Senior AWS Full Stack Engineer

About the Role We are seeking a high-performing Lead Full Stack AWS Cloud Engineer (10+ years of experience) to join a high-visibility implementation project supporting a major tier-1 global financial services client in Jersey City, NJ. In this role, you will act as a true self-starter—taking complete ownership of project delivery, collaborating directly with business stakeholders to refine requirements, and architecting resilient, scalable AWS cloud solutions. You will leverage cutting-edge developer AI tools (Claude, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate delivery cycles and drive technical excellence. Key Responsibilities Drive Implementation: Independently design, build, and deploy end-to-end cloud features and data pipelines with minimal supervision.Stakeholder Engagement: Partner directly with business users and functional leaders to translate complex use cases into robust technical solutions.AWS Cloud Infrastructure: Design, configure, and maintain resilient deployment setups, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure on AWS.AI-Augmented Development: Proactively leverage AI coding assistants (Claude, GitHub Copilot) to optimize code quality, testing, and development speed.Reliability & Performance: Implement resilience patterns, fault-tolerant configurations, and automated testing across distributed serverless and microservice architecture. Required Qualifications & Technical Skills Experience: 10+ years of hands-on software development and cloud engineering experience in enterprise environments.Core Languages: Strong proficiency in Java and TypeScript; experience with DB2 or relational database architecture.AWS Ecosystem (Must-Have):Orchestration & Compute: Airflow, ECS Fargate, AWS LambdaDatabase & Data Warehousing: Amazon Aurora, SnowflakeAWS Infra & DevOps: Deep understanding of AWS infrastructure deployment, automated testing, resilient multi-AZ/failover setups, and cloud security best practices.AI Tooling: Hands-on experience using modern AI developer tools (Claude, GitHub Copilot) to streamline coding and debugging.Soft Skills: Outstanding verbal and written communication skills with a proven track record of working independently with business users and driving projects from concept to completion.