AWS Cloud Developer

Summary: Capstone IT is helping our client to find an AWS Cloud Developer to support the modernization and enhancement of a loan origination and servicing platform. This developer will design, build, deploy, and support secure, scalable cloud-native applications on AWS, with a strong emphasis on serverless architecture, Java development, infrastructure as code, security, and DevOps practices. The role will collaborate closely with business analysts, architects, and developers in an agile environment and will help improve application performance, reliability, security, and cloud cost efficiency. Top 4 SkillsAWS Serverless Development — Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, Secrets Manager, Cognito, Aurora, and DynamoDB.Java Development — Strong hands-on Java development experience, ideally within enterprise-scale systems. Infrastructure as Code / DevOps — Terraform or AWS CDK, CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and AWS DevOps practices. Cloud Architecture & Security — Event-driven architecture, AWS security best practices, monitoring, logging, performance, and cost optimization.

Responsibilities: Develop and deploy cloud-native applications using AWS services. Design serverless and event-driven solutions with Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, Cognito, Secrets Manager, Aurora, and DynamoDB.Build and maintain infrastructure using Terraform or AWS CDK.Collaborate with analysts, architects, and developers on application architecture and integrations. Optimize AWS applications for performance, scalability, reliability, and cost. Apply cloud security and governance standards. Develop and maintain CI/CD processes. Use CloudWatch and X-Ray for monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting. Participate in code reviews, testing, releases, and production support. Diagnose technical issues across the application and cloud stack.

Required: Strong AWS serverless experience; Java programming; serverless/event-driven architecture; CI/CD and AWS DevOps; CloudWatch/X-Ray; cloud security knowledge; strong problem-solving ability; agile development experience; and excellent English communication, collaboration, prioritization, adaptability, and customer-service skills.

Preferred: AWS Solutions Architect or Developer certification; GitHub Copilot or similar AI development/testing tools; Docker and ECS/EKS; enterprise Java and SQL Server experience; and prior loan origination or loan servicing system experience.