Software Architect III — Security & AI, Web Application Development

Description

Hybrid 4 onsite / 1 work from home in Greenwood Village, CO

Our client seeks a Software Architect III to design and deliver secure, scalable cloud-native web application platforms on AWS. You will own end-to-end architecture from Terraform-provisioned infrastructure and Git Lab CI/CD pipelines to AI-powered integrations that improve developer productivity. You will partner with the director of data platforms and principal development leads to enhance in-house solutions, assess ETL and reporting tooling, and lead AI integration strategy by embedding LLM-based capabilities, intelligent automation, and security-first practices including least-privilege IAM, automated patching, and encryption by default.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $65.00 to $75.00/hr. w2

JN -

• Own architecture for cloud-native web applications on AWS, emphasizing security and scalability.
• Design infrastructure-as-code with Terraform and implement Git Lab CI/CD pipelines.
• Lead AI integration strategy, evaluating and embedding LLM-based tooling and intelligent automation.
• Partner with leadership and principal engineers to evolve custom in-house software solutions.
• Assess and recommend tooling for ETL and reporting systems.
• Implement least-privilege IAM, automated vulnerability patching, and encryption-by-default patterns.
• Support EKS, serverless patterns, and platform engineering best practices.
• Establish monitoring and operational readiness with solutions such as Datadog.

• Object-oriented full-stack programming experience in languages such as Java, Python, or Go.
• Background in full-stack cloud-based web application development, systems, and design.
• Hands-on AWS cloud-native integrations and solutions.
• Proficiency with Terraform.
• Preferred:
  Go and multi-threaded applications.
• Preferred:
  Data lakes, data warehouses, and big data processing such as Spark.
• Preferred: EKS platforms and Argo CD.
• Preferred:
  Python or Java for backend services.
• Preferred:
  Experience with monitoring tools such as Datadog.