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Senior Backend Engineer – Python
Köln, Deutschland100% RemoteFreiberuflichab sofortDauer 12 Monate100% Auslastung
Amazon Web ServicesAmazon S3Code-ReviewContinuous IntegrationSoftware Design PatternsDevopsAmazon DynamodbGithubIdentitätsmanagementPythonPostgresqlNosqlSQLOpenapiDaten- / DatensatzprotokollierungTest-Driven DevelopmentZustandsautomatenAws LambdaAws VPCBackendCloudformationRoute53Funktionale ProgrammierungCloudwatchApi-GatewayAmazon Simple Queue ServicesTerraformDocker
Beschreibung
Requirements
- Strong skill in Python programming and familiar with best practices (type hints, PEP 8, design patterns, code reviews).
- Experienced with AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, Step Functions, Route53, S3, CloudFormation).
- Understanding of DevOps principles (CI/CD, monitoring, logging, alerting, infrastructure reliability).
- Hands-on with Infrastructure as Code: Terraform (modules, remote state, drift detection).
- Proficient with GitHub Actions for CI/CD pipelines.
- Experienced with Docker (multi-stage builds, Dockerfiles, image optimization, scanning).
- Experienced with microservice architecture and serverless design (event-driven, decoupled systems).
- Experienced with NoSQL and SQL databases (DynamoDB single-table design, GSIs, streams; PostgreSQL/RDS).
- Experienced with Test-Driven Development (TDD) and contract testing (Pact, OpenAPI validation).
- Deep expertise in AWS Lambda (layers, provisioned concurrency, cold-start mitigation, VPC config).
- Skilled in observability: CloudWatch, X-Ray, structured logging, alarms.
- Security-focused: Secrets Manager/Parameter Store, JWT authorizers.
- Local dev workflow with LocalStack, Docker, or mocks (moto).
- Cost-aware: right-sizing Lambda, reserved concurrency, DynamoDB capacity modes.
- Excellent communication skills – clear written/verbal updates, documentation, cross-team collaboration.
Nice to Have:
Understanding of AWS IAM and permissions – can design least-privilege policies, troubleshoot access issues, manage roles, and resource policies.
AWS SAM