Lead Azure Engineer

Job Title: Azure EngineerJob DescriptionThis role leads the design and delivery of cloud-native, full stack products on Microsoft Azure, running on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). You will be hands-on across the stack while setting technical direction, strengthening engineering standards, and ensuring solutions are secure, resilient, observable, and straightforward to operate in production.ResponsibilitiesLead full stack delivery across React (TypeScript) front-end applications and Java/Python back-end services, including microservices and APIs.Own cloud-native solution design for AKS-based platforms, defining service boundaries, resilience patterns, scaling approaches, deployment strategies, and operational readiness.Design, build, and operate back-end services using Java (Spring Boot) and/or Python (FastAPI/Flask), covering API design with OpenAPI, performance optimisation, and security controls.Develop modern user interfaces with React, focusing on accessible design, reusable components, and efficient state management.Design and maintain Kubernetes deployments on AKS, including manifests, ingress configuration, autoscaling, configuration and secrets management, service-to-service communication, and rollout/rollback patterns.Implement and maintain DevSecOps practices using Azure DevOps, building CI/CD pipelines with automated quality gates such as unit and integration tests, SAST/DAST where applicable, and dependency scanning.Drive observability and production excellence ..... full job details .....