Senior Full Stack Application Developer / Tech Lead

We have a great opportunity for a Sr. Full Stack Application Developer. This is a long-term contract opportunity in Southern California. Expectations will be to be onsite 4 days per week.

Key Responsibilities

- Design develop and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines using AWS Glue for large-scale data processing

- Build serverless applications and microservices using AWS Lambda for real-time and batch data processing

- Implement data transformation logic using PySpark for distributed computing on large datasets

- Develop and optimize SQL queries for data extraction transformation and loading processes

- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using AWS CloudFormation CDK or Terraform

- Design event-driven architectures using AWS services like EventBridge SQS and SNS

- Develop RESTful APIs and web services using Node.js for data access and integration

- Mentor junior developers and provide technical guidance to the team

- Collaborate with data scientists' analysts and stakeholders to understand requirements

- Participate in code reviews and maintain high coding standards

- Document technical designs processes and best practices

Required Qualifications

- 5 years of software development experience with at least 3 years in cloud environments

- Strong proficiency in Python with extensive experience in PySpark for big data processing

- Hands-on experience with AWS Glue for ETL pipeline development and management

- Proven expertise in AWS Lambda for serverless application development

- Solid understanding of Node.js for API development and backend services

- Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases PostgreSQL MySQL MongoDB DynamoDB

- Proficiency in AWS services including S3 IAM CloudWatch and VPC

- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

- Understanding of Infrastructure as Code tools CloudFormation CDK Terraform

- Familiarity with version control systems Git and agile development methodologies

- Strong understanding of data warehousing concepts and dimensional modeling

- Experience with data formats JSON Parquet Avro ORC and data serialization

- Knowledge of data streaming technologies Kinesis Kafka is a plus

- Understanding of data security privacy and compliance requirements

Daily Tasks Performed

- Develop and maintain web applications using Node.js Java and Python. Design and implement RESTful APIs and microservices. Experience with AWS services EC2 S3 Lambda RDS etc..

- Write clean maintainable and efficient code while adhering to best practices. Troubleshoot and debug applications to ensure optimal performance.

- Participate in code reviews and contribute to team knowledge sharing. Proficiency in Node.js Java and Python.

- Strong understanding of front-end technologies HTML CSS JavaScript frameworks like React or Angular.

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