Senior AWS Engineer — Remote, Event-Driven Serverless

EPAM Systems; Georgia; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work option

Relocation opportunities

Corporate and social events

Growth and certifications

Free English classes

Job summary

EPAM Systems in Georgia is seeking an experienced AWS Engineer to join our team on an internally developed, event-driven platform built on AWS serverless technologies. The role suits an engineer who has worked on event-driven systems and AWS integration tools, with strong DynamoDB and OpenSearch background.

You will own architecture, infrastructure, and testing strategy, contributing within an established codebase and engineering conventions rather than focusing on greenfield development.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of relevant professional experience with Python as a primary development language.
• Solid understanding of AWS architecture, VPCs, networking fundamentals, and multi-account environments.
• Knowledge of AWS security, operational best practices, and how AWS services integrate within larger systems.
• Hands‑on experience with AWS Lambda, event-driven application design, and production operation of serverless workloads.
• Expertise in messaging and integration patterns, with experience designing and operating systems using EventBridge, SQS, and SNS.
• Understanding of asynchronous communication patterns and distributed system design principles.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code using AWS CDK, ideally in TypeScript.
• Deep operational and architectural expertise in DynamoDB, including single-table design, access‑pattern‑driven modelling, and GSIs/LSIs.
• Competency in DynamoDB capacity planning and capacity modes, Streams, and TTL.
• Skills in DynamoDB PITR, operational monitoring, and troubleshooting beyond basic CRUD operations.
• Strong understanding of distributed data consistency, ACID vs. BASE, eventual consistency, and implications for DynamoDB and event‑driven architectures.
• Background in designing and operating event‑driven microservice architectures, service boundaries, event contracts, failure handling, and scalability/resiliency.
• Ability to evaluate design approaches, make informed architectural decisions, and document trade‑offs.
• Experience with automated testing strategies, including end-to-end testing; familiarity with Behave (BDD) is desirable.
• Qualifications in data modelling and validation using JSON Schema, Pydantic, or similar frameworks.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English (B2+ level).

Responsibilities

• Work independently with minimal supervision.
• Make sound technical decisions and justify trade-offs.
• Navigate and contribute to complex distributed systems.
• Influence architectural direction, not just implement requirements.
• Design, build, and maintain event-driven services running on AWS serverless infrastructure.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and document design choices.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code.
• Ensure reliability, scalability, and operational excellence across services.
• Write and maintain automated end-to-end tests.
• Collaborate with other engineers to evolve platform capabilities and engineering standards.

Job description

EPAM Systems in Georgia is seeking an experienced AWS Engineer to join our team on an internally developed, event-driven platform built on AWS serverless technologies. The role suits an engineer who has worked on event-driven systems and AWS integration tools, with strong DynamoDB and OpenSearch background.

You will own architecture, infrastructure, and testing strategy, contributing within an established codebase and engineering conventions rather than focusing on greenfield development.