Software Engineer at City IT, you will be creating tailored cloud solutions and tools that will empower our development teams to create the best possible experience for our customers.

You’ll be part of a truly global team, working alongside a leadership counterpart in North America, to bring the enthusiasm, passion and drive to deliver the City Technology Strategy and a platform that enables the ambitious future growth of this business, as well as providing a fulfilling and consistent employee experience for our global teams.

Being hands-on and leading a team in the creation and maintenance of these solutions, you’ll be enhancing our productivity and platform capabilities in a way that will bring truly measurable value to the rest of the company.

You’ll be experienced in TypeScript development with hands-on experience in AWS SDK and AWS CDK, along with an aptitude for coaching and supporting other members of the team in a cross-functional environment.

Your Objectives:

• Lead with a drive to achieve and deliver value, instilling a culture of trust, empowerment, and innovation
• Actively contribute to team delivery, tooling, and technical capabilities
• Deliver and contribute to the City Technology Strategy
• Create and maintain custom SKDs, CDKs, authentication services and CLIs to enhance developer productivity and platform capabilities
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand their unique requirements and provide tailored cloud solutions to empower them to excel
• Establish, revise and encourage best development standards and practices
• Understand and anticipate team development needs, recommending relevant learning options
• Coach and support team members, fostering a culture of continuous improvement

Key Skills & Experience:

• Proven leadership experience either as a line manager or technical lead
• Demonstrable experience of implementing team best practices, processes and tools for effective software delivery
• TypeScript
• AWS SDK / AWS CDK to develop stable, serverless-first shared code and platforms
• Experience with a range of AWS services for a serverless-first, microservices-orientated architecture such as:
• Compute: Lambda, ECS, Fargate
• Storage: S3, DynamoDB, RDS
• API Management: API Gateway, AppSync
• Orchestration: Step Functions, EventBridge
• Security: IAM, Cognito
• Networking: VPC, CloudFront, Route 53
• Git/GitLab

Desirable Skills and Experience:

• Familiarity with Service Management principles
• Experience with either Vue or React
• Experience with various authentication methods
• Familiarity with integrating and utilising AWS Bedrock Services
• Experience or interest in developing and utilising AI technologies
• Experience or interest in context-specific data augmentation techniques for large language models

Interview Process:

• Screening Call with Talent Acquisition (30 mins)
• Technical Interview over Microsoft Teams with one of our Platform Leads and a member from our development team (60 mins)
• Culture and Values Interview over Microsoft Teams call with Global Head of ERP & Supply Chain Systems (30 mins)