Job Title: Technical Lead (Cloud)Salary: Competitive + BenefitsLocation: Hybrid working, home & BCA Coimbra (monthly visits)Working Hours: Monday - Friday, 40 hoursJob Status: PermanentWho we are!The Constellation Automotive Group is the largest vertically integrated digital car marketplace in Europe, combining the leading digital brands across the segments of Consumer to Business (C2B), Business to Business (B2B) and Business to Consumer (B2C). Across our digital platforms, we exceed £20 billion of Gross Merchandises Value ('GMV') on an annual basis. This includes market leading brands such as BCA, We Buy Any Car, cinch and Marshall.https:///techhubThe Constellation Technology Team provides a group-wide set of Technology Products and Services across the Constellation Automotive Group.If you are a leader in software engineering seeking a fresh opportunity, Constellation Automotive Group (CAG) invites you to join our team at our brand-new tech hub in Coimbra. CAG is a leader in the automotive services industry, providing various services, including vehicle remarketing, logistics, and inspections.The Tech Lead is responsible for the technical direction, delivery, and quality of AWS‐based integration solutions. This role combines hands‐on development with technical leadership, mentoring, and architectural decision‐making. The Tech Lead will work closely with the Head of Engineering, product stakeholders, and external partners to design scalable, secure, and maintainable integration platforms.Role Accountabilities:- Line management responsibility for integration engineers. - Clear understanding of AWS serverless technologies with fully cloud-based architecture and utilising modern fast-flow software deployment techniques. - Build, secure and monitor AWS and SaaS environments in line with best practices and company standards. - Own the design and delivery of an internal developer platform using AWS, GitHub, Azure DevOps, Datadog and Dynatrace, enabling development teams to deploy AWS serverless components easily and securely. - Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using AWS CDK and Terraform, ensuring repeatable, automated provisioning and deployment. - Lead architecture decisions for APIs, event‐driven systems, and data integrations. - Act as technical lead for a team of engineers (senior, mid, and junior). - Troubleshoot complex integration and production issues. - Support roadmap planning and technical estimations. - Ensure security, scalability, resilience, and observability are built into all solutions. - Collaborate with Product, Architecture, and DevOps to align technical solutions with business goals. - Configure and maintain key AWS services (e.g., EC2, RDS, S3, Step functions, Lambda, VPC, IAM) to ensure scalability, resilience and cost-efficiency. - Review code, designs, and pull requests to ensure quality and consistency. - Design observability, monitoring, and alerting improvements leveraging CloudWatch, Datadog, Dynatrace, PagerDuty and native AWS tools. - Collaborate across teams to identify and implement opportunities for automation, performance optimisation, and enhanced developer experience. - Integrate with Microsoft Entra (Azure AD) for secure identity management. - Produce to clear, reusable documentation for architectures, configurations, and standard operating procedures. - Stay current with AWS innovations, security practices, and cost-management techniques. - Implementation of different integration design patterns using AWS cloud services. - Experience in developing Synchronous / Asynchronous communication patterns and problem-solving abilities with respect to Message Sequencing, Correlation, and Queuing. - Work closely with the Principal Engineer to deliver agreed technical outcomes. - Mentor mid and junior engineers where appropriate.Knowledge and Experience:- 7+ years of integration experience. - Proven experience delivering solutions in AWS using AWS CDK and Terraform (TypeScript preferred). - Solid understanding of multi-account AWS environments, IAM security, and networking fundamentals (VPC, routing, private endpoints). - Knowledge of Integration Design patterns for building middleware systems from the ground up using Message Routing, Content Enrichment, Message Filtering, Message Transformation, Guaranteed Delivery, Message Sequencing, Batch Message processing, error handling and reconciliation mechanisms. - Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines via GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps. - Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code principles, version control (Git), and automation-first approaches. - Deep experience with AWS services, such as: - API Gateway, Lambda, Step Functions - SQS/SNS, EventBridge - DynamoDB, RDS, S3 - Experience designing distributed systems and microservices. - Hands-on experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Datadog, PagerDuty or CloudWatch. - Knowledge of software development concepts, branching strategies, and DevOps methodologies. - Proven experience working with APIs and integrations. - Ability to speak to those from a technical and non-technical background. - Passion and a genuine interest for Integration Cloud technologies and products. - Flexible in approach to role and responsibilities. - Confident enough to challenge but, equally, seeks feedback, listens carefully and always ensures the right outcome for BCA. - Enthusiastic and driven with a desire to succeed. - Cultural awareness and emotional intelligence, backed by demonstrable experience working closely with diverse cultures. - Strong communication skills and experience with Distributed Delivery experience (Off-Shore / On-Shore project delivery) - Strong communication and leadership skills.Nice to Have- Software engineering experience in TypeScript or JavaScript. - AWS Associate or Professional certification (e.g., Solutions Architect, SysOps, DevOps). - Previous experience in security, networking, or cost optimisation. - Experience mentoring or managing engineers - AWS certifications - Experience in regulated or high‐availability environments - Experience in MuleSoftPlease note that only applications submitted in English will be considered.Our policy is to employ the best qualified people and provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees including promotion and training and not to discriminate against any person because of gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief or disability.