AWS Engineer

Energy Innovation Corp; Antioch (CA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 139,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Full benefits

Growth runway

Flexible setup

Job summary

Amazon in Antioch, CA seeks an AWS Engineer with 3+ years of experience to help stress-test and harden Terraform and Ansible-driven systems. You will translate compliance into Go guardrails, refactor legacy code, and ensure data flows are secured across services.

The role offers mentorship, growth, and full benefits in a fast-paced environment. Applicants should bring Python expertise, a mentor mindset, and comfort with Datadog and ArgoCD.

Qualifications

• 3+ years operating in a similar AWS Engineer position.
• Mentor others while leading rather than taking over the keyboard.
• Mid-level mastery of Python, validated by people who'd hire you again.
• Storytelling instincts that turn data into a decision.
• CA sensibility, or genuine curiosity about this market.
• Hands-on command of Datadog, with ArgoCD as a close second.
• Calm under the slow-to-anger chaos a mid-level role tends to generate.

Responsibilities

• Stress-test Terraform Associate systems until they bend, then harden where they cracked.
• Prototype rough Emotional Intelligence ideas fast, then decide which earn a place in Amazon's stack.
• Translate technology compliance rules into Go guardrails baked into the build.
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time.
• Break large technology initiatives into Ansible increments Antioch can actually deliver.
• Map data flow across Amazon's Ansible services and spot the leaks.

Skills

Python

Terraform

Ansible

Go

Datadog

AWS

mentorship

ArgoCD

Tools

Datadog

ArgoCD

Terraform

Go

Ansible

Job description

At Amazon, the best AWS Engineer isn't the one who writes the most code but the one whose Ansible decisions age the gracefully. For a refreshingly-candid professional with 3+ years behind them, this full-time AWS Engineer job delivers $96,000 - $139,000 and meaningful growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Stress-test Terraform Associate systems until they bend, then harden where they cracked
• Prototype rough Emotional Intelligence ideas fast, then decide which earn a place in Amazon's stack
• Translate technology compliance rules into Go guardrails baked into the build
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time
• Break large technology initiatives into Ansible increments Antioch can actually deliver
• Map data flow across Amazon's Ansible services and spot the leaks

What You'll Bring

• Roughly 3+ years operating in a similar AWS Engineer position
• The patience to mentor without taking over the keyboard
• Mid-level mastery of Python, validated by people who'd hire you again
• Storytelling instincts that turn data into a decision
• A CA sensibility, or genuine curiosity about this market
• Hands-on command of Datadog, with ArgoCD as a close second
• Calm under the slow-to-anger chaos a mid-level role tends to generate

Amazon is a fast-growing technology company in Antioch, CA, where Python and Terraform Associate drive everything we do. Our CA team treats transparency as a feature, sharing the messy middle, not just the wins.

You get $96,000 - $139,000, a growth runway, a mentor, full benefits, and a flexible Antioch, CA setup, no fine print, no catch.

Right now Amazon is mid-search, and the AWS Engineer chair is yours to claim.