AWS Software Engineer (Contract) – Python / FastAPI
6 Month Contract – Fully Remote – Daily Rate: £500 Outside IR35
We’re looking for experienced AWS Software Engineers (contractors) to join an established platform engineering team and help take a proof‑of‑concept Identity & Access Management (IAM) system into production .
This is a hands‑on engineering role suited to senior Python developers who enjoy building production systems from the ground up and working independently on application development, while collaborating closely with a wider AWS platform team.
What you’ll be working on
Building a FastAPI‑based headless service to manage REST APIs for user and group IAM relationships in AWS
Designing and delivering a technical audit service for the IAM system
Supporting the IAM syncing solution to meet production standards
Implementing robust QA and testing strategies
Ensuring non‑functional requirements are met (scalability, performance, reliability)
Contributing strong software engineering skills to complement the existing platform team
Core requirements
5+ years of hands‑on Python development
Production experience with FastAPI, Django, or Flask (FastAPI preferred)
Strong experience building RESTful APIs
Experience with relational and non‑relational databases
Proven experience building applications from scratch and taking them to production
Experience supporting production systems handling high traffic
5+ years of AWS (or equivalent cloud) experience
Strong understanding of distributed systems architecture
Experience with serverless technologies
Solid knowledge of asynchronous programming models
Familiarity with Terraform concepts (writing not required)
Comfortable taking systems live and maintaining production services
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Contract
Job function
IT Services and IT Consulting, Financial Services, and Hospitals and Health Care
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