105K–130K GBP / year

Staff Infrastructure Engineer (AWS)

DevOpsRemote — London, United Kingdom
Published on 2026-11-11
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About this role

Build and evolve Feeld’s AWS infrastructure, making it reliable, secure, and straightforward for product squads to use. This hands-on Staff-level role combines operational work with setting technical direction, infrastructure automation, and cross-team leadership.

About the company

Feeld is a dating application designed for open-minded individuals and couples seeking to explore their sexuality and relationships in a safe environment. The platform prioritizes user privacy and inclusivity while offering various features to enhance user interactions.

Stack

AWSTerraformECSFargateLambdaRDSAurora PostgreSQLPostgreSQL

What you'll do

  • Design Terraform modules and patterns that make secure, reliable infrastructure easy to adopt.
  • Set infrastructure standards and roadmap with the Infrastructure team.
  • Automate operational tasks, drift detection, and database migrations with auditable pipelines.
  • Own PostgreSQL and DynamoDB operations, including tested backups and restores.
  • Deliver service, database, and runtime upgrades without member-facing interruptions.
  • Develop load testing, capacity plans, and AWS cost models.
  • Participate in day-to-day operations and on-call.

What we're looking for

  • Deep hands-on experience running production systems on AWS across compute, data, and networking.
  • Experience with ECS/Fargate or Lambda, PostgreSQL on RDS or Aurora, and DynamoDB.
  • Strong Terraform experience, including codebase and module design, state layout, and safe CI/CD.
  • Track record of replacing manual operations with automation adopted by other engineers.
  • Staff-level or equivalent experience shaping infrastructure direction and mentoring engineers.
  • Calm incident response, clear writing, and effectiveness in a remote, async team.

Nice to have

  • AWS multi-region architecture or disaster recovery experience.
  • Zero-downtime database upgrades, such as RDS blue/green.
  • Load testing, capacity planning, cost modeling, or AWS cost optimization.
  • AWS Organizations and IAM Identity Center managed as code.
  • Policy-as-code, infrastructure scanning, or Cloudflare at scale.
  • Experience with AWS data and event services.

Benefits

  • Flexible working hours and unlimited paid time off.
  • Fully remote work and a home office budget.
  • Learning and development budget.
  • On-demand therapy and mental health support.
  • In-person meetups.

Hiring process

  1. Recruiter screening call.
  2. Hiring manager interview focused on past experience.
  3. Approximately one-hour role-related candidate challenge.
  4. Conversation with prospective teammates.
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