Senior Cloud Engineer
Cape Town
Aleios – Engineering /
Full Time /
Hybrid
Role Mission
We’re building a team of highly-skilled engineers who want one thing above all else: to write excellent code, every day, and continuously level up technically.
This role is tailor-made for engineers who don’t want to be managers, don’t want to lead product discussions, and don’t want to spend their days writing strategy docs. Instead, you're the kind of person who thrives on solving hard technical problems, learning from brilliant peers, and getting deep into the codebase — day in, day out.
But this isn’t solo hacker mode. You’ll be part of a high-performing team and expected to navigate real-world, fast-moving client projects. That means collaborating thoughtfully, communicating clearly, and being proactive in unblocking yourself and others. We want engineers who ask great questions, learn from their teammates, and know how to get what they need to do their best work.
The Senior Cloud Engineer’s mission will join be building with Serverless on AWS. This will be a client facing role and you will be involved in conversations and planning activities with our external client, holding both technical and business focussed conversations. Whilst our core stack is AWS Serverless & Typescript, you will gain and develop experience being exposed to different ways of working and on occasion, different technologies.
Skills
* Typescript
* Production with AWS Serverless (CDK, Lambda)
* Node
* Experience working within a Cloud Engineering role
* Ability to communicate with technical and non technical stakeholders
* Stem / Computer Science Degree or comparable experience
Advantageous Skills
* Experience with API Gateway, Step Functions AppSync and Event Bridge
* AWS Certifications
* Experience with other modern OOP languages (Python, Java, Go etc
* Exposure to DynamoDB
* Familiarity of containerisation tools (Docker, Kubernetes etc)
What we Offer
Alongside a competitive salary, we also offer:
* 22 Days annual leave
* Learning and Development Support throughout your career at Theodo
* 3 week work from anywhere policy
* Equipment budget for your tech set up
* Company pension
* Monthly Socials
* A Slack network of 600+ engineers across our extended ecosystem — ask questions, share patterns, or troubleshoot obscure bugs with some of the sharpest devs out there.
* Monthly "Lunch & Tells" — in-person sessions to share technical discoveries, cool code tricks, or war stories from the field with fellow engineers.
* Bi-Annual Engineering Hack Days — time away from client work to build tools, prototypes, or experiments with your peers. No meetings, no decks — just code and curiosity.
* You'll work on a hybrid basis from our office based in Green Point, Cape Town—a vibrant location, with amenities, beaches, parks, and the CBD all within close proximity.
Who are we
Theodo UK is a software consultancy specialising in full-stack development, mobile and web applications and cloud solutions. We are a 70-person team based in the UK and South Africa, and we’re growing quickly.
Theodo UK operates with the entrepreneurial drive, agility and ownership mindset of a start-up, but with the financial stability, global reputation and technical depth of the wider Theodo Group behind us.
This unique position allows our team to innovate quickly, take smart risks, and build real value for clients—without compromising on quality. We follow Lean and Kaizen principles to continuously improve and deliver high-quality digital products at speed.
While headquartered in the UK, our reach is global. Supported by our South African team, we manage projects across English-speaking markets worldwide.
Values
Team Spirit
Our team has a natural ability to work together to achieve a common goal. Taking on the role of a good teammate requires courage; it means challenging and giving each other feedback. Its key to our teams succeeding
Pragmatism
Achieving effective results by utilising resources efficiently and avoiding unnecessary waste of time, energy and money. Emphasising agile practives, employing concise and direct interactions and engaging in firsthand experiences to challenge beliefs
Willingness to Improve
Actively identifying areas for improvement rather that tolerating good enough, promptly learning from problems and embracing challenges outside of one’s comfort sone. These are all skills we promote in our team to benefit themselves, fellow Theodoers, Theodo and the wider community
