We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Python Developer with strong cloud engineering expertise across AWS and/or Azure. The ideal candidate has 7+ years of hands-on Python development experience, deep understanding of cloud-native architectures, and a proven ability to design, build, and scale secure, reliable backend systems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance backend applications using Python.
- Build RESTful APIs, microservices, automation scripts, and data processing pipelines.
- Implement unit tests, integration tests, and CI/CD automation.
- Optimise application performance, reliability, and maintainability.
- Architect, deploy, and manage cloud-native solutions on AWS and/or Azure.
- Work with cloud services such as: Lambda, API Gateway, EC2, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, Step Functions, ECS, CloudFormation, IAM
- Azure: Functions, App Services, Storage Accounts, Key Vault, Cosmos DB, AKS, ARM/Bicep, AAD
- Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM, or Bicep.
- Ensure high availability, scalability, and security of all cloud-hosted applications.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, CodePipeline, etc.).
- Containerise applications using Docker; deploy and manage Kubernetes (EKS/AKS) environments.
- Monitor and troubleshoot production systems using cloud native tools (CloudWatch, Application Insights, etc.).
- Implement cloud and application security best practices (IAM, secrets management, network security).
- Ensure compliance with relevant standards and frameworks (ISO, SOC2, POPIA/GDPR where applicable).
- Act as a senior contributor, mentoring mid-level/junior developers.
- Participate in solution architecture, technical design sessions, and code reviews.
- Work closely with product owners, DevOps engineers, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions.
Requirements
- 7+ years professional Python development experience (required).
- Certifications: AWS Developer/Architect, Azure Developer/Architect.
- Strong experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms.
- Proven experience designing and building REST APIs, microservices, and serverless components.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes (EKS/AKS), and cloud infrastructure.
- Strong skills in relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, Cosmos DB).
- Solid understanding of software engineering best practices (testing, code reviews, DRY, SOLID).
- Experience with IaC: Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM, or Bicep.
- Experience with CI/CD automation.
- Experience with asynchronous frameworks (FastAPI, aiohttp, asyncio).
- Experience with messaging/streaming platforms (SQS, SNS, Kafka, EventHub).
- Knowledge of data engineering pipelines or ML workflow integration.
Desired Skills:
- python
- aws
- azure
- ec2
- lambda
- api gateway
Desired Qualification Level:
- Degree
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