Senior Python AWS Developer

Role Overview

Senior Python AWS Developer

Key Responsibilities

• Backend Development:

  Design and build robust, testable, and efficient backend services using Python frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, or Django.

• Cloud Architecture:

  Design, implement, and manage cloud-native solutions using AWS infrastructure (EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, ECS/EKS).

• API Engineering:

  Build, secure, and optimize highly available, developer-friendly RESTful APIs and event-driven microservices.

• CI/CD & Automation:

  Implement deployment automation, containerization (Docker), and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.

• Database Optimization:

  Design and optimize schemas, queries, and connection pools for both relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases.

• Monitoring & Support:

  Implement application logging, monitoring, and tracing via AWS CloudWatch, Datadog, or similar tools to provide L3 production support.

• Team Collaboration:

  Participate in code reviews, enforce engineering best practices, write technical documentation, and mentor junior engineers.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Technical Competencies

• Python Mastery:

  5+ years of production-level Python development experience with a strong grasp of OOP, data structures, and asynchronous programming.

• AWS Expertise:

  Proven hands-on experience deploying and scaling enterprise systems on AWS, specifically serverless (Lambda, API Gateway) and containerized workflows.

• Databases:

  Solid understanding of relational SQL databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and familiarity with NoSQL data stores.

• DevOps & Tools:

  Strong proficiency with Git version control, Docker, and standard CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins).

• Design Principles:

  Familiarity with High-Level Design (HLD), Low-Level Design (LLD), system architecture patterns, and cloud security compliance