Sr. Software Engineer - CloudOps
About ClubLabs
ClubLabs is the digital acceleration team for the Automobile Club of Southern California (AAA). We build intuitive customer experiences across the organization s insurance, membership, financial, emergency roadside, and travel services - a team of engineers, designers, researchers, and product managers delivering maximum value to our members and business for a smarter future.
The Role
We are seeking an ambitious, empathic, and collaborative Senior Software Engineer ( CloudOps ) to make an impact for the millions of members that Auto Club Enterprises serves. CloudOps is an engineering enablement and support function: your mission is to make other engineering teams faster, safer, and more self-sufficient - and to continuously advance how that support is delivered, from manual effort toward automation and AI-driven self-service wherever it makes sense. The ideal candidate is a strong collaborator, a fast self-learner, and an excellent problem solver who can evaluate requirements and take complex, ambiguous problems and redefine, re-scope, and transform them into simple, secure solutions. This is a senior individual-contributor role with technical leadership expectations: you ll lead projects end to end, drive technical decisions, and move work forward across teams independently. Security is a first-class outcome in everything you build and operate . You bring real depth in cloud engineering fundamentals and use AI-assisted tooling to work faster and at greater scale, while retaining the judgment to review, validate , and stand behind every change. This role enhances the technical agility, security posture, and operational resilience of ClubLabs new product lines.
Requirements
5 years of experience in one or more programming languages (Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, C#, Java, etc.).
5 years of professional experience in the design, development, and operation of enterprise cloud solutions, including production infrastructure and CI/CD.
Strong security engineering background - secure-by-design practices, IAM and least-privilege, networking (VPC design, segmentation, firewalls/security groups, TLS), secrets and key management, data protection, and remediation of security findings in a cloud environment. Security is central to this role, not an add-on.
Qualifications
Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented principles, algorithms, problem solving, and complexity analysis.
Practical experience with Cloud methodologies (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), automation, orchestration, and industry-leading cloud vendor offerings.
Solid experience implementing and operating high performance, high availability, reliable, and secure systems.
Experience designing and developing solutions using AWS services such as: Lambda, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, RDS, KMS, Kinesis, Route 53, IAM, CodeBuild , CodePipeline , and other managed services.
Experience with cloud automation and IaC tools such as AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Terraform, etc.
Track record of reducing operational toil by moving beyond one-off automation toward guardrailed , AI-driven self-service - where IaC is the trusted substrate and AI-assisted interfaces let users and agents safely resolve their own requests.
Proficiency using AI-assisted engineering tools (e.g., Claude Code, Amazon Q, Copilot) to accelerate development, troubleshooting, and automation - with the depth to review AI-generated output critically and understand why a change is correct before shipping it.
Comfort operating in ambiguity - making pragmatic decisions and moving work forward without full clarity, learning through delivery rather than waiting for a perfect spec.
Familiarity with GenAI/agent services (Amazon Bedrock, Strands, AgentCore , or comparable) and the fundamentals of securing model access (IAM, KMS) and managing cost and quotas - preferred.
Experience with multi-account AWS governance (Control Tower / Landing Zone Accelerator) preferred.
Strong written and communication skills.
Experience in hybrid on-prem and cloud implementation and integration preferred.
Good understanding of Web and API development and implementation concepts.
Experience working with serverless and container technologies.
Experience with agile methodologies.
Responsibilities
Enable engineering teams - provide the platforms, tooling, guardrails, and support that let them ship faster and more safely, reducing their dependence on manual, ticket-driven help.
Advance the support model up the automation curve - progress manual, repetitive support toward automation and AI-driven self-service, so common requests resolve themselves with the right approvals and controls in place.
Lead projects end to end - from problem definition and design through implementation, deployment, and iteration - driving them to completion independently.
Drive technical decisions and improvements across the codebase and infrastructure, building alignment with partner teams to move change forward without relying on formal authority.
Own secure design and operations - build with least-privilege and defense-in-depth, and drive remediation of security findings to closure.
Partner with feature teams to understand their operational needs, and with the AIops and AI Platform teams to adopt their capabilities in CloudOps workflows rather than duplicating platform work - channeling requirements and feedback in both directions.
Can work across the stack from frontend to backend for the components involved, with strong ownership of cloud infrastructure and automation.
Design and develop advanced software and cloud solutions; review, analyze, and resolve application and production issues as needed.
Use AI-assisted tooling to accelerate design, coding, and troubleshooting - applying engineering judgment and system knowledge to validate , correct, and improve what AI produces rather than accepting it as-is.
Set a strong bar for code quality, testing, and maintainability, and raise it through example and code review.
Build and operate CI/CD and testing as first-class engineering - automated pipelines, quality gates, and AI-assisted test generation and review - and raise the team s practices by example rather than by manual hand-holding .
Participate fully in weekly iterations, pulling work from a Kanban board and driving stories to Done as a team.
Identify risks early, surface them clearly, and unblock work to keep delivery moving.
Create strong working relationships with inter-department teams and partners to deliver the best solutions possible.
Continuously learn and keep up to date with emerging cloud and AI technologies to evaluate impact to business and member value.
Participate and provide feedback during planning meetings (i.e., pre-iteration, iteration, and retrospectives).
Perform all other duties as assigned.
Education
Four-year college degree in Computer Science or equivalent combination of education and work experience required .
Why This Role Matters
CloudOps is the foundation the feature and platform teams build on. You ll enable the teams delivering AI-enabled solutions, self-service portals, identity, sales and payment functions, and much in between - giving them the platforms, pipelines, and guardrails to ship safely and fast. Your work has an immediate impact on the ease of use for our members.
Remarkable benefits:
• Health coverage for medical, dental, vision
• 401(K) saving plans with company match AND Pension
• Tuition assistance
• Floating holidays and PTO for community volunteer programs
• Paid parental leave
• Wellness programs
• Employee discounts (membership, insurance,
travel, entertainment, services and more!)
Auto Club Enterprises is the largest club within the national AAA federation. We have nearly 17,000 employees in 24 states helping more than 18 million members. The strength of our organization is our employees. Bringing together and supporting different cultures, backgrounds, personalities, and strengths creates a team capable of delivering legendary, lifetime service to our members. When we embrace our diversity – we win. All of Us! With our national brand recognition, long-standing reputation since 1900, and constantly growing membership, we are seeking career-minded, service-driven professionals to join our team.
Through dedicated employees we proudly deliver legendary service and beneficial products that provide members peace of mind and value.”
AAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Our organization participates in E-Verify