AWS Backend Engineer (Inside IR35)

Summary: The Senior AWS Engineer role focuses on backend development, specifically enhancing AWS Lambda functions and ensuring the resilience of step functions. The position requires participation in the full software lifecycle and mentoring of team members while collaborating with various stakeholders. The role is hybrid, requiring two days in the office and three days of remote work. The candidate should have a strong background in AWS serverless technologies and JavaScript/TypeScript.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop using Typescript/JavaScript.
• Participate in the full software lifecycle, including support and continuous integration.
• Contribute to the technical direction of the team.
• Provide guidance and mentoring to other developers on the team.
• Share and generate new ideas, providing constructive and useful feedback to peers.
• Work with internal teams, external vendors, and colleagues in the US.
• Quickly build prototypes and collaborate with top experts in Machine Learning across the industry.

Key Skills:

• At least 2 years of experience as an AWS software developer.
• Expertise in working and following the best practices of using AWS serverless.
• Proven ability to refactor and write performant and clean code.
• Experience or ability to quickly pick up JavaScript/Typescript.
• Experience working with CI/CD in an agile team.
• Recent experience writing Lambda's in Typescript or Javascript, NOT python.
• Experience with Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, AppSync/GraphQL, API Gateway, and Step Functions.
• Responsibility for reviewing and testing your own and teammates’ code.
• Restless attitude and a drive to always make things better and quicker.
• AWS Certificates are a big bonus.

Salary (Rate): 420.00

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: IT