Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Jobtailor; Ipswich (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Massachusetts seeks a senior software engineer to drive automated solutions on our public cloud platform (AWS). You will design, implement, test, and deliver features, collaborating with product management to decompose requirements into actionable stories.

You will mentor teammates, contribute to architecture decisions, and champion best practices in security, scalability, and maintainability. This role emphasizes hands-on coding, DevOps, and agile delivery within a modern tech

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, MIS, computer engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of hands-on AWS experience.
• 4+ years of Python experience.
• 4+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CloudFormation).
• 3+ years of experience in design and architecture (patterns, reliability, scaling, security).
• Understanding of AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, VPC, CodeBuild/CodeDeploy/CodePipeline).
• Proficiency with Git and source control.
• Experience with DevOps or CI/CD practices.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, Codex, Claude Code, Amazon Q Developer).
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise in design, implementation, testing, and delivery of automated solutions for account management, platform governance, and platform infrastructure on AWS.
• Translate complex requirements into simple user stories for planning and execution.
• Collaborate to estimate feature size and complexity.
• Design, implement, test, and commit features within iterations.
• Contribute to scalable, automated solutions for customers.
• Mentor junior engineers and assist other teams as needed.
• Own quality throughout development, testing, and deployment.
• Research new technologies and perform proofs of concept.
• Maintain and enhance existing systems and platforms.
• Promote continuous improvement and best practices in design, coding, and security.
• Demonstrate ownership from development to production.
• Embody Agile and SAFe principles in daily work.

Skills

AWS

Python

CI/CD

Terraform

CloudFormation

Git

DevOps

SAFe

Agile

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Git

Job description

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise in the design, implementation, testing, and delivery of automated solutions for account management, platform governance, and platform infrastructure within our public cloud platform domain (AWS)
• Work directly with product management and your team while analyzing and decomposing complex software requirements into simple user stories for planning and execution.
• Collaborate with your team to estimate the size and complexity of the features.
• Perform the technical design, implementation, and testing of features and commit to stories to be accomplished in an iteration.
• Be a strong contributor to product features, helping ensure that development activities are coordinated throughout the development cycle achieving scalable, automated solutions for our customer base.
• Mentor more junior engineers on the team in areas of specific expertise.
• Assist other teams or ARTs on tasks in areas where your specific expertise is needed.
• Own system and feature quality throughout the development, testing and deployment phases to ensure quality delivery expectations are met.
• Drive value and build to continuously improve the quality of the team’s deliverables, authoring well engineered solutions using test-first/test-driven methodologies.
• Conduct new technology research, proof of concept, and design work that will provide direction for the enhancement of the overall system and products.
• Provide ongoing maintenance, support and enhancements in existing systems and platforms.
• Model and contribute to the continuous improvement of your team.
• Work alongside other software engineers to elevate technology and consistently apply best practices for design, coding standards, performance, security, delivery, and maintainability.
• Demonstrate ownership of developed components from development through production.
• Exemplify the principles behind the Agile Manifesto and SAFe framework in all interactions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, MIS, Computer Engineering or other technical-related degree
• 5+ years of hands‑on AWS experience.
• 4+ years of Python experience
• 4+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CloudFormation)
• 3+ years of experience in design and architecture (design pattern, reliability, scaling and security)
• Understanding of AWS infrastructure and services including but not limited to EC2, EBS, S3, API Gateway, IAM, DynamoDB, AWS Lambda, AWS Transit Gateway, AWS VPC, AWS Subnets, AWS CodeBuild, AWS CodeDeploy, and AWS CodePipeline
• Understanding of concepts related to software architecture, design patterns/practices
• Proficiency with source code management tools such as git.
• Experience with DevOps or CI/CD practices
• Familiarity with AI‑assisted development tools and practices, such as GitHub Copilot, Codex, Claude Code, Amazon Q Developer.
• Strong communication skills and a natural inclination to collaborate.