| Location | Austin, Texas |
WHO WE ARE
Apex Fintech Solutions (Apex) powers innovation and the future of digital wealth management by building tech-forward solutions that help simplify, automate, and facilitate access to financial markets for all. Our robust suite of fintech software enables us to support clients such as Stash, Betterment, SoFi, Webull, and eToro, amongst many others; collectively, Apex powers access to the stock market for over 22+ million end customers.
At Apex, we are changing how the securities industry operates by reinventing the status quo, which was manual, slow, and accessible only by the ultra-wealthy. We're digitizing and democratizing systems so that everyone has an opportunity to invest.
When you're at Apex, you drive this change. You're part of a global team with a clear vision: to be the trusted technology that powers the digital economy. Our offices in Austin, Dallas, Chicago, New York, Portland, Belfast, and Manila are home to over 1,000 employees.
Together, we’re shaping the future of financial innovation. Embrace change. Solve big. Win together. And be G.R.E.A.T. — grit, results, empathy, accountability, and teamwork — with Apex.
We’re proud to be recognized for the innovative work we do, the purpose-driven nature of our work, and the collaborative culture we’ve created. Here are just a few of the many awards we’ve recently received:
Best Places to Work
2026, 2025, 2024, 2023 - Presented by BuiltIn
WealthTech of the Year
2025 - Presented by US FinTech Awards
The World’s Top 250 Fintech Companies
2024 - Presented by CNBC
ABOUT THIS ROLE
About the Role
APEX Fintech's AWSWorkSpacesplatform is a production-grade, multi-region AWS serverless system that automates the full lifecycle of AmazonWorkSpacesvirtual desktops for a multi-tenant VDI program spanning hundreds of active desktops.We'rehiring a Senior AWS Cloud Engineerwho will take full ownership of theplatform'sarchitecture — designing, building, and automating the systems that keep it running — while serving as the go-to expert for day-to-day production incidents.You'llbring a security- and compliance-first mindset to every decision, ensuring the platform holds up to the standards our regulated fintech environment demands.
Duties/Responsibilities
Own the architecture, code quality, and evolution of the platform — driving decisions on new capabilities, DR testing, scaling, and TerraformIaC.
Serve as the primary escalation point for engineering questions related to the system.
Diagnose and resolve production incidents quickly, tracing failures end-to-end across Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB, SNS, and CloudWatch Logs.
Support day-to-day VDI operations: image builds, bundle management, directory configuration, client connectivity, and user-facing troubleshooting.
Bridge the gap between infrastructure automation and end-user desktop experience.
Mentor junior engineers on AWS serverless architecture, operational best practices, and production troubleshooting.
Own the deployment and integration of Datadog monitoring for the AWS VDI stack, including metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, SLOs, and alerting.
Educationand Experience
At least 5 yearsofhands-on AWS experience, including 3+ yearswithserverless or event-driven architecture in production.
2+ yearsof experiencewith AmazonWorkSpacesin a production environment.
Multi-region AWS deployment experience; CCR or active-active DR experience is a strong plus.
Must have written, deployed, and debugged Python Lambda functions in production.
2+yearsof work experience with Terraform to manage realproductionAWS infrastructure, including remote state.
Mustdemonstrateworking experience withWorkSpaceslifecycle management, includingcreate,update,delete, andrebuildoperations.
ExpertisewithPython 3.14 Lambda development — handlers, environment variables, error handling.
Experience withLambda concurrency, timeouts, retries, and DLQ behavior.
Ability to create,update, andtroubleshoot AWS Step Functions, includingSTANDARD workflows, states, Wait, Choice,andTask.
API Gateway — EDGE endpoints, SQS service integration, API key authentication.
Experience with DynamoDB single-table design, includingpartitionkeys, sortkeys, GSIs, and related access patterns.
Mustdemonstrateexpertisewith SNS,includingtopic subscriptions, message filtering,anderror notification patterns.
Experienceworking with Terraform inmulti-region deployments and provider configuration.
Configuration management using Ansible, includingplaybooks, roles, inventory management, idempotent task design,andAnsible Vault.
Hands-on experience with observability and resilience tooling (CloudWatch Logs Insights/metrics/alarms, Route53 health checks/failover routing) as well as Datadog for serverless observability.
AWS KMS Multi-Region Keys, includingreplication, key policy,andencryption context.
AWS IAM administration — users, groups, roles, permission boundaries, and cross-account role assumption.
Ways toStand Out
VPC design forWorkSpaces(subnets, route tables, NAT Gateway, Transit Gateway, security groups)
Custom domain management (Route53, ACM certificates, API Gateway custom domains)
Cost optimization forWorkSpaces.
Infrastructure security scanning (Checkov,tfsec)
Knowledge of security frameworks and controls, includingCIS benchmarks, NIST, device compliance,andconditional access.
Experience supporting regulated environments, such asFINRA, SEC, FedRAMP, NIST,orSOCenvironments.
Strong communicationskills, with the abilityto explain technical decisions to both engineering peers and non-technical stakeholders.
Other Preferred Qualifications
AWS Solutions Architect – Professional
AWS DevOps Engineer – Professional
AWSSysOpsAdministrator – Associate
Cross-Region Replication (CCR) design patterns / multi-region DR architecture
Experience with ITIL practices, servicemanagementtooling, and building actionable SLOsandSLIs.
Familiarity with compliance and regulatory requirements in financial services.
Experience with DLP (Data Loss Prevention) and endpoint security in regulated environments.
Work Environment
This joboperatesin a hybrid office environmentthreedays per week.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Our Rewards
We offer a robust package of employee perks and benefits, including healthcare benefits (medical, dental and vision, EAP), competitive PTO, 401k match, parental leave, and HSA contribution match. We also provide our employees with a paid subscription to the Calm app and offer generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits. At AFS, we offer a hybrid work schedule for most roles that allows employees to have the flexibility of working from home and one of our primary offices.
EEO Statement
Apex Fintech Solutions is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other protected characteristic. Our hiring practices ensure that all qualified applicants receive fair consideration without regard to these characteristics.
Disability Statement
Apex Fintech Solutions is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace for all candidates, including those with disabilities. We are dedicated to ensuring equal employment opportunities and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please submit your request via the Candidate Accommodation Requests Form. We will work with you to provide the necessary accommodations to ensure your full participation in our hiring process.