Senior Amazon Connect Engineer, AWS Cloud

ETHOS - Talent & Advisory; Washington, Baltimore (District of Columbia, MD); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ETHOS - Talent & Advisory is seeking an experienced Amazon Connect Developer to build and modernize contact center capabilities across a large enterprise. This hands-on role covers contact flows, AI Agent development, integrations, and the AWS services behind them.

You will design and implement Connect processes, develop AI Agents, and partner with stakeholders to translate best practices into scalable solutions for enterprise contact centers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher with 12+ years experience, or 18+ years of equivalent experience.
• 7+ years hands-on experience with the AWS Cloud platform.
• 3+ years designing and developing on Amazon Connect.
• 3+ years developing in Node.js, Python, or Java.
• 3+ years designing call routing and messaging workflows.
• 2+ years experience designing, building, and deploying conversational AI Agents.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement Amazon Connect processes and configurations, including new or modified applications, forms, workflows, policies, actions, access controls, and interfaces that support enterprise business processes.
• Develop and enhance Call Center AI Agents to improve self service and automation.
• Recommend enhancements to existing contact center operations and propose updates based on new requirements or platform upgrades.
• Facilitate requirements gathering sessions with stakeholders, then review and document those requirements, and partner with business and technical stakeholders to translate industry best practices into enterprise contact center solutions.

Skills

Node.js

Python

Java

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

AWS Cloud

Amazon Connect

Lambda

Lex

Kinesis

Glue

DynamoDB

AppSync

EventBridge

VPC

Job description

Seeking an Amazon Connect Developer to build and modernize contact center capabilities, including conversational AI Agents, across a large enterprise environment. This is hands on platform work: contact flows, AI Agent development, integrations, and the AWS services that sit behind them.

What You Will Do

Design, develop, and implement Amazon Connect processes and configurations, including new or modified applications, forms, workflows, policies, actions, access controls, and interfaces that support enterprise business processes. Develop and enhance Call Center AI Agents to improve self service and automation. Recommend enhancements to existing contact center operations and propose updates based on new requirements or platform upgrades. Facilitate requirements gathering sessions with stakeholders, then review and document those requirements, and partner with business and technical stakeholders to translate industry best practices into enterprise contact center solutions.

Required

• Bachelor's degree plus 12+ years of relevant technology experience, a Master's degree plus 10+ years, or 18+ years of experience in lieu of a degree
• 7+ years of hands on experience with the AWS Cloud platform
• 3+ years of hands on experience designing and developing on Amazon Connect
• 3+ years developing in Node.js, Python, or Java
• 3+ years designing call routing and messaging workflows
• 2+ years of experience designing, building, and deploying conversational AI Agents

Preferred

• Experience tuning and optimizing AI Agent performance, including generative AI prompt engineering
• Deep experience with IVR, Automatic Call Distribution, skill based routing, and live chat
• Familiarity with Lambda, Lex conversational bots, Kinesis Streams and Firehose, Glue, VPC, Amazon SNS, AppSync, EventBridge, DynamoDB Streams, Service Catalog, and Kinesis Data Analytics
• Strong process flow documentation skills and change management fluency