Lead Full-Stack Engineer — AWS Modernization Leader

Doist; City of Rochester (NY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

MegazoneCloud is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to own the technical direction of complex, multi-vendor cloud modernization programs. You will set target-state architecture, review code, and ensure architectural quality while staying hands-on where it counts.

You will engage senior client stakeholders and coordinate across multiple teams and vendors, driving design decisions and governance in regulated enterprise contexts.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software or platform engineering experience, including demonstrated time as the senior technical lead on complex, multi-vendor cloud programs.
• AWS depth. Solid hands-on knowledge of Step Functions, Lambda, ECS Fargate, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, EventBridge, and Bedrock — enough to recommend the right services and architectures for a given set of requirements and to be challenged on it.
• Modernization track record. Proven delivery modernizing legacy applications and processes into event-driven, and increasingly agentic, architectures.
• Code review depth. Comfortable reading Python, Node.js/JavaScript, and Terraform well enough to provide design-level feedback and assess system architecture.
• API design. Able to contribute to and review REST or GraphQL contracts and catch integration problems before development starts.
• Specification rigor. Demonstrated ability to critically evaluate FRDs, BRDs, and functional specifications and convert them into platform deliverables engineers can execute against.
• Executive presence. A track record engaging business and technical stakeholders at VP level and above in person, and holding the room.
• Vendor and partner management. Experience managing offshore development teams, specialist firms, or partner delivery relationships within a larger program.
• Architecture governance. Familiarity with solution architecture and design review processes, including contributing to an ARB or equivalent.
• Communication. Strong written and verbal skills — clear documentation, decision logs, ADRs, and status reports that hold up under scrutiny.
• Agile delivery. Experience running or leading technical delivery across multi-team programs using Scrum or Kanban.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical direction for the program architecture and delivery patterns.
• Own the target-state architecture using event-driven designs on AWS services.
• Review and shape code and technical artifacts across multiple teams.
• Contribute to architecture governance and ARB submissions.
• Engage senior client stakeholders and translate business needs into technical deliverables.
• Coordinate delivery across multi-team and vendor organizations.

Job description

MegazoneCloud is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to own the technical direction of complex, multi-vendor cloud modernization programs. You will set target-state architecture, review code, and ensure architectural quality while staying hands-on where it counts.

You will engage senior client stakeholders and coordinate across multiple teams and vendors, driving design decisions and governance in regulated enterprise contexts.