DevOps Lead

Dev/Ops Lead - PaaS Platform | Hybrid (Central London) 83zero is partnered with an exciting, fast-growing startup that's making serious moves in the B2B2C social media space. They're building a next-gen Platform-as-a-Service that's already gaining traction across global media ecosystems - and they're now looking for a DevOps Lead to join their journey. This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll own the technical direction of a serverless, event-driven, globally distributed platform built on AWS. You'll lead a distributed engineering team, shape high-performance APIs, and build systems that scale hard and run clean. What's On Offer Competitive salary + performance bonus. Meaningful equity - build it, own it, grow with it. Hybrid/remote-first working culture. A seat at the decision table in a fast-scaling SaaS business. Real autonomy, rapid progression, and zero bureaucracy. A culture of experimentation, curiosity, and bold thinking. The Role As Dev/Ops Lead, you'll: Architect and optimise a high-scale, cloud-native PaaS. Champion CI/CD, automation, observability, and reliability. Design and maintain secure, performant public APIs. Build real-time, distributed systems on AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, Kinesis, ECS/EKS). Mentor a cross-functional team and elevate engineering standards. Prototype and ship features that drive commercial impact - including mobile apps and PWAs. What You'll Bring Essential: 7+ years in software engineering, with 3+ years in a DevOps or Technical Lead role. Needs to have built a front-end app and a console or dashboard backend. Deep expertise in serverless/event-driven architecture on AWS. Mastery of CI/CD, Agile delivery, and containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes). Strong leadership of distributed engineering teams. Desirable: Experience in social media, advertising, eCommerce, or news. Proficiency in Node.js, Go, Python, Java, and modern front-end frameworks. AWS certifications, microservices/service mesh, and streaming tech (Kafka/Kinesis). If you're ready to tackle hard problems, enjoy architectural freedom, and want to shape something foundational - let's talk