AWS Technical Lead

About Persistent

We are an AI-led, platform-driven Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner, combining deep technical expertise and industry experience to help our clients anticipate what’s next. Our offerings and proven solutions create a unique competitive advantage for our clients by giving them the power to see beyond and rise above. We work with many industry-leading organizations across the world, including 20 Fortune 50 companies and 4 of the 5 top banks in both the US and India, and numerous innovators across the healthcare ecosystem.

Our disruptor’s mindset, commitment to client success, and agility to thrive in the dynamic environment have enabled us to sustain our growth momentum. Persistent has been recognized across top industry platforms for innovation, leadership, and inclusion. We have delivered 22 sequential quarters of growth with $406.2M in Q2 FY26 revenue, up 4.2% Q-o-Q and 17.6% Y-o-Y growth. Our 26,000+ global team members, located in 18 countries, have been instrumental in helping the market leaders transform their industries. We have been named the fastest-growing Indian IT services brand in the “Brand Finance India 100” 2025 report . We were also cited as a Leader in the ISG Provider Lens™ 2025 for Digital Engineering Services 2025 and the Everest Group Talent Readiness for Next-generation Application Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025

About Position:

Role: AWS Technical Lead

• Location: Dallas, TX
• Experience: 8+ yrs
• Job Type: Full Time Employment
• Mandatory Mention 3 skills: AWS, Nodejs, Typescript, Lambda, Python

What You'll Do:

• Lead architectural design and technical direction for cloud-native AWS solutions
• Drive end-to-end delivery of serverless and event-driven systems from design to production
• Review and approve infrastructure-as-code (CDK / Terraform) across all environments
• Mentor and level up engineers through design reviews, pair programming, and 1:1s
• Own and improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies, and release quality
• Define and enforce AWS security baselines, IAM governance, and compliance controls
• Collaborate with Product and Data teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Lead production incident response, RCA, and engineering post-mortems
• Drive the adoption of AI tooling (Claude, Cursor) across the engineering team
• Evaluate and introduce new AWS services and emerging technologies relevant to product goals
• Contribute hands-on to codebase — this is a coding tech lead role, not management-only

Expertise You'll Bring:

• 8 – 12 years of software / cloud engineering experience with significant AWS exposure
• Demonstrated track record of designing and shipping large-scale AWS cloud-native systems
• Strong proficiency in at least one backend language: Python, Node.js, Java, or Go
• Deep hands-on experience with all: Lambda, Kinesis, DynamoDB, OpenSearch
• Production-grade experience with AWS CDK or Terraform (not just awareness)
• Proven experience leading engineering teams and conducting technical design reviews
• Familiarity with AWS security best practices, WAF, Shield, and compliance frameworks
• Comfortable with Agile / Scrum delivery methodologies

Nice to Have

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional or DevOps Engineer – Professional
• Experience building or productizing systems using LLM/GenAI APIs (Claude, OpenAI, etc.)
• Background in data engineering, streaming analytics, or real-time ML pipelines
• Experience with multi-region, active-active AWS architectures
• Contributions to open-source infrastructure or cloud tooling projects

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Culture focused on talent development with quarterly growth opportunities and company-sponsored higher education and certifications
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
• Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards
• Annual health check-ups
• Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents

Values-Driven, People-Centric & Inclusive Work Environment:

Persistent is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We invite applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities, and regardless of gender or gender preference. We welcome diverse candidates from all backgrounds.

• We support hybrid work and flexible hours to fit diverse lifestyles.
• Our office is accessibility-friendly, with ergonomic setups and assistive technologies to support employees with physical disabilities.
• If you are a person with disabilities and have specific requirements, please inform us during the application process or at any time during your employment

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“Persistent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.”