Senior Cloud Developer

This is a Non-Employee Contingent Worker Role providing services for TIAA’s family of companies and will be employed by TIAA's preferred 3rd Party Supplier. As a Non-Employee CW, perform a variety of moderately complex business planning, support, and project-related duties. Demonstrates an exceptional standard of quality and holds themselves accountable to achieving excellent results.

This role will sit onsite, likely in a hybrid capacity, at the location(s) listed in this posting.

• Assessing the technical viability of emerging products and technologies.
• Working with developers and infrastructure specialists to test and evaluate new technologies.
• Participating in the development of business cases and obtaining approvals for capital expenditures.
• Monitoring and analyzing new technology product performance and resolving issues regarding potential improvements or modifications to complex situations, as needed.

• University (Degree) Preferred

• 5+ Years Required; 7+ Years Preferred

• Physical Requirements: Sedentary Work

Senior Cloud Developer

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced AWS Microservices Developer with strong expertise in Scala and Python to design, develop, and maintain cloud-native applications using microservices architecture. The ideal candidate will have deep knowledge of AWS services and experience building scalable, resilient distributed systems.

Core Responsibilities

Development & Architecture

1. Microservices Development

   - Design and implement microservices using Scala and Python

   - Build event-driven architectures using AWS services (EventBridge, SQS, SNS)

   - Develop RESTful and GraphQL APIs using API Gateway

2. AWS Cloud Architecture

   - Design scalable solutions using AWS container services (ECS/EKS)

   - Implement serverless architectures using AWS Lambda

   - Design data persistence strategies using AWS databases (Aurora, DynamoDB)

   - Optimize application performance and cost efficiency

Infrastructure & DevOps

   - Implement Infrastructure as Code using CloudFormation

   - Configure and maintain CI/CD pipelines

   - Monitor application performance using CloudWatch and X-Ray

   - Implement auto-scaling and high availability patterns

Required Qualifications

Technical Expertise

1. Programming Languages

   - Advanced Scala programming (5+ years)

   - Strong Python development experience (3+ years)

   - Experience with functional programming patterns

2. AWS Services Proficiency

   - ECS/EKS for container orchestration

   - Lambda and API Gateway

   - DynamoDB and Aurora

   - CloudWatch, X-Ray for monitoring

   - EventBridge, SQS, SNS for event-driven architecture

Required Experience

- 5+ years of experience in software development

- 3+ years of AWS cloud platform experience

- 3+ years of microservices architecture experience

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Required AWS Knowledge

1. Core Services

   - EC2, ECS, EKS

   - Lambda, API Gateway

   - RDS, DynamoDB

   - CloudWatch

2. Developer Tools

   - CodeBuild

   - CodePipeline

   - CodeDeploy

   - Cloud Development Kit (CDK)

Preferred Certifications

   - AWS Certified Developer Associate

   - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

Additional Requirements

1. Professional Skills

   - Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

   - Excellent written and verbal communication

   - Team collaboration and leadership

   - Agile/Scrum methodology experience

Anticipated Posting End Date:

Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location.

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