Cloud Platform Engineering Lead

We are seeking an experienced Cloud Platform Engineering Lead with deep AWS expertise to join Enterprise Cloud Engineering. This role is focused on building, operating and securing an AI-first, agentic-native AWS cloud platform in a regulated enterprise environment. We are looking for someone with experience of AWS Landing Zones, a security-first mindset, and knowledge of building ‘paved roads’ that reduce friction for application teams and make it easier for developers to comply with policy requirements.

Previous software engineering experience is a bonus.

You will be a hands‑on engineer responsible for delivering platform capabilities and agent skills that enable developers and autonomous AI agents to develop, build, test, and deploy applications through to production. You will also build SRE capabilities covering release management, operational stability, monitoring, and incident and alert response.

Schroders is a global investment manager which provides active asset management, wealth management and investment solutions. We aim to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management. We serve a diverse client base that includes pension schemes, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations, high net worth individuals, family offices, as well as end clients through partnerships with distributors, financial advisers, and online platforms.

Established in 1804, we have around 5,500 people across 36 global locations. Schroders' success can be attributed to its diversified business model, spanning different asset classes, client types and geographies.

There's a huge amount of change going on hnology's shaping our business more and more, so there are many opportunities waiting to be grabbed. And because we're a big financial player, we can put hefty backing behind good ideas.

We're a serious business – we have enormous responsibilities to our clients and shareholders. But just because we're suited and booted, that doesn't make us stuffy; our tech teams are friendlier and more informal than you might expect.

We moved into our new HQ in the City of London in 2018. We’re close to our clients, in the heart of the UK’s financial centre. And we have everything we need to work flexibly.

You will be part of the Enterprise Cloud Engineering function, with a primary focus on AWS. The team builds and operates AWS Landing Zone foundations (including AWS Organizations, Control Tower, and AFT), security controls, and platform capabilities that enable developer agility while adhering to governance and compliance requirements.

We build platform products using strong engineering discipline, including automated testing and well-governed software delivery practices.

• Design and deliver a development platform on AWS, enabling teams and autonomous agents to securely create, test, and deliver applications and infrastructure through standardised paved roads
• Engineer and operate the AWS Landing Zone using AWS Organizations and Control Tower, including automated account vending via Account Factory for Terraform (AFT) and governance guardrails (e.g., SCPs).
• Implement Terraform based Infrastructure as Code that is modular, reviewable, and suitable for AI assisted/agentic authoring.
• Build and operate CI/CD pipelines using Git Hub Actions/Workflows, embedding quality controls such as linting, static analysis, vulnerability scanning, and automated tests.
• Define and implement test strategies for platform services and infrastructure code (e.g., unit testing for automation/services, policy tests, IaC validation, integration testing in Ephemeral environments).
• Implement preventative and detective security controls (e.g., AWS Config, Security Hub, policy as code, automated compliance scanning).
• Develop and maintain Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and reusable agent skills, contributing to an enterprise Agent Skills Marketplace with appropriate guardrails.
• Design, build, and support AWS services including VPC networking, compute, storage, containers (ECS/EKS), and serverless (Lambda).
• Develop Python based automation, services, and…