Technical Lead (AWS) / Software Architect (AWS)

Job Description

As a highly experienced Technical Lead / Software Architect with expertise in Python, SQL, and AWS cloud technologies, your role will involve designing, guiding, and evolving scalable, secure, and cost-efficient distributed systems. You will collaborate closely with engineering, product, security, and operations teams to define architecture standards, drive key technical initiatives, and ensure high system reliability, performance, and scalability.**Roles & Responsibilities:**- **Architecture & Design** - Define target-state architectures, reference models, and integration patterns. - Create high-level and low-level design documentation. - Lead architectural decisions and provide hands-on guidance to engineering teams. - Conduct design reviews, proof of concepts (POCs), and solution spikes. - Drive best practices for scalable, maintainable, and resilient systems.- **AWS Cloud Leadership** - Establish and enforce AWS best practices, including: - Multi-account strategy - IAM least-privilege access - VPC design and networking - High availability and resilience - Capacity planning and cost optimization - Design and guide implementations using AWS services such as: - Lambda, API Gateway - S3, RDS - CloudWatch, X-Ray - AWS WAF, KMS, Secrets Manager - IAM and related security services- **Security, Reliability & Compliance** - Implement security-by-design principles, including: - Encryption (in transit & at rest) - Key management - Token-based authentication - Policy-as-code and governance controls - Work with IT and operations teams to define: - Disaster recovery strategies (RTO/RPO) - Chaos engineering practices - SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets - Collaborate with Security and Compliance teams to meet organizational and regulatory standards.- **Collaboration & Leadership** - Partner with cross-functional teams to align architecture with business goals. - Mentor engineers and promote technical excellence and best practices. - Translate complex architectural concepts into clear, actionable guidance.**Requirements:**- 9 years of software engineering experience, including 3 years in an architecture/technical leadership role.- Strong hands-on experience in: - Python and SQL - AWS core services and cloud-native architecture- Proven expertise in system design, including: - Distributed systems - APIs and microservices - Data storage solutions - Caching and messaging systems - Event-driven architectures- Solid understanding of cloud security, scalability, and performance optimization.- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to simplify complex technical ideas. As a highly experienced Technical Lead / Software Architect with expertise in Python, SQL, and AWS cloud technologies, your role will involve designing, guiding, and evolving scalable, secure, and cost-efficient distributed systems. You will collaborate closely with engineering, product, security, and operations teams to define architecture standards, drive key technical initiatives, and ensure high system reliability, performance, and scalability.**Roles & Responsibilities:**- **Architecture & Design** - Define target-state architectures, reference models, and integration patterns. - Create high-level and low-level design documentation. - Lead architectural decisions and provide hands-on guidance to engineering teams. - Conduct design reviews, proof of concepts (POCs), and solution spikes. - Drive best practices for scalable, maintainable, and resilient systems.- **AWS Cloud Leadership** - Establish and enforce AWS best practices, including: - Multi-account strategy - IAM least-privilege access - VPC design and networking - High availability and resilience - Capacity planning and cost optimization - Design and guide implementations using AWS services such as: - Lambda, API Gateway - S3, RDS - CloudWatch, X-Ray - AWS WAF, KMS, Secrets Manager - IAM and related security services- **Security, Reliability & Compliance** - Implement security-by-design principles, including: - Encryption (in transit & at rest) - Key management - Token-based authentication - Policy-as-code and governance controls - Work with IT and operations teams to define: - Disaster recovery strategies (RTO/RPO) - Chaos engineering practices - SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets - Collaborate with Security and Compliance teams to meet organizational and regulatory standards.- **Collaboration & Leadership** - Partner with cross-functional teams to align architecture with business goals. - Mentor engineers and promote technical excellence and best practices. - Translate complex architectural concepts into clear, actionable guidance.**Requirements:**- 9 years of software engineering experience, including 3 years in an architecture/technical lea

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PythonSQL