I hope you’re okay! Are you ready for your next professional adventure?

We share your motivation to progress your career and achieve your ambitions – so we want to let you know about the latest Chief Engineer (DeveX)- London role. Check out the details for this vacancy, with a world-leading airline company, below:

Location: London, waterside (Hybrid, 1 day a week in office)

Contract ended: 6 months

Hours: Monday to Friday (37.5 hours a week)

Rate: £700-780 per day through UMBRELLA (Inside IR35)

Job purpose:

Join our innovative airline client Software Engineering team as a Software Engineering Lead where you’ll play a key role in guiding teams to deliver high-quality, scalable, and secure software solutions. With a focus on platform engineering, this role is ideal for those who thrive in a dynamic and collaborative environment, bringing expertise in IaaC, PaaS, and DevOps.

What You’ll Do:

• As an extension of our Software Engineering’s Centre of Excellence, lead the adoption and evolution of platform engineering capabilities to enhance developer experience.
• Work closely with Architecture, Cyber, as well as QA, Delivery, and FinOps to optimise platform efficiency and spending.
• Champion best practices in security, scalability, and reliability across cloud-based solutions.
• Implement and enhance an Internal Developer Platform (IDP) to support high-performance software development.
• Guide engineers in adopting modern cloud-native practices, improving system resilience and delivery speed.
• Get hands-on in solving complex infrastructure and platform challenges, ensuring optimal performance.
• Present technical solutions and progress to stakeholders, translating complex concepts into clear business value.

What You’ll Bring to British Airways:

• A passion for DevOps and Platform Engineering, with hands-on experience in Software Engineering and IT Operations.
• Strong expertise in Infrastructure as Code / Platform as Code (IaC/PaC), Containerisation, CI/CD, and Automation.
• A deep understanding of AWS cloud architecture and services.
• Ability to work closely with development teams to enable self-service capabilities and improve efficiency.
• A mindset of continuous improvement, always looking for ways to enhance developer productivity.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to navigate complex platform challenges.
• Ability to balance between applying the fundamentals and taking a pragmatic solution.

Your Experience:

• Proven experience in DevOps, platform engineering, and cloud infrastructure.
• Hands-on expertise with tools like Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS services.
• Experience in designing and implementing scalable internal developer platforms (IDPs).
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, observability, and platform automation.

Start Date

ASAP

Interested in applying? Just reply with an up-to-date copy of your CV to get the ball rolling.

Or if it is not quite right for you, but you have someone in mind for the role – please let me know.