AWS API developer

Tata Consultancy Services; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services in Detroit is seeking an experienced API Developer with strong Python and AWS experience to design, build, and deliver scalable, reliable, and secure API solutions.

This hands-on role emphasizes reusable frameworks, cloud-native patterns, and production-ready services, with ownership from API design through delivery and collaboration with product, architecture, and engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, building, and delivering scalable API solutions.
• Hands-on with Python and AWS.
• Ability to design reusable frameworks and production-ready services.

Responsibilities

• Own API design through delivery and ensure quality, performance, and operations.
• Collaborate with product, architecture, and engineering teams in an Agile environment.

Skills

Python

AWS

API development

RESTful APIs

SOAP APIs

CI/CD

Security

Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

Job Description

• We are seeking an experienced API Developer with strong Python and AWS experience to design, build, and deliver scalable, reliable, and secure API solutions. This role requires a hands‑on engineer with a solid understanding of API development best practices, cloud‑native design patterns, and modern engineering standards.
• The ideal candidate will have experience developing reusable frameworks, building well‑structured services, and creating solutions that are maintainable, extensible, and production ready. This individual should bring a product‑oriented mindset, focusing not only on writing code but also on designing solutions that meet business needs, improve developer experience, and support long‑term platform growth.
• Key responsibilities include owning API design through delivery, developing Python‑based services in AWS, implementing secure and scalable integration patterns, building reusable components and frameworks, collaborating with product, architecture, and engineering teams, and ensuring solutions meet quality, performance, and operational standards. The consultant should be comfortable taking accountability for technical decisions, solution design, development, testing support, deployment readiness, and post‑implementation support.
• Preferred qualifications include strong experience with Python, RESTful/SOAP API development, AWS services, API Gateway, Lambda, containerized or serverless architectures, CI/CD practices, observability, security best practices, and experience working in an Agile delivery environment.

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• We are seeking an experienced API Developer with strong Python and AWS experience to design, build, and deliver scalable, reliable, and secure API solutions. This role requires a hands‑on engineer with a solid understanding of API development best practices, cloud‑native design patterns, and modern engineering standards.
• The ideal candidate will have experience developing reusable frameworks, building well‑structured services, and creating solutions that are maintainable, extensible, and production ready. This individual should bring a product‑oriented mindset, focusing not only on writing code but also on designing solutions that meet business needs, improve developer experience, and support long‑term platform growth.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Key responsibilities include owning API design through delivery, developing Python‑based services in AWS, implementing secure and scalable integration patterns, building reusable components and frameworks, collaborating with product, architecture, and engineering teams, and ensuring solutions meet quality, performance, and operational standards. The consultant should be comfortable taking accountability for technical decisions, solution design, development, testing support, deployment readiness, and post‑implementation support.
• Preferred qualifications include strong experience with Python, RESTful/SOAP API development, AWS services, API Gateway, Lambda, containerized or serverless architectures, CI/CD practices, observability, security best practices, and experience working in an Agile delivery environment.

Salary

$65,000 - $120,000

Qualifications

BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE