Senior AWS Cloud Application Developer
caiTrenton (NJ)
$90-$100 per hour
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Posted 6 days ago
caiTrenton (NJ)
SENIORITY
Lead
SALARY
$90-$100 per hour
About the role
Senior AWS Cloud Application DeveloperCAI is a global services firm with over 9,000 associates worldwide and a yearly revenue of $1.3 billion+. We have over 40 years of excellence in uniting talent and technology to power the possible for our clients, colleagues, and communities. As a privately held company, we have the freedom and focus to do what is right—whatever it takes. Our tailor-made solutions create lasting results across the public and commercial sectors, and we are trailblazers in bringing neurodiversity to the enterprise.
Job Summary:
We are looking for a motivated Senior AWS Cloud Application Developer ready to take us to the next level! If you have AWS serverless application development, Aurora PostgreSQL Serverless v2, and technical leadership experience and are looking for your next career move, apply now.
Job Description:
We are looking for an Senior AWS Cloud Application Developer to serve as technical lead for AWS-native services supporting key initiatives with our client. This position will be Full-Time and Hybrid (Trenton, NJ). Employees are expected to work onsite three days per week. Only work authorizations that will not require sponsorship now or in the future will be considered. Local candidates only, please.
What You'll Do:
- Serve as technical lead for AWS-native service development, establishing coding standards, design patterns, and reference implementations
- Lead architecture discussions, design reviews, and code reviews while mentoring development teams across delivery pods
- Partner with enterprise architects and governance teams to ensure solutions align with organizational standards and best practices
- Design and develop scalable serverless applications using AWS Lambda, AWS Step Functions, Amazon EventBridge, and Amazon SQS with dead letter queue handling
- Build resilient, observable cloud-native solutions utilizing Amazon CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray, and structured logging practices
- Develop and maintain infrastructure as code using AWS CDK, CloudFormation, Terraform, or similar frameworks
- Design and optimize data access patterns leveraging Aurora PostgreSQL Serverless v2Implement idempotency, retry, and backoff patterns when integrating with external systems of record
- Design compensating transactions and reconciliation processes to address failed or partial transactions
- Analyze and extract business rules from legacy stored procedures and migrate functionality into modern service-based architectures
- Support parallel-run testing, migration planning, and production cutover activities during legacy modernization initiatives
- Apply cloud security best practices including least-privilege IAM, encryption, and secrets management
- Maintain CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and Git-based development workflows
What You'll Need
Required:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field 8+ years of software development experience 4+ years of hands-on experience building AWS serverless applications in production environments
- Strong experience designing and implementing applications using AWS Lambda, AWS Step Functions, Amazon EventBridge, and Amazon SQSExperience implementing dead letter queue strategies and event-driven architectures
- Hands-on experience with Aurora PostgreSQL Serverless v2Experience implementing idempotency, retry, and resiliency patterns when integrating with systems of record not owned by the application team
- Experience extracting and translating business logic from stored procedures or other legacy application components
- Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as AWS CDK, CloudFormation, or Terraform
- Experience managing CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes
- Experience serving in a technical lead capacity, including architecture reviews, design reviews, and code reviews
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, verbal, and written communication skills
Preferred:
- Experience leading modernization efforts involving replacement of legacy transactional systems with parallel-run cutover strategiesAWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional certification
- Experience supporting public sector organizations
- Experience supporting Family First Act (FFA) initiatives or other human services and case management platforms
- Familiarity with MuleSoft and API-led integration architectures
- Experience working within highly regulated environments requiring strong security and compliance controls
- Physical Demands
- Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA and other federal, state, and local standards
- Ability to conduct repetitive tasks on a computer, utilizing a mouse, keyboard, and monitor
- Must be able to communicate with customers/team members over the phone and in person
Sedentary work that involves sitting or remaining stationary most of the time with occasional need to move around the office to attend meetings, etc.
Reasonable accommodation statement
If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employment selection process, please direct your inquiries to application.accommodations@cai.io or (888) 824 – 8111.
EEO Statement:
It is the policy of Computer Aid, Inc.(CAI) not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or because he or she is a protected veteran. It is also the policy of CAI to take affirmative action to employ and to advance in employment, all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment. Employees and applicants of CAI will not be subject to harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or because he or she is a protected veteran. Additionally, retaliation, including intimidation, threats, or coercion, because an employee or applicant has objected to discrimination, engaged or may engage in filing a complaint, assisted in a review, investigation, or hearing or have otherwise sought to obtain their legal rights under any Federal, State, or local EEO law is prohibited.$90-$100 per hour The pay range for this position is listed above. Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including location, experience, and education. Benefit packages include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as 401k retirement account access. Employees in this role may also be entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.
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