Senior Developer (Java / AWS) - Hybrid (Contract To Hire)

TekStream has an immediate opening for a Senior Java Developer with a background in AWS and Cloud Development to join our growing Engineering Services team responsible for rolling out internal product enhancements in a microservices environment This is a remote Contract to Hire opportunity (6 Months) working CST hours. What we're looking for... • 10+ years of overall software, web or application development • 3+ years of experience with software development using Cloud Technologies including AWS (back-end, serverless) • Experience with all of these: Java, Python, AWS CloudFormation, Terraform • Experience building AWS server less applications, LAMBDA, StepFunctions, AWS Event Bridge, S3 • Experience building AWS serverless and self healing applications, able to work independently and in group as well as leading a group of developers and devops engineers • Strong understanding of cloud API technologies – REST, OAuth, JSON • Excellent JavaScript skills • Experience in micro service architecture and RESTful Services using languages: Java and Python • Experience with Kubernetes / Kubernetes clusters • Deep foundational knowledge of software engineering practices, particularly on distributed systems and cloud native architectures. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. • Leadership / mentorship in a highly collaborative, multi-discipline software development team environment • Experience working with relational and nonrelational data stores • Experience working on a CI/CD environment • AWS Professional Certification (Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineering) not required but a plus