AWS Software Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and uphold cloud-based solutions and accelerators tailored for consulting and delivery initiatives or programs.

• Collaborate closely with architects and delivery teams to create robust, secure, and scalable AWS cloud solutions.

• Gather requirements from architects and convert solution patterns into high-quality, maintainable code.

• Adhere to best practices and contemporary cloud architectures when creating new applications or modernizing existing ones.

• Create, test, and deploy modular accelerator code to optimize project implementation and enhance client value.

• Integrate security, networking, and observability features into components in alignment with solution designs.

• Engage in code reviews and integrate feedback effectively.

• Implement flexible application logic and feature enhancements to open-source or internal base patterns.

• Quickly learn and utilize new patterns and technologies to adapt to evolving solution requirements.

• Perform hands-on technical tasks and solution engineering with minimal delivery support responsibilities.

• Occasionally travel, such as for a kickoff week on a long-term engagement.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent experience).

• Over 3 years of hands-on experience in cloud development or similar technical roles.

• More than 3 years of experience working with AWS services, covering compute, storage, networking, and security.

• Extensive experience in developing serverless applications utilizing Node.js-based Lambdas.

• In-depth knowledge of the AWS SDK for JavaScript.

• Experience in developing applications using AWS API Gateway, Cognito authentication, Lambda, and S3.

• Basic scripting skills in Python, including the ability to write test and build scripts and use boto3 for fundamental AWS operations.

• Experience with infrastructure as code using AWS CDK (TypeScript).

• Familiarity with source code management tools, ideally GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket.

• Practical experience in writing applications for EC2, ECS, EKS, and Lambda.

• Understanding of observability tools and the implementation of monitoring solutions in AWS environments.

• Strong knowledge of IAM integration and application security requirements in cloud settings.

• Experience with cloud-native application architectures, including containers, microservices, service discovery, communication patterns, and security.

• Basic understanding of API gateways, SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, and RDS.

• Familiarity with prompt engineering utilizing generative AI (Bedrock).

• Capability to swiftly learn new technologies and apply them to real-world challenges.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills for effective interaction with architects and technical team members.

• Associate-level AWS certification (Developer certification preferred).

• A Master's degree, professional-level AWS certification, additional AWS services experience, production automation, LLM prompt engineering, systematic AI-output evaluation, virtualization technologies, enterprise AWS services, and distributed-systems deployment are considered desirable qualifications.

🏝️ Benefits

• Additional earnings may be possible through annual bonuses.

• Profit sharing opportunities.

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.

• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital coverage.

• 401(k) Retirement Plan with options for pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions.

• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life and AD&D for the employee and dependents).

• Short and Long-Term Disability coverage.

• Health Spending Account (HSA).

• Transportation Benefits.

• Employee Assistance Program.

• Time Off/Leave options (PTO, Vacation, or Sick Leave).