Lead Cloud Engineer
Walker Smith
Job Description
Lead Cloud EngineerFull-time | On-site | ChristchurchAbout the Role
We are looking for a hands-on Lead Cloud Engineer to lead a small engineering team and help build the next generation of Herd-i's platform.You will combine technical leadership with software development, working across Python services, AWS infrastructure, data systems and React applications. You will guide technical decisions, support and mentor engineers, and take responsibility for the quality and delivery of the team's work.You will work closely with our ML, IoT and operations teams to deliver reliable systems that support a growing business.Agentic AI tools such as Claude Code are central to how we work. We expect you to use these tools actively and help the team apply them effectively, while maintaining sound engineering judgement and accountability for the results.What You'll Be Doing
- Lead a small