Resource Innovations

Lead Software Engineer

Resource Innovations

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $130,000 - $140,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsDynamoDBGoJavaScriptNode.jsPythonTypeScript

About the role

  • Design, build, and operate serverless services on AWS, including Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, EventBridge, and Step Functions.
  • Develop secure, versioned APIs with rate limiting, pagination, and robust authentication/authorization controls.
  • Implement OAuth client credentials workflows, mutual TLS (mTLS), and JWT validation for external and internal integrations.
  • Create and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using AWS CDK or CloudFormation for multi-account, multi-region environments.
  • Build CI pipelines with automated unit and integration tests, environment deployments, and synthetic checks for early detection.
  • Configure and manage observability tooling including distributed tracing, structured logs, and operational metrics to ensure service reliability and performance.
  • Design and optimize DynamoDB table keys, TTL strategies, and stream processing for cost-efficient, high-throughput workloads.
  • Implement event-driven interfaces and data exchange patterns for utility partners, grid-edge devices, and internal teams.
  • Collaborate with data engineering, analytics, and program operations teams to ensure platform components meet performance, scalability, and compliance requirements.
  • Contribute to architecture reviews, code reviews, and engineering best practices.
  • Support production systems through monitoring, runbooks, and occasional after-hours response.
  • Perform other duties as assigned in a fast-moving, mission-focused environment.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of professional software engineering experience, including production systems on AWS.
  • Strong, hands-on expertise with AWS serverless services (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS, EventBridge).
  • Proven experience designing and implementing secure APIs, including authentication, authorization, versioning, and rate limiting.
  • Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code using AWS CDK or CloudFormation.
  • Solid grounding in testing practices (unit, integration, automated pipelines) and observability (tracing, logs, metrics).
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems, cloud networking, and RESTful architecture.
  • Proficiency with at least one modern programming language (Python, TypeScript/Node.js, Go, etc.).
Benefits
  • Competitive salaries based on skills, experience, and qualifications
  • Discretionary annual bonus
  • Three weeks of paid vacation per year
  • Paid holidays
  • 401(k)-retirement plan with employer matching
  • Health, dental and vision insurance
  • Other supplemental benefits

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
AWSLambdaAPI GatewayDynamoDBEventBridgeStep FunctionsOAuthmTLSJWTInfrastructure as Code
Soft skills
collaborationproblem-solvingadaptabilitycommunicationattention to detail