Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software EngineerSeeking a Senior Software Engineer in Rockville, MD. Role requires an onsite interview and 3-days/week onsite work.Required SkillsAWS Experience (5+ years) Core services: EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, ECS, API GatewayQuickSight for dashboards and data visualizationCloudWatch, CloudTrail, X-Ray for monitoring and troubleshootingIAM, Security services, VPC networkingInfrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation)Programming & Development Strong in Python, Node.js, Go, or similarJava knowledge is a plusExperience with frontend applications (React, Angular, Vue.js) is a plusRESTful API design and microservices architectureCI/CD pipelines (GitLab exposure preferred)Databases Advanced SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Aurora)Core CompetenciesProblem Solving Strong solutioning mindset - architect solutions for complex business problemsRoot cause analysis expert - systematically identify and resolve issuesNavigate AWS services to troubleshoot across distributed systemsAnalyze logs, metrics, and traces to diagnose problemsMindset & Approach Challenge the status quo - question existing approaches and propose improvementsNot task-oriented - think strategically beyond immediate assignmentsProactively identify inefficiencies and technical debtDrive innovation and continuous improvementQuestion assumptions and advocate for better solutionsTechnical Leadership Mentor engineers and drive architectural decisionsCode reviews and maintain standardsCollaborate with cross-functional teamsDocument designs and troubleshooting guidesExperience: 8-10+ years software development (Required) 5+ years AWS cloud platform experience (Required)Frontend application support/development experience is a plusProduction incident response and on-call exposerPreferred: AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer)Serverless architecture experienceGitLab CI/CD pipelinesRegulated industry experience is a plus