This is a Non-Employee Contingent Worker Role providing services for TIAA’s family of companies and will be employed by TIAA's preferred 3rd Party Supplier. As a Non-Employee CW, perform a variety of moderately complex business planning, support, and project-related duties. Demonstrates an exceptional standard of quality and holds themselves accountable to achieving excellent results.
This role will sit onsite, likely in a hybrid capacity, at the location(s) listed in this posting.
The anticipated term of this engagement will be 11 months. This term could be extended based on company business needs.CW-IT Applications Developer IVDevelops, implements and assesses specific new and emerging technologies, platforms, and services.
Key Responsibilities and Duties
- Assessing the technical viability of emerging products and technologies.
- Working with developers and infrastructure specialists to test and evaluate new technologies.
- Participating in the development of business cases and obtaining approvals for capital expenditures.
- Monitoring and analyzing new technology product performance and resolving issues regarding potential improvements or modifications to complex situations, as needed.
- University (Degree) Preferred
- 5+ Years Required; 7+ Years Preferred
- Physical Requirements: Sedentary Work
Career Level
8IC
Senior Cloud Developer
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced AWS Microservices Developer with strong expertise in Scala and Python to design, develop, and maintain cloud-native applications using microservices architecture. The ideal candidate will have deep knowledge of AWS services and experience building scalable, resilient distributed systems.
Core Responsibilities
Development & Architecture
1. Microservices Development
- Design and implement microservices using Scala and Python
- Build event-driven architectures using AWS services (EventBridge, SQS, SNS)
- Develop RESTful and GraphQL APIs using API Gateway
2. AWS Cloud Architecture
- Design scalable solutions using AWS container services (ECS/EKS)
- Implement serverless architectures using AWS Lambda
- Design data persistence strategies using AWS databases (Aurora, DynamoDB)
- Optimize application performance and cost efficiency
Infrastructure & DevOps
- Implement Infrastructure as Code using CloudFormation
- Configure and maintain CI/CD pipelines
- Monitor application performance using CloudWatch and X-Ray
- Implement auto-scaling and high availability patterns
Required Qualifications
Technical Expertise
1. Programming Languages
- Advanced Scala programming (5+ years)
- Strong Python development experience (3+ years)
- Experience with functional programming patterns
2. AWS Services Proficiency
- ECS/EKS for container orchestration
- Lambda and API Gateway
- DynamoDB and Aurora
- CloudWatch, X-Ray for monitoring
- EventBridge, SQS, SNS for event-driven architecture
Required Experience
- 5+ years of experience in software development
- 3+ years of AWS cloud platform experience
- 3+ years of microservices architecture experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
Required AWS Knowledge
1. Core Services
- EC2, ECS, EKS
- Lambda, API Gateway
- RDS, DynamoDB
- CloudWatch
2. Developer Tools
- CodeBuild
- CodePipeline
- CodeDeploy
- Cloud Development Kit (CDK)
Preferred Certifications
- AWS Certified Developer Associate
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
Additional Requirements
1. Professional Skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Team collaboration and leadership
- Agile/Scrum methodology experience
Start Date: 07-Jul-2025End Date: 30-Jun-2026Travel Required: NoAnticipated Posting End Date:
2025-07-04Base Pay Range: $53.18/hr - $85.57/hrActual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location.
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