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The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in AWS, microservices architecture, SaaS product development, and modern web application frameworks. This role requires a hands-on leader who can drive architectural decisions, mentor engineering teams, and ensure the delivery of secure, scalable, and high-performance cloud applications.\n Lead the architecture, design, and development of cloud-hosted web applications for the insurance industry - from network infrastructure design to user experience, database schema, data models, workflow automation, and end-to-end integration testing.\nDefine and own architectural standards, patterns, and best practices for AWS-native SaaS products.\nCollaborate closely with product management, business stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.\nDrive domain-driven designs for data models, APIs, and data products.\nArchitect and implement microservices using modern frameworks and container orchestration platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, EKS).\nOversee CI/CD pipelines and DevOps processes for rapid, reliable, and secure deployments.\nDesign and implement RESTful and GraphQL APIs with a focus on performance and scalability.\nDevelop functional, responsive, and accessible front-end interfaces using HTML5, CSS/SCSS, TypeScript, Angular/React, and modern UI component libraries (e.g., Kendo UI, Infragistics).\nEnsure security best practices in application architecture, including IAM policies, encryption, API security, and compliance with industry standards (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2).\nChampion cloud-native principles and serverless architectures using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, and other AWS managed services.\nWork with AWS data services, including Redshift, RDS, Aurora, and S3, for building scalable data-driven applications.\nLead proof-of-concept initiatives to evaluate emerging AWS services and architectural approaches.\nMentor and guide development teams in architecture decisions, code quality, and performance optimization.\nSupport UI automation testing alongside development activities to ensure high-quality deliverables.\nCollaborate with QA and DevOps teams for automated testing, monitoring, and application observability using tools like CloudWatch, X-Ray, and Open Telemetry.\n Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field; 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