AWS CDK/TypeScript Platform Engineer - Remote

About the role

Join Mutual of Omaha as a AWS CDK / TypeScript Platform Engineer on our Common Technology Platform (CTP) Agile Release Train (ART) within the Department of Cloud (DOC); a team shaping how we design, build, and scale secure AWS solutions across the enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Create innovative cloud solutions by designing and automating infrastructure using AWS CDK, scripting languages, and APIs—bringing ideas to life with Infrastructure as Code.
• Partner with teams across the organization to uncover challenges, accelerate delivery, and make the developer experience seamless through modern self-service tools.
• Apply engineering excellence to solve complex infrastructure problems—driving automation, self-healing capabilities, and reusable components that scale.
• Led lifecycle automation for distributed cloud platforms, ensuring smooth configuration, deployment, and monitoring for a stable, secure environment.
• Build and optimize secure cloud networks, including load balancers, firewalls, and VPN connectivity, to keep our systems resilient and reliable.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in development including TypeScript and/or Python.
• 2+ years of experience in AWS including experience writing and debugging scripts/code for building and managing AWS services, delivered through CDK's.
• IaC (Infrastructure as Code) experience including independently building/managing cloud services by automating/orchestrating moderately complex processes using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) within a single cloud environment.
• Strong skills in engineering: design, research, requirements gathering, testing, operational support, developing and using quantitative measurements; building and following disciplined processes; building reusable components.
• Experience with distributed cloud platform configuration, deployment, and lifecycle management automation tools.

Qualifications

• You promote a culture of diversity and inclusion, value different ideas and opinions, and listen courageously, remaining curious in all that you do.
• Able to work remotely with access to a high-speed internet connection and located in the United States or Puerto Rico.

Skills

• Ability to challenge the authenticity and effectiveness of team processes where opportunities for improvement exist.
• Learn quickly when facing new problems and are a relentless and versatile learner, open to change.
• Enjoy the challenge of unfamiliar tasks and ambiguity.

Benefits

• Estimated Salary (Levels have variable responsibilities and qualifications):Engineer III: $125,000 - $150,000, plus annual bonus opportunity.
• 401(k) plan with a 2% company contribution and 6% company match.
• Work-life balance with vacation, personal time and paid holidays.
• See our benefits and perks page for details.

Pay

• Engineer III: $125,000 - $150,000, plus annual bonus opportunity.

Schedule

• Remote work with periodic in-person attendance required for activities such as quarterly or project planning, training, or other business-critical meetings.