Application Developer, Data & Machine Learning, WWPS US Federal

Amazon - Annapolis, MD

Full-time - Mid Level

Onsite - Annapolis, MD

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About the position

The Application Developer for Data & Machine Learning at AWS WWPS US Federal is responsible for architecting, developing, and re-engineering cloud-native applications to leverage the AWS Cloud. This role involves working closely with customers to optimize applications for scalability, automation, and high availability, utilizing AWS services such as API Gateway, Lambda, and ECS. The position requires hands-on technical expertise and leadership in guiding enterprises through the adoption of new technologies and practices, while also contributing to AWS's Professional Services business.

Responsibilities

• Work as a technical leader alongside customer business, development, and infrastructure teams.
• Lead technical and design discussions with IT executives to help enterprises speed their adoption of new technologies and practices.
• Architect and build highly scalable, cloud-native applications on the AWS platform using core developer services such as API Gateway, Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB, and ECS.
• Leverage new technology paradigms (e.g., serverless, containers, microservices).
• Migrate monolithic applications to microservices architectures.
• Advise on implementing AWS best practices.
• Influence infrastructure architecture by sharing your application development expertise.
• Represent the voice for developers internally and influence AWS Professional Services offerings and AWS product strategy for developers.

Requirements

• 5+ years of large scale software development or application engineering with recent coding experience in two or more modern programming languages such as Java, JavaScript, C/C++, C#, Swift, Node.js, Python, Go, or Ruby.
• 3+ years of experience as a technical specialist in customer-facing roles.
• Experience with Agile development methodologies and Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD).
• Cloud development experience.
• Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 8+ years of large scale software development or application engineering with recent coding experience in two or more modern programming languages.
• Architecting, designing, and developing applications on the AWS platform and possess Cloud certifications.
• Designing and building applications using Container and serverless technologies.
• Experience architecting highly available systems that utilize load balancing, horizontal scalability, and high availability.
• Good exposure to Agile software development and DevOps practices such as Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Continuous Integration, and automated deployment.
• Extensive experience building backend and frontend components in the cloud.

Benefits

• Flexible work hours and arrangements
• Mentorship and career growth opportunities
• Diverse and inclusive workplace culture