Cloud Engineer - Full Stack Developer

Innovative Solutions; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Innovative Solutions in Buffalo, NY is looking for a Full Stack Cloud Engineer to build and modernize AWS-based applications. You will work on backend services, APIs, and frontend user interfaces, migrating legacy applications to serverless architectures.

The ideal candidate has over 5 years of cloud engineering experience with skills in AWS, strong coding abilities in languages like Python and Java, and expertise in infrastructure-as-code tools. This position requires collaboration with clients and project teams to deliver secure and scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience as a cloud engineer with hands-on expertise across AWS cloud services.
• Strong experience with tools like CloudFormation.
• Knowledge of cloud computing concepts like IaaS and PaaS.

Responsibilities

• Design and build modern scalable cloud-based applications for clients.
• Migrate legacy applications to AWS, providing tech roadmaps.
• Develop and manage backend infrastructure and APIs.

Skills

AWS cloud services expertise

Infrastructure-as-code tools

Node.js coding experience

Python programming

Java programming

Frontend frameworks (Angular, React)

Tools

AWS Command Line Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

As a Full Stack Cloud Engineer, you’ll build and modernize scalable AWS‑based applications — developing backend services, APIs, and integrations while also contributing to frontend dashboards and user interfaces. One engagement you may be migrating and refactoring a legacy application into a serverless, microservices architecture using Lambda and API Gateway; the next you’re building full‑stack cloud‑native applications using React, Python, or Java with secure, event‑driven AWS services. You’ll collaborate closely with clients and project teams to design solutions, improve architectures, and deliver modern cloud applications that are secure, scalable, and business‑driven.

What You’ll Do

• Assist in designing and building modern and highly scalable cloud‑based applications for customers
• Migrate and modernize customer legacy applications using AWS services, and work with Project Managers and clients to provide recommendations and technology roadmaps that meet their business needs
• Actively participate in team meetings and cross‑functional interactions
• Keep team members and supervisors informed of progress and issues
• Contribute to client project status meetings
• Contribute to R&D projects to validate/invalidate new service offerings
• Remain current with technology trends and new technologies
• Propose the latest technology usage and integration standards
• Develop and manage backend infrastructure, APIs, and integrations to support cloud‑based solutions, using programming languages such as Python, Java, and PHP
• Participate in code reviews, document infrastructure‑as‑code, and assist with UI/UX
• Build frontend interfaces and dashboards for applications and infrastructure using Angular and React
• Utilize best practices for security, compliance, and business continuity in cloud solutions

Required Skills

• 5+ years’ experience as a cloud engineer with hands‑on expertise across AWS cloud services
• Strong experience with infrastructure‑as‑code tools like CloudFormation
• Experience coding in multiple languages including Node.js, Python, Angular, React, .NET Core, and .NET Framework
• Experience using AWS platforms such as Cognito and Amplify
• Understanding of modern app architectures in cloud environments
• Able to collaborate with cloud engineers and project management teams

Preferred

• AWS Certification(s) – a must have; minimum requirement at 90 days is AWS Certified Developer Associate
• In‑depth experience with one or more programming languages like Java, JavaScript, Python, or C# used for developing cloud‑native applications
• Understanding of cloud computing concepts – IaaS, PaaS, serverless, containers, etc.
• Working knowledge of Amazon Web Services – key services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, API Gateway, ECS, Fargate, and RDS
• Experience using AWS command line tools and SDKs to manage infrastructure as code
• Experience building, deploying, and managing microservices applications on AWS
• Experience with AWS data storage solutions such as DynamoDB, NoSQL, and Aurora RDS
• Experience with containers and orchestration platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes on AWS
• Security best practices for applications in the public cloud
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing
• Experience building event‑driven architectures on cloud platforms
• Experience using infrastructure‑as‑code tools like CloudFormation
• Frontend JavaScript frameworks such as React
• Machine learning capabilities such as SageMaker
• Leveraging serverless architectures where applicable