AWS Software Engineer (Ref: 194893)

Forsyth Barnes; England; Remote; GBP 92,250; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking an AWS Software Engineer for a 6-month fully remote contract role. The engineer will focus on building a FastAPI-based service for IAM and support the technical aspects of production systems. Ideal candidates have over 5 years of Python experience, familiarity with FastAPI and robust QA strategies. Compensation is set at £500 daily outside IR35, making this a lucrative opportunity for seasoned developers. This role suits individuals who excel in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on Python development experience.
• Production experience with FastAPI, Django, or Flask.
• Strong experience building RESTful APIs.

Responsibilities

• Building a FastAPI-based headless service for IAM.
• Designing and delivering a technical audit service.
• Implementing robust QA and testing strategies.

Skills

Python development

Building RESTful APIs

FastAPI

Distributed systems architecture

Serverless technologies

Tools

Django

Flask

Terraform

Job description

AWS Software Engineer (Contract) – Python / FastAPI

6 Month Contract – Fully Remote – Daily Rate: £500 Outside IR35

We’re looking for experienced AWS Software Engineers (contractors) to join an established platform engineering team and help take a proof‑of‑concept Identity & Access Management (IAM) system into production.

This is a hands‑on engineering role suited to senior Python developers who enjoy building production systems from the ground up and working independently on application development, while collaborating closely with a wider AWS platform team.

What you’ll be working on

• Building a FastAPI‑based headless service to manage REST APIs for user and group IAM relationships in AWS
• Designing and delivering a technical audit service for the IAM system
• Supporting the IAM syncing solution to meet production standards
• Implementing robust QA and testing strategies
• Ensuring non‑functional requirements are met (scalability, performance, reliability)
• Contributing strong software engineering skills to complement the existing platform team

Core requirements

• 5+ years of hands‑on Python development
• Production experience with FastAPI, Django, or Flask (FastAPI preferred)
• Strong experience building RESTful APIs
• Experience with relational and non‑relational databases
• Proven experience building applications from scratch and taking them to production
• Experience supporting production systems handling high traffic
• 5+ years of AWS (or equivalent cloud) experience
• Strong understanding of distributed systems architecture
• Experience with serverless technologies
• Solid knowledge of asynchronous programming models
• Familiarity with Terraform concepts (writing not required)
• Comfortable taking systems live and maintaining production services

Seniority level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• IT Services and IT Consulting, Financial Services, and Hospitals and Health Care

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