Python Developer

Position:
Python Developer (Golang and AWS)

Location:
Chicago, IL (3 days/Week)

Employment:
Contract

Job Summary:

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer with strong expertise in Python, hands-on experience with Golang, and practical working knowledge of AWS. The ideal candidate has experience building scalable, secure backend services and working with modern cloud native architecture.

Mandatory skills

• Python:
  Strong backend experience with frameworks such as Fast API, Flask, or Django.
• Go (Golang):
  Experience writing microservices or tooling.
• AWS:
  Hands‑on experience with core AWS services for compute, networking, storage, identity, and security.
• Strong understanding of RESTful API design, distributed systems, microservices, and event‑driven patterns.
• Experience with relational and No
  
  SQL databases (Postgre
  
  SQL, Dynamo
  
  DB, etc.).
• Practical experience with Git, CI/CD workflows, Docker, and testing frameworks.
• Strong debugging, performance tuning, and system design skills

Good-to-Have Skills

• .NET:
  Understanding of backend patterns and ability to support existing services.
• Terraform:
  Infrastructure as Code for AWS deployments.
• Kubernetes (EKS), Helm, and container orchestration.
• Messaging and streaming systems (Kafka, SQS/SNS, Kinesis).
• Knowledge of cloud security, networking, and best practices