AWS DevOps Engineer

About the role

At LeadsOnline, we bridge the gap between technology and justice, empowering law enforcement agencies with cutting-edge solutions to close cases and serve their communities. Our employees play a critical role in our mission, connecting law enforcement agencies with our powerful tools to help them work smarter and faster.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deliver production-grade SaaS applications on AWS, applying strong software engineering fundamentals alongside DevOps best practices
• Lead and contribute to service-based architectures, building systems that are scalable, resilient, secure, and maintainable
• Leverage AWS services such as EKS, ECS, and Lambda to support high-availability applications and modern deployment patterns
• Write clean, maintainable code and actively participate in code reviews, setting a high bar for quality and consistency
• Define, provision, and optimize cloud infrastructure using Terraform and Terragrunt, with a focus on reliability and cost-aware design
• Partner closely with QA and engineering teams to promote shift-left testing, automated quality checks, and early defect detection
• Participate fully in Agile practices—sprint planning, standups, and retrospectives—while collaborating cross-functionally to deliver meaningful outcomes
• Continuously look for ways to improve developer workflows, system observability, and operational excellence

Requirements

• Must be US Citizen
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with demonstrated ownership of production systems
• Proven experience building, deploying, and scaling SaaS applications on AWS, using service-based architecture
• Strong expertise in DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Argo CD), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Terragrunt)
• Hands-on experience with AWS services, including EKS, and operating applications in production environments
• Strong proficiency in one or more modern programming languages and frameworks (e.g., Node.js, JavaScript, Handlebars, or similar)
• Advanced debugging, troubleshooting, and performance optimization skills, particularly in complex production systems
• Experience working within Agile development methodologies, using tools such as Jira
• Familiarity with data and search technologies such as Redis, MongoDB, and Elasticsearch

Qualifications

• Experience working on data-intensive platforms or complex workflows
• Background in law enforcement or related industries is a plus

Benefits

• Employee paid Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Generous paid vacation
• 401k with company matching
• HSA with employer contributions
• FSAs
• Supplemental coverage such as accident, critical illness, hospitalization, life
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Parental Leave

Compensation

Compensation details are confidential and will be provided upon successful completion of the hiring process.

Schedule

Must be open to hybrid schedule in Plano, TX - MWF in office required