Backend Developer – AWS, TypeScript, Serverless Architecture, AWS Lambda

• Design, develop and maintain high-quality backend services using TypeScript
• Design and implement serverless, cloud-native solutions
• Develop and maintain AWS applications and services, including AWS Lambda
• Build secure, scalable and reliable APIs and backend services
• Translate user and business requirements into maintainable technical solutions
• Write clean, well-tested and maintainable code
• Collaborate with frontend and mobile developers, designers, product managers, QA professionals and technical specialists in an agile multidisciplinary team
• Participate in technical discussions, code reviews and architectural decision-making
• Develop automated tests and contribute to CI/CD processes
• Investigate and resolve technical issues, defects, performance problems and production incidents
• Address security, accessibility, privacy, resilience, scalability and performance throughout the development lifecycle
• Contribute to technical documentation, knowledge sharing, development standards, patterns and best practices
• Support an inclusive engineering culture and mentor colleagues where appropriate

Requirements

• Strong commercial experience developing backend services and APIs
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript
• Experience designing and developing solutions using serverless architecture
• Strong practical experience with AWS cloud services
• Strong experience developing and deploying applications using AWS Lambda
• Understanding of event-driven and cloud-native application architectures
• Experience designing secure, scalable and resilient backend services
• Experience with RESTful APIs and integration with external or internal services
• Experience with automated unit and integration testing
• Experience using Git and modern software development workflows
• Understanding of clean code, modularity, maintainability, version control and design patterns
• Experience diagnosing and resolving application defects, performance issues and production problems
• Understanding of AWS Lambda and serverless application development
• Understanding of AWS services, event-driven architectures, asynchronous processing, API integrations, AWS configuration and deployments, cloud security, monitoring, logging, reliability, scalability and cost efficiency
• Desirable: experience with API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, CloudWatch and IAM
• Desirable: experience with Infrastructure as Code, particularly AWS CDK, CloudFormation or Terraform
• Desirable: experience with Node.js and the wider TypeScript ecosystem
• Desirable: experience designing RESTful or GraphQL APIs
• Desirable: experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases
• Desirable: experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerisation and Docker, event-driven messaging systems, cloud security, observability, performance optimisation, large-scale public-facing digital services, and regulated or security-conscious environments

Core Competencies

Proficient in designing and developing high-quality backend services using TypeScript and AWS, with a strong focus on serverless architecture and API development. Demonstrates expertise in clean code practices, automated testing, and collaboration within agile teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• TypeScript Proficiency
• AWS Cloud Services Experience
• Serverless Architecture Development
• API Development and Integration
• Automated Testing and CI/CD

Hard Skills

• Backend Service Development
• API Development
• Serverless Application Development
• Event-Driven Architecture
• Automated Unit Testing
• Integration Testing
• Clean Code Practices
• Version Control with Git
• Performance Optimization
• Diagnosing Application Defects

Soft Skills

• Collaboration
• Mentoring
• Problem-Solving
• Technical Documentation
• Agile Teamwork

Industry Keywords

• Cloud-Native Solutions
• Scalable Backend Services
• Security and Privacy
• Resilience
• Regulated Environments

Tools & Technologies

• AWS Lambda
• API Gateway
• DynamoDB
• S3
• SQS
• SNS
• EventBridge
• CloudWatch
• Infrastructure as Code
• Docker