Sr. Cloud Full Stack Engineer

Job Title: Sr. Cloud Full Stack Engineer
Location: Chicago IL
Work Type: Onsite/Hybrid
Job Type: Contract (6 to 18 months)
Rate: $60/hr on 1099

Notes:

• Chicago local preferred
• GC / Citizens only
• Must provide 3 references
• Must provide full updated LinkedIn
• Job ID: HHCJP

Job Description:
Care is central to Hyatts brand driving our commitment to personalized guest experiences. To deliver care in a fast-paced world we must deeply understand guest preferences and context to enable tailored experiences that differentiate Hyatt. Personalization at scale is key to our digital growth spanning the entire guest journey-from acquisition to post-stay reactivation. Our vision is to deliver the most relevant products offers experiences and information across digital (web app email paid media social) and offline (front desk concierge direct mail contact centers) channels to our guests using AI assisted decisioning and recommendations. This role supports the design development and operation of the Marketing Technology Ecosystem; collaborating with engineering IT Digital Data and Marketing teams to align on architecture and integration strategies that activate personalized experiences across Hyatts ecosystem.

The Senior Cloud Full Stack Engineer designs builds operates and iterates on cloud native solutions that enable us to deliver end-to-end personalized experiences for our guests. The Senior Cloud Full Stack Engineer is an expert at solving technical challenges and building solutions using the best available tools available in an AWS cloud first environment.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES/ ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Design Develop and Operate Full Stack Cloud Solutions and Services in an AWS Cloud Environment using a serverless-first and managed-service-first approach.
Write Clean maintainable and efficient code following industry best practices and coding standards.
Develop and manage databases and other data storage systems to support the services being built.
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.
Foster a diverse and inclusive team culture while demonstrating a strong commitment to Hyatts core values.
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:
5 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).
5 years of experience in application and backend API development using object-oriented programming (Java Go TypeScript/JavaScript).
5 years of web application development experience (HTML CSS React TypeScript/JavaScript).
Strong understanding of AWS serverless solutions (AWS S3 CloudFront API Gateway Lambda SQS EventBridge).
Experience working with cloud database services (RDS DynamoDB DocumentDB).
Experience with containerization (Docker Kubernetes AWS EKS/ECS/Fargate).
Experience with cloud build and deployment tools (Serverless AWS SAM GitLab).
Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools and frameworks including Serverless Framework AWS CloudFormation AWS CDK and Terraform.
Base understanding of cloud services and infrastructure (VPC EC2 S3 EBS EFS IAM CW).
Knowledge of event-driven and service-oriented architectures.
Experience working in Agile development environments including the use of tools like JIRA and CI/CD pipelines.
Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.

EDUCATION:
Bachelors 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).
Other cloud certifications are nice to have (GCP Azure).