Cloud Developer / AWS Cloud Developer

Job Title: Cloud Developer Location: Remote Duration: Long term Interview Mode: Phone then Video This is NOT a DevOps, Infrastructure, Platform, or Data Engineer position. The client is specifically looking for a true software/application developer working in AWS Cloud .

The candidate must still be hands-on and writing code daily.

Most Important / Must-Have Skills

• Python — extremely important
• Strong production Python development
• Ideally 5+ years of Python
• Must still be coding
• AWS — extremely important
• Extensive hands-on AWS experience
• Recent AWS experience preferred
• AWS migration experience is highly relevant
• AWS Lambda — critical
• Candidates must have hands-on Lambda experience
• This is one of the most important screening requirements
• Java + Python
• Ideal candidate has a Java development background and transitioned into Python/AWS
• Current development is primarily Python
• Legacy application code is in Java
• Application / Backend Development
• Strong backend development
• API development
• Application-side engineering
• Not front-end focused
• AWS Step Functions
• Terraform / Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Kafka
• CloudWatch
• System Design
• Strong overall Cloud Engineering foundation
• AWS Certification
• AWS Solutions Architect – Professional, or
• AWS DevOps Engineer – Professional

The Ideal Candidate Would Look Something Like 14–15+ years total development/cloud experience → Strong Java background earlier in career → 5+ years Python → Extensive AWS experience

→ Heavy Lambda experience

→ Currently writing Python code daily

→ Strong backend/application development

→ API development

→ Terraform/IaC

→ Kafka

→ Step Functions

→ System design

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→ Strategic thinker

→ Excellent communication and follow-through The client has hired very senior developers, including people with 15+ years of experience , although a strong ~10-year developer can sometimes work.

Southwest Airlines is seeking a highly experienced, hands-on Cloud Developer to support its AWS cloud development and migration initiatives. This position focuses heavily on application development in the cloud, with an emphasis on Python, AWS, Lambda, Java, APIs, and backend development .

The successful candidate will design, develop, and maintain cloud-based applications and services while contributing to the migration of existing on-premises applications to AWS. The environment includes new development in Python and legacy application code in Java .

The Cloud Developer will work extensively with AWS Lambda, Step Functions, Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, Kafka, CloudWatch, API development, and system design . Candidates must have strong practical cloud engineering skills and be comfortable writing production code on a daily basis.

The client is particularly interested in highly experienced developers who may currently hold Lead or Architect titles but remain actively hands-on with development . Candidates should demonstrate strong application-side development experience rather than primarily infrastructure, DevOps, platform, or data engineering experience.

location_restriction_removedSkills: api,aws,api development,python,cloud