Developer Operations Associate Jobs in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

Job Description

Seeking a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer joining the Global Digital and Technology organization, working on new, innovative systems for our Guests and colleagues. This individual will work closely with back-end services teams, front-end designers, and product management to create scalable applications on the web. As a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer, this individual takes a direct hand in the performance of the team while remaining directly involved with development efforts. The team also collaborates with the Operations team to build infrastructure and care for us and associated properties in production, as Tier 3 support. They apply DevOps tools and culture to deliver software to production early and often, with highly automated and reliable procedures.

Position responsibilities:

• Design, Develop and Operate Full Stack Cloud Solutions and Services in an AWS Cloud Environment using a serverless-first and managed-service-first approach (React, TypeScript, AWS Lambda, NodeJS, Serverless Framework).
• Write Clean, maintainable and efficient code following industry best practices and coding standards.
• Develop UI interfaces with React (hooks, functional components, context) with strong command of component composition, state management patterns, and render lifecycle.
• Define application infrastructure using an Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) approach, primarily with Terraform.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership throughout the development lifecycle, with a strong focus on delivering high-quality solutions.
• Lead technical discussions to share knowledge and build consensus among engineers to develop the best possible solutions.
• Maintain DevOps processes and deployment pipelines to support the implementation and release of applications and new features.
• Support system migrations to the cloud by refactoring legacy systems and modernizing applications or integration services using cloud-native architectures and solutions.
• Collaborate closely with product managers and UX designers to align engineering efforts with business goals and user needs.
• Participate in product planning and roadmap discussions, contributing technical insights to influence product direction.
• Take ownership of end-to-end feature development - from ideation and prototyping to deployment and continuous improvement.
• Leverage analytics and user feedback to iterate on features and improve the overall product experience.
• Mentor engineering team members in technical decision-making, code reviews, and adherence to engineering practices and standards.
• The position responsibilities outlined above are in no way to be construed as all encompassing. Other duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may be required and/or assigned as necessary.

Experience and Qualifications

Required Skills -

• 8+ years of experience architecting and developing full-stack solutions, with hands-on use of software build and deployment tools (e.g., Jenkins, Git, GitLab, CI/CD pipelines).
• 8+ years of experience in application and backend API development using object-oriented programming (Java, Go, TypeScript/JavaScript).
• 8+ years of web application development experience (HTML, CSS, React, Node.js, TypeScript/JavaScript).
• Strong understanding of AWS serverless solutions (AWSS3, CloudFront, API Gateway, Lambda, SQS, EventBridge).
• Experience working with cloud database services (DynamoDB, Snowflake).
• Experience with containerization (Snowpark Container Services, Docker, AWS ECS/Fargate).
• Experience with cloud build and deployment tools.
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools and frameworks, such as Serverless Framework, AWS CloudFormation, and Terraform.
• Base understanding of cloud services and infrastructure in AWS.
• Knowledge of event-driven and service-oriented architectures.
• Experience working in Agile development environments and tools.
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skill
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred skills:

• Proficiency in relational databases (Snowflake, DB2, Redshift, etc), database concepts and dimensional modeling. 

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, management information systems, or equivalent education
• Candidates with strong experience in lieu of a formal degree are encouraged to apply

Certificates, licenses, registrations:

• AWS Certification (AWS Solution Architect Associate, AWS Developer, AWS DevOps)
• Snowflake Certification (nice to have)