AWS Python Solution Architect

Job Title: AWS Python Solution Architect

Location: West Des Moines, IA
Experience: Senior Level

Job Summary

We are seeking a Senior AWS Python Solution Architect to design, build, and support cloud-native applications on AWS. This role combines solution architecture, hands-on Python development, and production support, with a focus on scalability, reliability, and operational excellence.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience in:
• Python (backend development)
• AWS cloud architecture and services
• Experience with:
• Distributed systems and cloud-native architectures
• Designing scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems
• Building APIs, backend services, and data processing pipelines
• Strong knowledge of:
• System design (scalability, performance, reliability)
• Integration patterns, data flows, and resiliency strategies
• Experience in:
• Supporting production systems (monitoring, incident management, RCA)
• Writing clean, maintainable, and testable code

Key Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end cloud-native solutions on AWS
• Translate business requirements into technical architecture and system flows
• Define integration patterns, error handling, and resiliency strategies
• Evaluate trade-offs between performance, scalability, and cost

• Build and manage services using AWS components
• Ensure systems are highly available, scalable, and fault-tolerant
• Implement deployment readiness and environment configurations
• Follow cloud security and compliance best practices

• Develop backend services, APIs, and automation scripts
• Maintain high-quality, reusable, and scalable Python code
• Conduct code reviews and enforce coding standards

• Handle incident triage, root cause analysis, and issue resolution
• Monitor logs, metrics, and system performance
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and reliability risks
• Support deployments and post-production validation

• Work with product, QA, DevOps, and business teams
• Act as a technical SME during escalations
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance
• Communicate technical solutions to stakeholders

• Create architecture diagrams and technical documentation
• Contribute to best practices and design standards
• Participate in design reviews

Preferred Skills

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines
• Exposure to infrastructure as code (Terraform/CloudFormation)
• Knowledge of monitoring/logging tools

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management
• Leadership and mentoring capabilities