Senior Python Cloud Engineer (AWS)

Senior Python Cloud Engineer (AWS)📍 Des Moines, IA (on-site)💰 $90,000 - $115,000 + Benefits🏭 Financial Services / Insurance🕒 Full-Time W2 | PermanentWe're partnering with a leading enterprise organisation seeking a Senior Python Cloud Engineer (AWS) to join a high-performing engineering team responsible for building scalable cloud-native applications, APIs and data platforms.This is a hands-on senior engineering role where you'll work across Python development, AWS cloud architecture, data engineering and production support, helping to build highly available systems used across a large enterprise environment.What you'll be doing:Designing and developing Python backend applications, microservices and REST APIsBuilding scalable cloud-native solutions within AWSCreating and maintaining data ingestion and processing pipelinesSupporting and improving business-critical production systemsOptimising application performance, reliability and observabilityWorking with event-driven architectures and enterprise integrationsLeveraging AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering efficiencyParticipating in architecture discussions, code reviews and technical leadership activitiesRequired experience:8+ years of hands-on Python development experienceStrong experience building APIs, microservices and distributed systemsDeep AWS experience (Lambda, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, RDS, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, CloudWatch)Experience with cloud-native and event-driven architecturesProduction support and troubleshooting experienceStrong SQL and database knowledgeExperience with CI/CD, monitoring and observability toolsDesirable experience:FastAPI, Flask or DjangoDocker, Kubernetes, ECS or EKSTerraform, CloudFormation or AWS CDKFinancial Services, Insurance or other regulated industry experienceIf you're an experienced Python engineer who enjoys designing enterprise-scale solutions and working across modern cloud technologies, I'd love to speak with you.📩 Apply directly or send me a message for a confidential discussion.