Sr. Software Engineer-AWS

Overview

Hayward Holdings Inc. (NYSE "HAYW") is the largest manufacturer of residential swimming pool equipment in the world, with a significant presence in the commercial pool market that is continuously growing. Hayward designs, manufactures, and markets a full line of residential and commercial pool and spa equipment including pumps, filters, heating, cleaners, salt chlorinators, automation controllers, lighting, safety, flow control, and energy solutions at our company-owned facilities.

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Hayward also has facilities in Tennessee, Arizona, and Rhode Island as well as Canada, Spain, France, Australia, and China.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer - AWS to join our dynamic Engineering team. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in Amazon Web Services (AWS), with a proven track record of designing, deploying, and managing cloud-based solutions. You will play a key role in optimizing our cloud infrastructure, ensuring security and scalability, and driving innovation using AWS technologies.

This position is in office 5 days per week and located in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.

• Design, implement, and manage scalable, reliable, and secure AWS cloud environments.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts for cloud resource provisioning and configuration using tools such as Cloud Formation, Terraform, or AWS CLI.
• Analyze application and product requirements and implement proper data storage solutions such as RDBMS as well as non-SQL DBMS.
• Design, implement and manage cloud application deployments in form of containers, clusters, Lambda functions and alike.
• Design and implement data pipelines for continuous and reliable message exchange among components of AWS Cloud infrastructure as well as devices on the internet.
• Monitor cloud infrastructure performance, troubleshoot issues, and provide timely resolutions.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to optimize application architectures for cloud deployment.
• Ensure best practices for cloud security, compliance, and cost management.
• Stay current with AWS services, features, and industry trends, recommending improvements and innovations.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members regarding AWS technologies and solutions.
• Participate in disaster recovery planning and implementation for cloud-based systems.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, etc.).
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, EKS).
• Strong demonstrated proficiency in cloud architecture, networking, and security principles.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation tools, as well as CI/CD driven testing and deployment.
• Experience designing microservice and/or service‑oriented architecture.
• 8+ years of hands‑on experience with programming languages such as NodeJS/Typescript, Python, .Net.
• Experience with Cloud networking – VPCs, Security Groups and NAT.
• Strong experience with SQL and non‑SQL databases.
• Experience designing/versioning RESTful APIs and consuming such APIs.
• Knowledge of monitoring, logging, and alerting tools within AWS (Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail, etc.).
• Hands‑on knowledge of Windows and Linux CLI.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills and attention to detail.
• AWS certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect, Sys Ops Administrator, Developer) strongly preferred.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills.

• Hands‑on experience with code analysis tools such as Sonar Cube.
• Experience with high‑scale or low‑latency systems.
• Prior experience migrating monoliths to AWS or modernizing legacy systems.
• Experience in data analytics, or machine learning on AWS platforms.