Job Title: Senior AWS Cloud-Native Application Developer (Ex-Amazon Consultant)
Location: Remote – Onshore (USA)
Duration: 12+ Months Contract (Possible Extension)
Rate: $60/hr on C2C
Interview Mode: 2 Video Interviews
Job Description:
IT Catalyst is seeking an experienced Senior AWS Cloud-Native Application Developer with strong hands-on expertise in Python, AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, and AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK). The ideal candidate should have experience developing, troubleshooting, diagnosing, and optimizing cloud-native applications while adhering to secure coding standards and application development best practices.
Candidates must possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate application issues through log analysis, code reviews, AWS service behavior analysis, and root-cause identification. Experience using AI assistants for debugging, code analysis, and technical problem-solving is required.
The candidate should also have the ability to communicate technical decisions effectively and explain the business justification for proposed changes, highlighting improvements in application performance, security, reliability, maintainability, and operational efficiency.
Required Technical Skills:
Strong hands-on programming experience with Python.
Extensive experience developing, debugging, and maintaining AWS Lambda serverless functions.
Hands-on experience with Amazon API Gateway development, configuration, and troubleshooting.
Experience with AWS CDK for infrastructure-as-code implementation and management.
Strong understanding of cloud-native development principles and serverless application architecture.
Expertise in application diagnostics, log analysis, code inspection, error troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis.
Knowledge of secure coding practices, input validation, exception handling, and secure configuration management.
Experience with modular code development, code reviews, testing, version control, and maintainable software design.
Strong analytical, diagnostic, and problem-solving skills.
Experience using AI assistants for debugging, code analysis, and technical investigation, with the ability to independently validate AI-generated results.
Excellent technical communication skills, including documenting technical decisions and explaining the business justification for technical changes.
Preferred Skills:
Experience with Salesforce API integration.
Knowledge of Salesforce data models.
Previous experience as an Amazon (AWS) consultant or working directly with Amazon-related projects.
