Senior Software Engineer IV

Eliassen Group; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits

401k with company matching

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group in Charlotte, NC is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build and evolve enterprise AWS-based data platforms supporting Swift and Fabric Access Bridge. The role blends hands-on engineering with technical leadership across data lake and pipeline capabilities, IaC, and Kubernetes-based services.

You will deliver secure, scalable platform solutions, mentor peers, and communicate clearly with distributed stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software or cloud engineering with leadership.
• Hands-on coding in Python and/or Java, plus SQL.
• AWS platform engineering with Lambda, EKS, S3, Glue, IAM.
• Data lake and data pipeline development experience.
• Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, Git workflows.
• Containers and Kubernetes in production environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and support cloud-native software and platform services on AWS.
• Develop APIs, automation services, and self-service tooling for platform consumers.
• Troubleshoot production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and improve observability.
• Translate business needs into scalable, enterprise-ready solutions and reusable patterns.
• Recommend architectures that scale across multiple consuming teams.
• Define technical direction and roadmap for platform capabilities including Swift and FAB.
• Evaluate options for scalability, security, supportability, and enterprise impact.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, design reviews, and pairing.
• Partner with Product, Architecture, Cybersecurity, and product teams to balance speed with platform health.
• Engage reliably during core hours and contribute actively in virtual collaboration.

Skills

Python

Java

SQL

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Data lake

Data pipelines

Tools

Docker

EKS

S3

Glue

Lambda

Kafka

Redshift

CloudWatch

Job description

Description:

Hybrid 3 on in Charlotte, NC

Our client seeks a Senior Software Engineer to build and evolve enterprise AWS-based data platforms supporting Swift and Fabric Access Bridge. The role combines hands‑on engineering with technical leadership across data lake and pipeline capabilities, infrastructure as code, and Kubernetes-based services. The engineer will deliver secure, scalable platform solutions, mentor peers, and communicate clearly with distributed stakeholders.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $80.00 to $90.00/hr. w2

JN -082026-108428

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, test, and support cloud-native software and platform services on AWS.


• Develop APIs, automation services, and self‑service tooling for platform consumers.


• Troubleshoot production issues, perform root‑cause analysis, and improve observability.


• Translate business needs into scalable, enterprise‑ready solutions and reusable patterns.


• Recommend architectures that scale across multiple consuming teams.


• Define technical direction and roadmap for platform capabilities including Swift and FAB.


• Evaluate options for scalability, security, supportability, and enterprise impact.


• Mentor engineers through code reviews, design reviews, and pairing.


• Partner with Product, Architecture, Cybersecurity, and product teams to balance speed with platform health.


• Engage reliably during core hours and contribute actively in virtual collaboration.

Experience Requirements:

• 10+ years in software, cloud, or platform engineering with demonstrated leadership.


• Current hands‑on coding in Python and/or Java, plus SQL, with ability to pass a live coding assessment.


• Hands‑on AWS platform engineering, including Lambda, EKS, S3, Glue, Lake Formation, IAM, Secrets Manager, API Gateway, RDS/PostgreSQL, and Athena.


• Data lake and data pipeline development experience.


• Infrastructure as Code with Terraform Enterprise, including modules and providers, and Git workflows.


• Containers and orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes in production environments.


• CI/CD pipelines, API design, microservices, and event‑driven architecture.


• Experience with distributed data systems and tools such as Apache Flink, Apache Hudi, and Apache Iceberg.


• Preferred: Kafka and Schema Registry, Step Functions, SNS, SQS, Aurora, EMR, Redshift, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Concourse, Vault or similar, cloud migration, observability and monitoring.


• Effective communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders in distributed teams.