AWS Software Engineer (Remote Position)

TEKsystems•Dallas, TX

3d•$107,500 - $161,300•Remote

About The Position

The Senior Software Engineer is a hands-on technical role designing, building, and maintaining cloud-based solutions and accelerators for consulting and delivery projects. The engineer works closely with architects and delivery teams to create robust, secure, and scalable AWS solutions that provide client value and support enterprise modernization objectives. The role focuses on technical work and solution engineering, with minimal delivery support responsibilities, and may involve occasional travel, such as attending a kickoff week for a long engagement. This is a permanent, fully remote position based out of Dallas, Texas. The stated pay range is $107,500 to $161,300 per year. Individual compensation depends on qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other job-related factors. Additional earnings may be available through incentive programs such as annual bonuses or profit sharing. Full-time internal employment benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage; critical illness, accident, and hospital coverage; a 401(k) retirement plan with pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions; life insurance; short- and long-term disability; a health spending account (HSA); transportation benefits; an employee assistance program; and time off or leave, including PTO, vacation, or sick leave.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
At least 3 years of hands-on experience in cloud development or related technical roles.
At least 3 years of experience working with AWS services, including compute, storage, networking, and security.
Deep experience developing serverless applications using Node.js-based Lambdas.
Deep experience with the AWS SDK for JavaScript.
Experience developing applications using AWS API Gateway, Cognito authentication, Lambda, and S3.
Basic Python scripting skills, including writing test and build scripts and using the boto3 library for basic AWS operations.
Experience with infrastructure as code using AWS CDK (TypeScript).
Experience with source code management tools, preferably GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket.
Hands-on experience writing applications for multiple AWS compute environments, including EC2, containers (ECS, EKS), and serverless (Lambda).
Understanding of observability tools and implementation of monitoring solutions in AWS environments.
Strong knowledge of IAM integration and application security requirements in cloud environments.
Experience with cloud-native application architectures, including containers, microservices, service discovery, communication patterns, and security.
Basic understanding of AWS services supporting modern cloud-native applications, such as API gateways, SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, and RDS.
Familiarity with prompt engineering using generative AI (Bedrock).
Ability to quickly learn new technologies and apply them to real-world problems.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills for working with architects and other technical team members.
Associate-level AWS certification; Developer certification is preferred.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
At least 4 years of experience in cloud development or solution delivery.
Professional-level AWS certification, such as Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or a specialty certification.
Experience with additional AWS services such as CloudFront, Kendra, SNS, and CloudWatch.
Experience implementing automation in production environments using Chef, Puppet, Salt, Ansible, or cloud-native tools.
Demonstrated experience with LLM prompt engineering.
Experience systematically testing and evaluating AI outputs.
Familiarity with at least one virtualization technology, such as VMware, OpenStack, or OpenShift Virtualization.
Familiarity with enterprise AWS services such as Organizations, Control Tower, Transit Gateways, and Direct Connect.
Demonstrated success deploying secure, scalable, and highly available distributed systems.

Responsibilities

Receive requirements from architects and translate solution patterns into high-quality, maintainable code.
Follow best practices and modern cloud architectures when writing new applications or modernizing existing applications.
Develop, test, and deploy modular accelerator code, where applicable, to streamline project implementation and enhance client value.
Integrate security, networking, and observability features into components as specified by solution designs.
Participate in code reviews and incorporate feedback for continuous improvement.
Apply flexible application logic and feature enhancements to base patterns from open-source or internal repositories.
Rapidly learn and apply new patterns and technologies to meet evolving solution requirements.