Software Engineering Lead (AWS)

Location: Based in Plano, Texas, United States. Must already have the right to work in the United States and must not require hirify.global immigration support or sponsorship now or in the future.

Company

hirify.global Financial Services provides finance and insurance services for hirify.global and Lexus in North America.

What you will do

• Lead architecture and design discussions covering APIs, databases, caching, messaging, resilience, observability, and end-to-end application architecture.
• Analyze trade-offs and propose scalable, maintainable, secure solutions aligned with business goals.
• Lead AWS engineering efforts and design cloud-native applications using modern architecture practices, serverless workflows, and computing services.
• Develop strategies and architecture for cloud-based data lakes and processing frameworks supporting real-time and near-real-time ingestion, processing, monitoring, and reporting.
• Evaluate software patterns, tools, and frameworks through proof-of-concepts; document architecture, design decisions, diagrams, and best practices.
• Collaborate with product owners and cross-functional teams, align technical decisions with business priorities, and mentor junior engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of software engineering and architecture experience, including 3+ years in system or application design.
• Strong foundation in Spring Boot, Java, Python, and/or JavaScript.
• Experience designing and deploying large-scale, multi-region cloud-native solutions, preferably on AWS, including event-driven and streaming architectures and containers such as EKS/ECS.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and modern software development methodologies.
• Strong communication skills, including explaining complex technical decisions and leading engineering teams and cross-functional projects.
• Adaptable, mission-aligned people leadership and willingness to support off-hours incident response when needed.
• Must have U.S. work authorization without current or future hirify.global sponsorship or immigration support.

Nice to have

• AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Professional certification.
• Experience conducting architecture reviews, presenting design proposals, and delivering end-to-end hands-on PoCs.
• Experience automating finance-domain business processes.

Culture & Benefits

• Teamwork-oriented, flexible, and respectful work environment.
• Professional growth programs and tuition reimbursement.
• Health care, wellness plans, paid holidays, and paid time off.
• 401(k) plan with company match and potential annual retirement contribution.
• Vehicle purchase discount, lease vehicle program where applicable, and family support services.
• Relocation assistance where applicable.