Senior AI-Driven Digital Engineer | Cloud & Web Apps

Jefferson Center for Mental Health; Wheat Ridge (CO); On-site; USD 105,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

Jefferson Center for Mental Health seeks a Senior Digital Engineer to design, develop, deploy, and support modern digital applications, websites, and cloud-native platforms. You will lead the technical direction, build scalable cloud services, and ensure enterprise-grade security and reliability.

The role combines hands-on coding with architectural leadership, DevOps maturity, and AI-enabled tooling to deliver production-ready solutions in a healthcare setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience.
• 3+ years of experience building and supporting modern web applications.
• Strong experience with AWS cloud services.
• Strong experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation.
• Strong experience using modern AI-assisted software development tools.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, APIs, and cloud-native application design.
• Experience with source control systems such as Git.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain modern websites, portals, web applications, and digital products.
• Build responsive, mobile-friendly, and accessible user experiences.
• Develop scalable front-end and back-end solutions using modern programming languages and frameworks.
• Integrate applications with APIs, third-party platforms, and enterprise systems.
• Lead technical design and architecture decisions for new digital initiatives.
• Troubleshoot and optimize application performance, reliability, and security.
• Utilize modern AI development tools to accelerate software delivery and improve code quality.
• Establish best practices for AI-assisted software development and code governance.
• Evaluate and implement AI-powered capabilities within digital applications.
• Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure within AWS.
• Build and support highly available, scalable, and secure hosting environments.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Develop deployment architectures that support both traditional web applications and AI-enabled services.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement automated testing, deployment, monitoring, and alerting.
• Leverage AI-enhanced DevOps practices and tooling.
• Support containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes where appropriate.
• Implement observability solutions for performance monitoring and operational intelligence.
• Establish secure software development lifecycle practices.
• Ensure solutions adhere to cybersecurity and privacy best practices.
• Participate in security reviews, vulnerability remediation, and compliance initiatives.
• Support HIPAA, healthcare security, and regulatory requirements where applicable.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and security teams to maintain secure cloud environments.
• Partner with marketing, product, operations, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Participate in technical roadmap planning and architecture reviews.
• Drive continuous improvement of development standards, tools, and processes.

Skills

Cloud architecture

DevOps automation

AI-assisted development

Software design principles

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering

Tools

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

HTML5

CSS3

Tailwind CSS

Python

.NET Core

REST APIs

GraphQL

AWS

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Job description

Jefferson Center for Mental Health seeks a Senior Digital Engineer to design, develop, deploy, and support modern digital applications, websites, and cloud-native platforms. You will lead the technical direction, build scalable cloud services, and ensure enterprise-grade security and reliability.

The role combines hands-on coding with architectural leadership, DevOps maturity, and AI-enabled tooling to deliver production-ready solutions in a healthcare setting.