Senior AWS Cloud Application Developer
Req number:
R8854
Employment type:
Full time
Worksite flexibility:
Hybrid
Who we are
CAI 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 v2
Implement 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 SQS
Experience implementing dead letter queue strategies and event-driven architectures
Hands-on experience with Aurora PostgreSQL Serverless v2
Experience 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…