Senior AWS Cloud Developer

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior AWS Cloud Developer

Description

Lead the design and implementation of complex distributed systems on AWS while advocating engineering best practices, architectural principles, and scalable, maintainable solutions. Drive technical vision and influence product roadmaps through strategic thinking and innovation. Champion automation, CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps practices for efficient, reliable delivery.

Responsibilities

• Define and advocate for engineering best practices, design patterns, and architectural principles
• Drive technical vision and influence product roadmaps
• Evaluate and improve existing solutions; propose scalable and maintainable alternatives
• Lead design of complex distributed systems to ensure reliability, performance, and security
• Align architecture with organizational goals and technology standards
• Stay current with technology trends and share knowledge
• Champion automation, CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps practices

Requirements

• 8+ years of software engineering experience delivering scalable, high quality backend services
• Hands-on development with Java 11+ and frameworks such as Spring Boot and Spring Batch
• Backend engineering skills including microservices, event-driven architecture, messaging (Kafka/SQS), caching (Redis), and SQL/NoSQL data modeling
• Familiarity with AWS services including SQS, Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS, S3, Kinesis, and CloudFormation
• Experience designing, building, and documenting customer-facing RESTful APIs with security, performance, and scalability best practices
• Knowledge of container technologies (Docker and Kubernetes)
• Experience implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for automated production delivery
• Knowledge of relational and NoSQL database management systems
• Testing frameworks such as Junit, Mockito, Spring Test
• Experience with Agile methodologies (Kanban, Scrum)
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with global teams

Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• HSA and FSA
• 401(k)
• Life, disability, and ADD insurance
• Paid time off for salaried personnel
• Paid sick leave for eligible hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project

Notes

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives, or commissions.