Senior Backend Engineer, AWS Serverless & Python

Amazon Inc.; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC is seeking a senior backend engineer for Leo Asset Tracker. You will own Python Lambda APIs, backend data models, and security controls across services, building scalable, testable backend components.

You will collaborate with frontend and infra teams to deliver features like location tracking and asset management, while upholding best practices in security and reliability.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 7+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience.
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture of new and existing systems.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
• Experience in Python and building and operating production backend services.
• Experience with AWS serverless services (Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, IAM).
• Experience designing REST APIs, data models, and writing automated tests.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate Python (AWS Lambda) API domains and event-driven workers.
• Own the DynamoDB data model and OpenSearch indexing paths for scalability.
• Extend the V3 RBAC security model and manage IAM roles and permissions.
• Wire backend changes end-to-end through the TypeScript CDK package and manage resources.
• Lead and participate in security reviews across infrastructure and application layers.
• Write unit and integration tests, uphold code quality and participate in code reviews.
• Support the deployment pipeline and monitor production services.
• Collaborate with frontend and infra partners to deliver features like location tracking.

Skills

Python

AWS services

REST APIs

Data modeling

Security best practices

Leadership / mentoring

Unit tests

Education

Master's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

aws-lambda-powertools

OpenSearch

boto3

DynamoDB

TypeScript CDK

Job description

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC is seeking a senior backend engineer for Leo Asset Tracker. You will own Python Lambda APIs, backend data models, and security controls across services, building scalable, testable backend components.

You will collaborate with frontend and infra teams to deliver features like location tracking and asset management, while upholding best practices in security and reliability.