About the Role
The Senior Engineer, AWS is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining Gore Mutual's Amazon Connect contact center platform and its supporting AWS services. This role ensures the reliability, scalability, and continuous improvement of the telephony and customer interaction ecosystem, partnering with teams to deliver automation and integrations that enhance the customer experience and reduce operational overhead.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain Amazon Connect contact flows and supporting AWS Services
- Build and optimize contact flows, queues, routing profiles, and IVR menus within Amazon Connect
- Develop and maintain AWS Lambda functions, Amazon Lex bots, and API Gateway integrations
- Ensure platform reliability, monitoring, and incident response
- Implement and maintain CloudWatch dashboards, alarms, and logging
- Troubleshoot production issues across the telephony stack, performing root-cause analysis and implementing permanent fixes
- Participate in on-call rotation and P1/P2 incident triage
- Deliver integrations between Amazon Connect and enterprise systems
- Build and maintain integrations with Guidewire (ClaimCenter/PolicyCenter), CRM, and internal data platforms
- Develop data pipelines to surface call analytics, agent performance metrics, and customer interaction data
- Collaborate with cross functional teams to drive AI-driven features such as call transcription, summarization, and sentiment analysis
- Contribute to engineering best practices, documentation, and knowledge sharing
- Author and maintain technical documentation for architecture, dependencies, runbooks, and deployment procedures
- Participate in code reviews, architectural design reviews, and sprint ceremonies
- Mentor and support junior engineers and operations team members on AWS and Amazon Connect best practices
- Support continuous improvement and innovation of the contact center platform
- Evaluate new Amazon Connect features for applicability to Gore Mutual's needs
- Propose and implement automation to reduce manual effort for Operations teams
- Contribute to the technology roadmap by identifying technical debt and recommending modernization opportunities
Requirements
- Undergraduate degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or IT Systems
- Hands-on development experience with Amazon Connect (contact flows, queues, routing profiles, Connect APIs)
- Strong experience building serverless applications using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, SNS, EventBridge, and Step Functions
- Experience with Amazon Lex or similar conversational AI for IVR/chatbot development
- Production experience with infrastructure-as-code (CloudFormation, CDK, AWS SAM, or Terraform)
- Experience integrating telephony or contact center platforms with enterprise systems (e.g., CRM, policy/claims management)
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, CodePipeline, or equivalent) and version control (Git)
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools (CloudWatch, Dynatrace, or similar)
- Prior work in insurance, financial services, or regulated industries (asset)
Skills
- AWS Services – Lambda, Lex, DynamoDB, S3, API Gateway, CloudWatch, IAM, Step Functions, SNS/SQS, EventBridge
- Amazon Connect – Contact flows, routing, Connect APIs, Contact Lens, real-time & historical metrics
- Programming – React; Python, Node.js/TypeScript (primary Lambda runtimes)
- Infrastructure-as-Code – CloudFormation, AWS CDK/SAM, or Terraform
- REST API design and event-driven architecture patterns
- CI/CD & DevOps – GitHub Actions, CodePipeline, automated testing, deployment automation
- Monitoring & Observability – CloudWatch dashboards/alarms, log analysis, Dynatrace preferred
- Security fundamentals – IAM policies, encryption at rest/in transit, PII handling in telephony data
- Agile methodologies – Scrum ceremonies, Jira-based sprint planning, backlog management
- Communication & documentation – Ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders and maintain architectural documentation
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Undergraduate degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or IT Systems
Salary/Compensations
- $79,500 - $129,500
Benefits
- Extended health and dental benefits
- Disability insurance
- Retirement plan matching
- Paid time off
- Recognition and perk programs
About the Company
- Gore Mutual is a modern mutual company focused on transforming the insurance industry. Effective January 1, 2026, Gore joined Beneva, the country’s largest mutual insurance company, as part of its Property & Casualty operations. This combination with Unica Insurance creates a stronger, more diversified mutual insurer with greater scale and long-term stability, anchored in long-term benefits to customers, members, and communities.
Equal Opportunity
- Gore Mutual Insurance Company is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities during all phases of the recruiting process, including the application process. If you require accommodation because of a disability, we will work with you to meet your needs. Contact us and a human resources representative will consult with you to determine an appropriate accommodation. Should you request an accommodation during the interview process, please notify your Talent Acquisition Consultant.
