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Its platform processes video and sensor data to deliver insights into animal health, welfare and farm performance. The work brings together edge computing, machine learning and cloud systems to solve practical problems on farms. This is a growing business where you stay close to the technology and have a direct influence on how the platform develops. Walker Smith is partnering exclusively with Herd-i on this search.\nThe Role\nHerd-i is seeking a hands-on Lead Cloud Engineer to lead a small engineering team and help build the next generation of its platform. You’ll combine technical leadership with software development, working across Python services, AWS infrastructure, data systems and React applications. You’ll guide technical decisions, mentor engineers and take responsibility for the quality and delivery of the team’s work, while working closely with the ML, IoT and operations teams to deliver reliable systems for a growing business. 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