Application Engineering Technical Lead (AWS)

Application Engineering Technical Lead (AWS)

Provides expert level IT technical lead services, including the direction, evaluation, selection, configuration, implementation, and integration of new and existing technologies and tools.

Core Responsibilities

• Provides expert level IT technical lead services and direction for critical software, middleware, or hardware projects on multiple platforms. Provides technical expertise and completes complex development, design, implementation, architecture design specification, and maintenance activities.
• Ensures the viability of IT deliverables. Recommends development options and approves the team's technical deliverables. Conducts testing, including functionality, technical limitations, and security.
• Identifies potential solutions and approves technical solutions proposed by team members. Elevates complex technical issues to IT experts. Resolves technical problems discovered by testers and internal clients. . Responds to and resolves technical issues in a timely manner. Researches issues and performs root cause analysis. Anticipates technology problems and prevents them.
• Communicates with key stakeholders on project issues and implications. Evaluates the impacts of change requests on technologies and effectively persuades and influences others on ideas.
• Maintains a current and working knowledge of IT development methodology, architecture design, and technical standards. Mentors IT staff and identifies training needs. As new standards are instituted, ensures their usage by team members.
• Reviews and approves documentation and diagrams created by IT team members. Writes documentation, including technical standards and processes.
• Identifies opportunities for continuous quality improvement of technical standards, methodologies, and technologies.
• Participates in design, code, and test inspections throughout product life cycle to identify issues. Participates as a technical consultant at other project meetings. Presents technical status and issues at milestone reviews.
• Thoroughly understands and complies with Information Technology and Information Security policies and procedures, and verifies that deliverables meet requirements.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Strong hands-on software development experience, with a strong track record of technical leadership.
• Deep expertise in AWS cloud infrastructure (EC2, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager, S3), JavaScript and Security integrations.
• Experience with AWS, API design, and automated testing frameworks.
• Hands on knowledge of GitHub source control and GitHub Actions (CI/CD pipelines); for build, test and deploy automation.
• Experience of working with Third Party SaaS implementations.
• Experience with Backend for Frontend (BFF) architecture.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation).
• Strong understanding of software design principles and modern SDLC practices.
• Strong background in Agile Methodology (Scrum/Kanban).
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, especially in cross-functional settings.
• Experience in the financial services industry is a plus.
• AWS certifications a plus.