Full Stack Engineer (Senior &Intermediate) - AWS Connect/Lex/AI - remote

Binary Star
Posted 3 years ago
Location:  Charlottetown, PEI or Remote in Canada
Start Date:   Mid-June
Employment Type:  Full Time or 1-year contract
Travel: 1 week per quarter* (every 3 months) to the client site in the U.S.
*travel is currently on-hold due to Covid-19 restrictions but will resume once restrictions are lifted

Role Overview:

If you get excited about bringing intelligence to life, and working with leading technologies while doing so, check this role out!   

We are looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer with Amazon Connect, Amazon Lex and AI experience to join our team and work with our client to implement their complex AI chatbot applications.  You’ll work with a team of developers to program, integrate and deliver Natural Language Understanding and Conversational Robot AI type solutions on an enterprise scale.

Responsibilities:

  • Work with peers to analyze technical system problems/defects, and design and implement effective solutions.
  • Handle end-to-end development, including development, testing, and deployment.
  • Work with Scrum Masters, Product Owners, business stakeholders, and peers to iteratively create software that meets business and technical requirements.
  • Contribute to the development of team backlog, plans, and assignments.  
  • Develop comprehensive automated tests for multiple scopes (Unit, System, Integration, Regression).
  • Mentor and support Jr. Engineers in the development of their technology skills.
  • Be part of a culture of innovation and learning.
  • Create and maintain technical documentation. 

Required Skills:
  • 5+ years of professional experience.
  • Strong experience developing in Node.js. 
  • Working experience with AWS (Connect, Lex)
  • Experience using microservices / Domain driven design.
  • Proficiency in RESTful design.
  • Experience working with distributed agile teams.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Additional Assets:
  • Experience working with CI/CD Pipelines (Bamboo, Jenkins, Bitbucket, etc.).
  • Experience with AWS Lambda, S3, API Gateway, SQS.
  • Knowledge of token-based security programs.
  • Experience with AWS Cloudformation (CFT/CDK).
Applying:

Along with your resume, please include references to any open source contributions you’ve made or example code from side projects. Please include links to Github, LinkedIn, Stackoverflow, etc

Benefits for Full Time hires:
  • 100% paid company paid Health and Dental plan
  • 100% company paid Life Insurance and Illness Insurance
  • Competitive Vacation Policy
  • Week-long paid shutdown to celebrate the end of the year
  • Matching Group RRSP
  • Performance Bonus Plan
  • Remote-first
  • Health &Wellness Stipend
  • Work from home setup provided (airpods, desk, etc.)
  • Equal opportunity employer