Senior AWS Backend Developer

Tekskills; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 3,000,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Tekskills is seeking an accomplished backend engineer with 7+ years building production systems and 5+ years in AWS. The role focuses on designing scalable microservices and event-driven patterns using Lambda, API Gateway, SQS/SNS, and DynamoDB/Aurora.

Strong security, IAM, and Well-Architected practices are essential for success. Candidates should have deep CloudFormation/IaC experience and a hands-on approach to building robust, observable systems with CloudWatch and Step Functions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years building production backend systems.
• 5+ years hands-on with AWS core services and emerging AWS technologies.
• Extensive experience designing microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Understanding of AWS Well-Architected Framework and security IAM concepts.

Skills

AWS backend design

Microservices

Event-driven architecture

Serverless

Security & IAM

Tools

AWS Lambda

AWS EC2

AWS EKS

API Gateway

AppSync

EventBridge

SQS

SNS

DynamoDB

Aurora

S3

VPC

IAM

KMS

Secrets Manager

CloudFront

CloudWatch

Step Functions

Entra ID

Job description

• 7+ years building production backend systems; 5+ years hands‑on with AWS
  Solid understan

ding and experience in AWS core services and emerging AWS technologies such as AWS AgentCore.
o Compute: Lambda, ECS, EKS o API & Integration: API Gateway, AppSync, EventBridge, SQS, SNS
o Data & Storage: DynamoDB, Aurora (Postgres/MySQL), S3
o Networking & Security: VPC, IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, CloudFront
o Observability: CloudWatch o Orchestration: Step Functions
o Authentication & Authorization: IAM Identity Centre, API Gateway authorizers and integration with Microsoft Azure Entra ID
Extensive experience in designing and implementing microservices and event driven architectures
Understanding and experience implementing AWS Well Architected Framework
AWS certifications highly valued.

Role & responsibilities

Preferred candidate profile