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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.\nJob Summary\nWe 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\nWe 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.\nOnly work authorizations that will not require sponsorship now or in the future will be considered.Local candidates only, please.\nWhat You'll Do\nServe as technical lead for AWS-native service development, establishing coding standards, design patterns, and reference implementations\nLead architecture discussions, design reviews, and code reviews while mentoring development teams across delivery pods\nPartner with enterprise architects and governance teams to ensure solutions align with organizational standards and best practices\nDesign and develop scalable serverless applications using AWS Lambda, AWS Step Functions, Amazon EventBridge, and Amazon SQS with dead letter queue handling\nBuild resilient, observable cloud-native solutions utilizing Amazon CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray, and structured logging practices\nDevelop and maintain infrastructure as code using AWS CDK, CloudFormation, Terraform, or similar frameworks\nDesign and optimize data access patterns leveraging Aurora PostgreSQL Serverless v2\nImplement idempotency, retry, and backoff patterns when integrating with external systems of record\nDesign compensating transactions and reconciliation processes to address failed or partial transactions\nAnalyze and extract business rules from legacy stored procedures and migrate functionality into modern service-based architectures\nSupport parallel-run testing, migration planning, and production cutover activities during legacy modernization initiatives\nApply cloud security best practices including least-privilege IAM, encryption, and secrets management\nMaintain CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and Git-based development workflows\nWhat You'll Need\nRequired:\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field\n8+ years of software development experience\n4+ years of hands-on experience building AWS serverless applications in production environments\nStrong experience designing and implementing applications using AWS Lambda, AWS Step Functions, Amazon EventBridge, and Amazon SQS\nExperience implementing dead letter queue strategies and event-driven architectures\nHands-on experience with Aurora PostgreSQL Serverless v2\nExperience implementing idempotency, retry, and resiliency patterns when integrating with systems of record not owned by the application team\nExperience extracting and translating business logic from stored procedures or other legacy application components\nExperience with infrastructure as code tools such as AWS CDK, CloudFormation, or Terraform\nExperience managing CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes\nExperience serving in a technical lead capacity, including architecture reviews, design reviews, and code reviews\nStrong analytical, problem-solving, verbal, and written communication skills\nPreferred:\nExperience leading modernization efforts involving replacement of legacy transactional systems with parallel-run cutover strategies\nAWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional certification\nExperience supporting public sector organizations\nExperience supporting Family First Act (FFA) initiatives or other human services and case management platforms\nFamiliarity with MuleSoft and API-led integration architectures\nExperience working within highly regulated environments requiring strong security and compliance controls\nPhysical Demands\nAbility to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA and other federal, state, and local standards\nAbility to conduct repetitive tasks on a computer, utilizing a mouse, keyboard, and monitor\nMust be able to communicate with customers/team members over the phone and in person\nSedentary work that involves sitting or remaining stationary most of the time with occasional need to move around the office to attend meetings, etc.\nReasonable accommodation statement\nIf you require a reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employment selection process, please direct your inquiries to  (888) 824 - 8111.\nEEO Statement\nIt is the policy of Computer Aid, Inc.(CAI) not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or because he or she is a protected veteran. It is also the policy of CAI to take affirmative action to employ and to advance in employment, all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.\nEmployees and applicants of CAI will not be subject to harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or because he or she is a protected veteran. 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