Senior Application Developer, US Federal, ProServe

$138,200 - $239,000/Yr

Amazon - Santa Clara, CA

Full-time - Senior

Onsite - Santa Clara, CA

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About the position

The Senior Application Developer role at Amazon Web Services (AWS) involves working closely with customers to architect, develop, and re-engineer cloud-native applications that leverage the AWS Cloud. This position requires hands-on experience in building scalable applications and leading technical discussions with IT executives to facilitate the adoption of new technologies. The role is integral to AWS's Professional Services team, which engages in high-profile projects to enhance customer experiences and drive innovation in cloud technology.

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

• 7+ 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.
• 5+ 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.
• Experience architecting, designing, and developing applications on the AWS platform and possess Cloud certifications.
• Experience 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.

Benefits

• Flexible work hours and arrangements.
• Ongoing events and learning experiences for diversity and inclusion.
• Mentorship and career growth opportunities.