Hybrid Full-Stack Engineer: AWS, REST & Microservices

Creative Solutions Services, LLC; Newark (NJ); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Part time

Job summary

Creative Solutions Services, LLC is seeking a contract backend engineer in Newark, NJ for a hybrid role. You will translate business needs into testable components and drive software delivery with a focus on quality, security, and scalable architectures.

The role requires hands-on experience with Java/Python, REST APIs, AWS services, Docker, and CI/CD, along with a strong sense of ownership and collaboration with partners across the organization.

Qualifications

• Solid backend development experience using Java/Python and RESTful API design.
• Experience designing and integrating REST APIs and microservices architectures.
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services (e.g., EC2, S3, API Gateway, Lambda).
• Working knowledge of containerization using Docker and deployment to AWS ECS (or EKS).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments in AWS environments
• Understanding of cloud infrastructure concepts (VPC, IAM, load balancing, auto scaling)
• Proficiency with databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or NoSQL) and query optimization
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., CloudWatch)

Responsibilities

• Work closely with business partners to understand needs and transform them into testable components.
• Employ industry best practices to deliver world-class solutions. Ensure developed solutions remain compliant with all applicable standards.
• Drive software development activities to meet schedules and timelines.
• Maintain high code quality with unit tests and automation, and ensure timely delivery.
• Research problems discovered by QA or product support and develop solutions to address them.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and how they can be applied.
• Enable change, help accelerate innovation.
• Demonstrate experience with taking intelligent risks and a test-and-learn mentality.
• Commit to authentic partnerships with colleagues internal and external to the organization.
• Conduct unit testing and integration testing for functionality.
• Ensure software standards, non-functional requirements and quality targets are met.

Skills

Java/Python backend

RESTful API design

AWS cloud services

Docker / ECS

CI/CD

Cloud infrastructure

PostgreSQL/MongoDB/NoSQL

CloudWatch monitoring

Tools

Docker

AWS ECS

Job description

Creative Solutions Services, LLC is seeking a contract backend engineer in Newark, NJ for a hybrid role. You will translate business needs into testable components and drive software delivery with a focus on quality, security, and scalable architectures.

The role requires hands-on experience with Java/Python, REST APIs, AWS services, Docker, and CI/CD, along with a strong sense of ownership and collaboration with partners across the organization.