Lead AWS engineer

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About WPP Media
WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities. WPP Media is WPP's global media collective. In a world where media is everywhere and in everything, we bring the best platform, people, and partners together to create limitless opportunities for growth. A Leading WPP Media Brand
Choreograph is WPP's global data products and technology company. We're on a mission to transform marketing by building the fastest, most connected data platform that bridges marketing strategy to scaled activation.
We work with agencies and clients to transform the value of data by bringing together technology, data and analytics capabilities. We deliver this through the Open Media Studio, an AI-enabled media and data platform for the next era of advertising.
Choreograph is seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Back-End Engineer to lead the development of our ecosystem of (primarily) Python microservices. You'll build leading edge capabilities, collaborating with other teams to develop services that contribute to a range of innovative products, with a particular focus on integrating and optimising AI and agentic intelligence capabilities. You'll be acutely aware of the risks to API integrity and champion a strong separation of concerns. As a leader, you'll guide a team of senior developers, defining processes, shaping architecture, and collaborating on implementation. Lead Optimistically by Championing Growth and Development to Mobilize the Enterprise.
Lead a cross-functional team of developers.
Collaborate with Product leaders to develop and execute roadmaps for services and products, incorporating AI and agentic intelligence strategies.
Build and deploy back-end services communicating over a range of APIs with other services, including those leveraging language models.
Test your code appropriately and collaborate with Developers in Test to create robust testing frameworks.
Demonstrate a solid understanding of separation of concerns, APIs as contracts, and the importance of preventing implementation details and side effects from crossing the API boundary.
Design and implement agentic workflows and supporting infrastrucuture, including workflow design, tool calling and model evaluation pipelines Collaborate with data scientists and other product teams to develop common services that can support agentic capabilities within our product suite.
Extensive experience in software development.
Strong familiarity with Python 3 (the primary development language for this role).
Familiarity with agile development patterns.
Essential SQL/Database knowledge (including understanding the trade-offs of using ORMs).
Experience working with one or more of the leading cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure).
and data pipelines (Kafka, Beam, Kinesis, etc.). Passion for improving coding and development practices. Understanding of how the web works, REST APIs, OpenAPI spec/Swagger, GraphQL, and the difference between REST and RPCs. Understanding of TDD, BDD, unit testing, integration testing, and when to use them.
Experience with back-end web application frameworks (Django, FastAPI, etc.).
Experience with language models and agentic workflows (e.g., Typescript, NodeJS, React, Webpack, etc. Java, C#.
Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we're just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.
We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.
That's why we've adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.
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Location:
London
Job Type:
FullTime

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