Remote Senior AWS Cloud Engineer: Hands-On Migration

Visa Hunt; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Himalayas seeks highly experienced Senior AWS Cloud Developers to migrate on‑premises systems to AWS. This is a hands‑on role, not purely architectural, requiring strong software engineering skills.

You will develop cloud‑native apps primarily in Python and work with Java during migration. Responsibilities include building serverless apps with Lambda/Step Functions, APIs, and IaC with Terraform, plus Kafka-based messaging, monitoring with CloudWatch, and ongoing design decisions.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software development and engineering experience.
• Extensive hands on AWS cloud development and engineering experience.
• Strong experience with AWS Lambda functions.
• 5+ years of Python development experience preferred.
• Strong experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience with AWS Step Functions.
• Experience designing and developing APIs.
• Experience with Kafka or similar event streaming technologies.
• Experience with Amazon CloudWatch for logging, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Strong knowledge of system design, distributed systems, and cloud architecture.
• Experience migrating applications from on premises environments to AWS.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills with a consistent record of ownership and follow through.
• Ability to think strategically while remaining deeply involved in hands on development.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy cloud native applications on AWS.
• Build serverless applications using AWS Lambda and Step Functions.
• Develop new application components and services using Python; support migration of Java apps to AWS.
• Design and develop scalable APIs and event driven integrations.
• Build and manage cloud infrastructure using Terraform and IaC.
• Develop Kafka-based messaging and streaming solutions.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting using Amazon CloudWatch.
• Participate in system design and cloud architecture decisions.
• Troubleshoot complex application, integration, and cloud infra issues.
• Collaborate with technical teams and follow through on delivery commitments.
• Provide strategic technical guidance while remaining actively involved in coding and implementation.

Skills

AWS cloud development

Python development

Problem solving

Communication

Hands-on coding

Tools

Terraform

AWS Lambda

AWS Step Functions

Kafka

CloudWatch

Job description

Himalayas seeks highly experienced Senior AWS Cloud Developers to migrate on‑premises systems to AWS. This is a hands‑on role, not purely architectural, requiring strong software engineering skills.

You will develop cloud‑native apps primarily in Python and work with Java during migration. Responsibilities include building serverless apps with Lambda/Step Functions, APIs, and IaC with Terraform, plus Kafka-based messaging, monitoring with CloudWatch, and ongoing design decisions.