Senior AWS Software Engineer - APIs, AI & Serverless

Peoplebank; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 166,000 - 221,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personalised Attention

User-friendly payroll & admin support

Flexible contracting options

Weekly payments

Contractor satisfaction focus

Job summary

Peoplebank, part of RGF Staffing ANZ, is seeking a Senior AWS Software Engineer (Developer) for a Federal Government client in Canberra. Initial 6-month contract with one 6-month extension option, with remote arrangements for highly suitable candidates.

The role focuses on designing, building and operating scalable APIs and cloud-native services using AWS, TypeScript and Contentstack, across multiple environments with CI/CD pipelines and agile practices.

Qualifications

• Hands-on AWS serverless (Lambda, API Gateway, Cognito) in production.
• IaC experience with CDK, Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Secure auth via OAuth2/OIDC, PKCE, and modern standards.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and operate APIs with AWS services.
• Implement authentication and access controls.
• Design and optimise search with OpenSearch.
• Develop AI-enabled services with Bedrock.
• Manage AWS infrastructure as code.
• Integrate with third-party platforms (Shopify, Tessitura).
• Develop with Astro, TypeScript and Node.js.
• Contentstack API integrations and migrations.
• Maintain CI/CD pipelines and environments.
• Conduct code reviews and documentation.

Skills

AWS Lambda

API Gateway

Cognito

IaC (CDK/Terraform/CloudFormation)

OpenSearch

AI/GenAI with Bedrock

TypeScript/Node.js

REST/GraphQL APIs

CI/CD (GitHub Actions)

Security best practices

Tools

Terraform

AWS CDK

CloudFormation

Contentstack APIs/SDKs

GitHub Actions

OpenSearch Service

Job description

Peoplebank, part of RGF Staffing ANZ, is seeking a Senior AWS Software Engineer (Developer) for a Federal Government client in Canberra. Initial 6-month contract with one 6-month extension option, with remote arrangements for highly suitable candidates.

The role focuses on designing, building and operating scalable APIs and cloud-native services using AWS, TypeScript and Contentstack, across multiple environments with CI/CD pipelines and agile practices.