Senior AWS Cloud Engineer: Java Microservices & Backend

Eliassen Group; Westlake (OH); On-site; USD 156,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k) with company matching

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Developer to build scalable backend services for digital financial experiences. Our team modernizes mainframe capabilities and delivers reusable Java applications for customer-focused platforms.

The role is on-site in Westlake, Texas, with W-2 engagement and comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision, a 401(k) with company matching, and life insurance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience delivering scalable backend services.
• Hands-on experience with Java 11+ and Spring Boot, Spring Batch, and RESTful API development.
• Experience designing microservices and event-driven architectures; using Kafka and SQS for messaging, Redis for caching, and SQL/NoSQL data modeling.
• Experience provisioning and developing on AWS, including services such as SQS, Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS, S3, Kinesis, and EKS.
• Ability to design and document secure, performant, scalable RESTful APIs.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes containerization.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines from scratch.
• Relational and NoSQL database experience, including SQL, table creation, and version control tools such as Liquibase.
• Experience with testing frameworks such as JUnit, Mockito, and Spring Test.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies, including Kanban and Scrum.
• CloudFormation and Terraform experience is a plus.
• Willingness and ability to work on a W-2 basis, as required by the client.

Responsibilities

• Define and promote engineering best practices, design patterns, and architectural principles.
• Set technical direction and influence product roadmaps through strategic thinking and innovation.
• Assess existing solutions and recommend scalable, maintainable alternatives.
• Lead the design of complex distributed systems focused on reliability, performance, and security.
• Ensure architecture and technical leadership align with organizational goals and standards.
• Promote automation, CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps practices to support efficient delivery.
• Collaborate with global teams and take part in key technical discussions.
• Contribute throughout the software lifecycle, from concept through deployment, as part of an Agile team.

Skills

Senior engineering experience

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

Kafka

SQS

Redis

DynamoDB

RDS

S3

Kinesis

EKS

Docker

Kubernetes

Liquibase

JUnit

Mockito

Spring Test

CloudFormation

Terraform

AWS

RESTful API

Microservices

CI/CD

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Developer to build scalable backend services for digital financial experiences. Our team modernizes mainframe capabilities and delivers reusable Java applications for customer-focused platforms.

The role is on-site in Westlake, Texas, with W-2 engagement and comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision, a 401(k) with company matching, and life insurance.