Senior Cloud Developer (AWS Lambda / Python / Terraform)

Position Details

• Title: Senior Cloud Developer (AWS Lambda / Python / Terraform)
• Location: 100% Remote (No PST Candidates)
• Travel: Quarterly travel to Dallas (Client Paid)
• Duration: 12+ Months Contract
• Domain: Airline
• Interview: Video

Position Summary

The client is seeking a Senior Cloud Developer with a strong software development background who has transitioned into AWS cloud-native development. The ideal consultant should have extensive experience with AWS Lambda (Python), Terraform, API Gateway, Kafka, and serverless architectures.

Important

This is a Cloud Developer role—not a DevOps, Infrastructure, SRE, or AI/ML position. Candidates should have started their career as Java Developers and later transitioned into AWS Cloud, Python, and Serverless development.

Mandatory Skills (Must Have)

• 15+ years of U.S. IT experience
• Strong Java development background
• Hands-on AWS Lambda (Python) development
• Python programming
• Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
• API Gateway
• Kafka
• Strong understanding of Cloud-Native Architecture
• Serverless Application Development
• System Design and Architecture
• REST API Development
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience interacting with non-technical business users

Nice to Have

• Experience within the Airline domain
• AWS Cloud Architecture
• Microservices Architecture
• Event-Driven Architecture

Not a Fit

• Primarily Java Developers with no AWS cloud development experience
• DevOps Engineers
• Infrastructure Engineers
• Site Reliability Engineers (SRE)
• AI / Machine Learning Engineers
• Candidates with frequent job changes or unstable work history

REQUIRED

• 15+ years of U.S. experience is mandatory.
• Candidate must have a Java development background and should have transitioned into AWS Cloud development.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS Lambda (Python), Terraform, Kafka, API Gateway, and Serverless Architecture is mandatory.