Software Engineer

Location: Urbandale, IA Salary: $65.00 USD Hourly - $67.00 USD Hourly Description: Job title - Software Engineer
Location - Urbandale IA

Duration - Contract For 1+ years

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and implement scalable backend applications using Python and cloud-native AWS services.
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs, microservices, and event-driven applications.
• Build and support serverless solutions using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge, and SQS.
• Design and optimize PostgreSQL and Amazon Aurora databases, including schema design, query optimization, and performance tuning.
• Develop secure and reliable data ingestion and processing pipelines for machine, agronomic, geospatial, logistics, and operational data.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and modern DevOps practices.
• Create automated testing strategies and ensure high-quality production deployments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and deliver technical solutions.
• Monitor application performance and reliability using Datadog and other observability tools.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues across cloud infrastructure, databases, APIs, integrations, and data platforms.
• Drive improvements in system scalability, security, maintainability, and cloud cost optimization.
• Support real-time, event-driven workloads and scheduled batch-processing architectures.
• Develop and maintain integrations with Databricks and other enterprise data platforms.
• Implement authentication and authorization solutions using AWS IAM, OAuth, and OIDC standards.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of professional software development experience with Python.
• Strong experience building and deploying production-grade applications in AWS.
• Expertise with AWS services including:
  • Lambda
  • API Gateway
  • IAM
  • S3
  • SQS
  • EventBridge
  • RDS/Aurora
• Strong experience designing and developing REST APIs and backend services.
• Advanced knowledge of PostgreSQL and relational database design.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred).
• Strong understanding of CI/CD, Git, GitHub, and automated testing frameworks.
• Experience troubleshooting distributed systems and cloud-native applications.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to independently solve complex technical problems and deliver production-ready solutions.

Medical, dental, and vision insurance are available to qualified candidates who meet eligibility requirements.
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