T1 BJSS · 4/5 awaiting_approval
Alan — Engineering Manager
✉ alan@bjss.com
BJSS's Cambridge engineering consultancy work spans media and health domains where Alan's team regularly needs lead engineers who can hit the ground running, and this candidate brings exactly that in the form of AWS and Terraform expertise proven at scale, backed by BBC iPlayer infrastructure experience serving 15 million weekly users.
Day 0 email · Lead engineer, BBC iPlayer scale, AWS/Terraform, media + healthtech background
Alan,
I work with engineering teams across Scotland, the North of England, and remote-first UK companies, and I have a lead-level Software Developer I think is worth your attention given BJSS Cambridge's consultancy work across media and health.
This person has 16 years of experience across consultancy and domain-specific projects, with a stack centred on Java, AWS, Python, Docker, PostgreSQL, and Terraform. The headline piece of work is the BBC iPlayer streaming infrastructure, built to serve 15 million average weekly users. That combination of AWS and Terraform expertise proven at genuine scale, in exactly the domains your Cambridge team works in, is not easy to find.
They are not actively job hunting in the traditional sense, so I would rather have a quick conversation before sharing the CV.
Worth five minutes this week?
Sam
Cathcart Technology
T1 AND Digital · 4/5 awaiting_approval
Becky — Talent Acquisition Lead
✉ becky@and.digital
AND Digital's Cambridge hub is actively hiring senior engineers with cloud-native Java stacks, and this candidate brings direct consultancy pedigree from Open Technica alongside proven large-scale AWS delivery for BBC iPlayer, making them a credible lateral move into a peer consultancy where that depth would translate immediately.
Day 0 email · Senior Java/AWS engineer, BBC iPlayer scale, open to consulting peers
Becky,
I wanted to put a specific candidate on your radar for the senior engineering roles at AND Digital's Cambridge hub.
They're a lead-level Software Developer at Open Technica with 16 years of experience across Java, AWS, Python, Docker, PostgreSQL and Terraform. The standout piece is that they personally built the streaming infrastructure behind BBC iPlayer, which handles around 15 million average weekly users. That's not a line on a CV, it's genuine large-scale cloud delivery with real consequences if it goes wrong.
The consultancy background at Open Technica also matters here. They already know how to operate in that model, working across clients in media, healthtech and broader tech services, so the cultural shift into AND Digital is lateral rather than a stretch.
Salary expectation is on the CV. Availability I'm currently confirming.
Worth a conversation? Happy to send the full CV if so.
Sam
Cathcart Technology