Java/ Python- AWS Developer

Ports North; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 83,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ports North in Columbus, OH seeks a Java/Python AWS Developer to design, build, and support scalable services. You will deploy and operate on AWS, enhance automation, and improve CI/CD, monitoring, and reliability.

Collaboration with platform, security, and product teams is essential to deliver high-quality outcomes on time. The role requires significant hands-on Java and Python, strong AWS experience, and a track record of engineering excellence, mentorship, and clear runbooks to reduce tribal

Qualifications

• Significant applied software engineering experience delivering production systems (design, build, deploy, support).
• Strong hands-on AWS experience building and operating services (ECS/EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudWatch, RDS).
• Strong hands-on Java experience (service development, debugging, production support).
• Strong hands-on Python experience (automation, tooling, diagnostics, integrations).
• Experience with CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Spinnaker) and automated validation/quality gates.
• Strong troubleshooting across application and infrastructure boundaries with logs/metrics.
• Strong ownership mindset to drive ambiguous problems to measurable outcomes.
• Strong communication and collaboration to unblock delivery with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support scalable services using Java and Python, deployed and operated on AWS.
• Build and maintain automation and tooling to improve environment readiness and consistency (health checks, dependency validation, configuration verification, smoke checks).
• Implement and operate CI/CD improvements to reduce failures and time-to-unblock.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across AWS and distributed systems and drive resolution to closure.
• Modernize existing Java/Python/AWS apps to improve reliability and velocity; contribute to architecture artifacts.
• Produce and maintain runbooks, operational documentation, and self-service guidance.
• Collaborate with partner teams to gather requirements and deliver high-quality outcomes despite changing priorities.
• Uphold strong engineering standards and mentor other engineers as needed.

Skills

Java

Python

AWS

Education

Degree

Work Experience

Tools

ECS/EKS

Lambda

API Gateway

CloudWatch

RDS

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Spinnaker

Job description

Title Java/ Python - AWS Developer

Location Columbus, OH

Client Industry Fintech

Compensation $60-65/ hr

Ref ID 1689837

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support scalable services using Java and Python, deployed and operated on AWS.
• Build and maintain automation and tooling (Java/Python) to improve environment readiness and consistency (health checks, dependency validation, configuration verification, smoke checks).
• Implement and operate CI/CD improvements (pre-flight checks, quality gates, automated verification) to reduce failures, rework, and time-to-unblock.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across AWS and distributed systems (IAM/permissions, networking/connectivity, secrets/configuration, dependency failures) and drive resolution to closure.
• Modernize existing Java/Python/AWS applications to improve reliability, maintainability, and engineering velocity; contribute to architecture and design artifacts as needed.
• Produce and maintain runbooks, operational documentation, and self-service guidance to reduce tribal knowledge and improve supportability.
• Collaborate with partner teams (platform/SRE, security, dependency service owners, product teams) to gather requirements, align on solutions, and deliver high-quality outcomes under changing priorities.
• Uphold strong engineering standards (code quality, testing discipline, security, resiliency) and mentor other engineers as needed.

Skills Required

• Java
• Python
• Aws
• Significant applied software engineering experience delivering production systems (design, build, deploy, support).
• Strong hands-on AWS experience building and operating services (e.g., ECS/EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudWatch, RDS).
• Strong hands-on Java experience (service development, debugging, and production support).
• Strong hands-on Python experience (automation, tooling, diagnostics, integrations).
• Experience with CI/CD (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Spinnaker) and implementing automated validation and quality gates.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across application and infrastructure boundaries; able to isolate issues using logs/metrics and drive root-cause fixes.
• Strong ownership mindset: independently drives ambiguous problems from discovery plan alignment execution measurable outcomes.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills; proactively engages stakeholders to unblock delivery.

Education & Work Experience

• Degree
• Work Experience