For a client we are seeking an experienced Software Engineer to the platform team, focusing on cloud infrastructure, serverless application development, and platform reliability. This role combines hands-on development with technical leadership, requiring expertise in AWS, Python, and modern DevOps practices.

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure & Reliability

• Design and implement multi-region AWS disaster recovery solutions, including fallback infrastructure for us-east-1 outages.
• Architect and maintain highly available, scalable cloud infrastructure across multiple AWS regions.
• Ensure infrastructure resilience through chaos engineering and disaster recovery testing.

Development

• Develop and deploy new features using Python and the Open Source Serverless Framework.
• Build and maintain serverless applications (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, etc.).
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code following best practices.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and technical design reviews.

Platform Observability

• Design and implement comprehensive observability solutions for production platforms.
• Set up monitoring, logging, and alerting using tools such as CloudWatch, DataDog, Grafana, or similar.
• Establish SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets to measure platform health.
• Create dashboards and on-call runbooks for incident response.

CI/CD & Automation

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK).
• Implement security scanning, testing, and compliance checks in deployment pipelines.
• Optimize build and deployment processes for speed and reliability.

Team Leadership

• Mentor and manage development teams, fostering a culture of technical excellence.
• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback.
• Facilitate technical discussions and help unblock team members.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver on roadmap priorities.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with strong Python development skills.

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation, etc.).
• Proven experience building and deploying serverless applications (AWS Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions).
• Strong understanding of multi-region architecture and disaster recovery patterns.
• Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar).
• Demonstrated experience setting up observability and monitoring solutions.
• Experience managing or mentoring development teams.
• Strong understanding of networking, security, and cloud best practices.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex distributed systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with the Serverless Framework (serverless.com).

• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or similar).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, AWS CDK, CloudFormation).
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, ECS, Kubernetes).
• Experience with observability platforms (DataDog, New Relic, Grafana, Prometheus).
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures and message queuing systems (SQS, SNS, EventBridge).
• Experience with testing frameworks and test automation.
• Background in Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Strong communication skills and experience working with cross-functional teams.