Python AWS Developer

Lafayette Economic Development Authority

Lafayette, LA, United States

11 days ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Experience required

6 years minimum

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

cgi.njoyn.com

Tech stack

Clean Code Principles Java (Programming Language) Amazon Web Services Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Amazon S3 Unit Testing Code Review Continuous Integration Relational Databases Database Queries Software Debugging Linux

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Job description

CGI is seeking an experienced Python AWS Developer to design, build, and maintain scalable backend applications on AWS. The role requires strong skills in Python, REST API development, SQL, and core AWS services (Lambda, S3, SQS, DynamoDB), with hands-on experience supporting workloads on EC2 and EKS. Experience with Java and ReactJS is a plus but not required., * Design, develop, and maintain Python applications using OOP, clean code, and unit testing best practices.

Build and integrate RESTful APIs using FastAPI and/or Flask.
Develop serverless and event-driven solutions using AWS Lambda, S3, SQS, and DynamoDB.
Automate AWS operations using Boto3 and support cloud resource management.
Deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot applications on Amazon EKS and Amazon EC2 (Linux, logs, networking, scaling).
Design and optimize SQL queries; work on schema design, indexing, and performance tuning.
Implement logging, monitoring, security, and performance improvements (CloudWatch, IAM least privilege, secrets handling).
Collaborate with product, data, and cloud teams; participate in code reviews and mentor junior developers.

Requirements

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

6-8 years of software development experience with strong Python backend development.
Proven experience building REST APIs (FastAPI/Flask).
Strong SQL skills: complex queries, joins, stored procedures (as applicable), optimization, and performance tuning.
Strong problem-solving, debugging, and production support skills.

Hands-on AWS experience with:

Lambda, S3, SQS, DynamoDB
EC2 and EKS (deployments, services, ingress, config/secrets, troubleshooting)
Boto3, IAM, CloudWatch
Experience with CI/CD (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar) and container registries.

Preferred qualifications (good-to-have)