Senior Full Stack Developer/AWS (REMOTE)

Industry leading managment consulting company has an immediate need for a hands on, Cloud Application Full-Stack Developer with hands on Python and JavaScript skills to join their growing team in a remote contract with option to hire role. This individual will work closely with clients, digital leaders, solutions architects, and technical/ functional leads across digital teams to support client projects and provide solutions for growth efforts and capabilities build-out. In this role you will serve as a key team member building innovative prototypes and solutions and solving technical challenges using cloud architectures and software technologies. Due to security and contract requirements, candidates must be a US Citizen or a Green Card holder.

• Solutions architecture and hands-on engineering/full-stack development of scalable and secure distributed systems using modern software technologies and programming, Cloud Native and microservices architecture, containerization, and API-First design patterns.
• Work collaboratively with user experience designers, platform engineers, product owners, solution architects, and business analysts, the Cloud Applications Full Stack Developer will design, build, test, and deploy high-value, operationally resilient software products on the AWS cloud platform that satisfy functional and non-functional requirements.

What You Will Need:

• Due to security and contract requirements, candidates must be a US Citizen or a Green Card holder
• Hands on cloud engineering position requires proven ability to design, build, test, and deploy software products and solutions on the AWS cloud platform.
• A bachelor's degree is required, or a Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience
• Minimum of SIX (6) years of prior relevant experience in full-stack application development
• Minimum of 3 years of experience with cloud applications development to build /modernize applications and datasets on the AWS cloud
• Experience and proficiency in implementing frontend and backend services for cloud-native software products and solutions such as Python, JavaScript, Django and Vue.JS.
• Required skills include expertise with Python and JavaScript.
• For Django experience, candidates can alternatively have experience with Flask, FastAPI, Falcon, or SQLAlchemy.
• Similarly, for Vue.JS experience, alternatives include React, Svelte, or Angular (version 1.6 or higher).
• Proven ability to work autonomously and collaborate, mentor, help, and support other team members, as needed, to solve complex technical problems.
• Proven ability to develop software products and solution prototypes and use prototypes to validate technical solution strategies and communicate and explain the pros and cons of complex design alternatives.
• Must be an experienced Agile practitioner with proven ability to plan and implement software products with agility.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to handle customer requirements and engineer solutions.

Preferred skills:

• Certification: AWS Certified Developer - Amazon Web Services
• Flask, Docker, EKS/Kubernetes, AWS Step Functions, Event Bridge, AWS Lambda, AWS API Gateway, Elasticsearch, Caching frameworks, Redis, Memcached, the Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for Postgres, and/or the MongoDB NoSQL database service.
• Certification: AWS Certification Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services
• Solution architecture support for technical volumes of proposals and white papers for RFPs/RFIs and thought leadership initiatives.
• Familiarity with the AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM) and proven design patterns, like Model-View-Controller, is required, as is the ability to design and build cloud-based software products that conform to the AWS Well-Architected Framework design principles.
• Proficiency in delivering cloud-based software products using contemporary CI/CD pipeline tooling and the ability to continuously collaborate with development, operations, and security (DevSecOps) team members to deliver secure and operationally resilient software products and solutions.