Design and deploy cloud-native applications on AWS, automate services, and lead technical discussions to enhance customer adoption of new technologies.
Job Summary:
You will be part of a team designing, automating, and deploying services on behalf of our customers to AWS in a way that allows these services to automatically heal themselves if things go south. We have deep experience applying cloud architecture techniques in virtually every industry. Every week is different and the problems you will be challenged to solve are constantly evolving. We build solutions using infrastructure-as-code so our customers can refine and reuse these processes again and again - all without having to come back to us for additional deployments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work as a technical leader alongside customer business, development, and infrastructure teams.
- Lead technical and design discussions with IT executives to help enterprises speed their adoption of new technologies and practices.
- Architect and build highly scalable, cloud-native applications on the AWS platform using core developer services such as: API Gateway, Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB, and ECS, AKS
- Event Driven application development
- Amazon Connect, Connect Flows with Lambda Invokation.
- Leverage new technology paradigms (e.g., serverless, containers, microservices).
- Migrate monolithic applications to microservices architectures.
- Advise on implementing AWS best practices.
- Influence infrastructure architecture by sharing your application development expertise.
- Willingness to travel to client locations and deliver professional services
Required Qualifications:
- BS level technical degree or equilivient experience.
- 8 + years of software development or application engineering with recent coding experience in two or more modern programing languages such as: Java, JavaScript, C/C++, C#, Swift, Node.js, Python, Go, or Ruby
- Hands-on recent development experience and capability. You will be expected to write and review code.
- 5+ years of experience as a technical specialist in Customer-facing roles.
- Experience with Agile development methodologies.
- Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Cloud Certifications
- Demonstrated success as a software developer, application architect, product manager, CTO, or consultant working with various platforms.
- Architecting, designing and developing applications on the AWS platform.
- Designing and building application using Container and serverless technologies.
- Experience architecting highly available systems that utilize load balancing, horizontal scalability and high availability.
- Good exposure to Agile software development and DevOps practices such as Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Continuous Integration and automated deployment.
- Continuous Integration (CI) tools
- Strong practical application development experience on Linux and Windows-based systems.
- Presenting at public events such as technology conferences, hackathons, blogging, writing on technical forums, etc.
- Experience working directly with customers, partners or third-party developers
- Discover your inner Racker: Racker Life
Sponsorship
- This role is not sponsorship eligible
- Candidates need to be legally allowed to work in the US for any employer.
Travel
- As per business requirements
“Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $ 161,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $ 275,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Learn more about benefits at Rackspace.”
Information on benefits offered is here.
About Rackspace Technology
We are the multi-cloud solutions experts. We combine our expertise with the world’s leading technologies — across applications, data and security — to deliver end-to-end solutions. We have a proven record of advising customers based on their business challenges, designing solutions that scale, building and managing those solutions, and optimizing returns into the future. Named a best place to work, year after year according to Fortune, Forbes and Glassdoor, we attract and develop world-class talent. Join us on our mission to embrace technology, empower customers and deliver the future.
More on Rackspace Technology
Though we’re all different, Rackers thrive through our connection to a central goal: to be a valued member of a winning team on an inspiring mission. We bring our whole selves to work every day. And we embrace the notion that unique perspectives fuel innovation and enable us to best serve our customers and communities around the globe. We welcome you to apply today and want you to know that we are committed to offering equal employment opportunity without regard to age, color, disability, gender reassignment or identity or expression, genetic information, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, military or veteran status, nationality, ethnic or national origin, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any legally protected characteristic. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
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Top Skills
Aks
Api Gateway
AWS
C#
C/C++
Ci/Cd
DynamoDB
Ecs
Go
Infrastructure As Code
Java
JavaScript
Lambda
Linux
Node.js
Python
Ruby
Sqs
Swift
Windows
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