Senior AWS Software Engineer

Pathward, N.A.; Sioux Falls (SD); Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 174,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) retirement benefits

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Pathward, N.A. is seeking a senior software engineer to develop and operate cloud-native services within a hybrid work model. You will design, develop, test, and document software as part of a collaborative team, focusing on scalable solutions and secure performance.

The role requires deep AWS experience, observability tooling, and proficiency with Python, YAML, JSON, Terraform, Dockerfiles, Git, and Agile practices. Strong communication and mentoring skills are important for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in technical field or equivalent education and work experience required.
• Typically, 8+ years of experience working in a professional technical environment.
• 6+ years of professional software design and development experience required.
• Hands‑on experience building and operating cloud‑native services on AWS (Lambda, ECS/Fargate, RDS, S3) is required.
• Experience with observability tooling such as OpenTelemetry and Prometheus/Grafana is required.
• General knowledge of Python, YAML, JSON, Terraform, Dockerfiles, Azure DevOps, and Git source control is required.
• General knowledge of the software development lifecycle, preferably Agile/Lean or Kanban preferred.
• Experience with Visual Studio, Azure DevOps, Git, or other source control tools preferred.
• Cloud development experience with Azure or AWS a plus.
• Effective written and oral communication; ability to teach and mentor other software engineers.

Responsibilities

• Develops flexible, maintainable solutions using the guidelines, requirements and standard practices.
• Solves development problems through the use of good design and practical experience.
• Reviews, modifies, enhances, and maintains existing systems by fixing issues, remediating security vulnerabilities, and improving system performance.
• Participates in planning and user story analysis by providing feedback and demonstrating an understanding of user requirements.
• Assists in solving business problems by implementing technical solutions based on solid design principles and best practices.
• Actively participates in and follows software development processes and procedures.
• Documents software changes, best practices, and standards.
• Keeps up to date with current and future changes in tools, technology, programming best practices, and industry standards through training and development opportunities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Cloud design

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Mentoring

Communication

Software architecture

Agile/Lean/Kanban

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus Grafana

Python

YAML/JSON

Terraform

Dockerfiles

Azure DevOps

Git

AWS

Azure/AWS

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical field

Tools

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus

Grafana

Visual Studio

Azure DevOps

Git

Job description

Pathward, N.A. is seeking a senior software engineer to develop and operate cloud-native services within a hybrid work model. You will design, develop, test, and document software as part of a collaborative team, focusing on scalable solutions and secure performance.

The role requires deep AWS experience, observability tooling, and proficiency with Python, YAML, JSON, Terraform, Dockerfiles, Git, and Agile practices. Strong communication and mentoring skills are important for success.