AWS API developer

API Developer We are seeking an experienced API Developer with strong Python and AWS experience to design, build, and deliver scalable, reliable, and secure API solutions. This role requires a hands-on engineer with a solid understanding of API development best practices, cloud-native design patterns, and modern engineering standards. The ideal candidate will have experience developing reusable frameworks, building well-structured services, and creating solutions that are maintainable, extensible, and production ready. This individual should bring a product-oriented mindset, focusing not only on writing code but also on designing solutions that meet business needs, improve developer experience, and support long-term platform growth. Key responsibilities include owning API design through delivery, developing Python-based services in AWS, implementing secure and scalable integration patterns, building reusable components and frameworks, collaborating with product, architecture, and engineering teams, and ensuring solutions meet quality, performance, and operational standards. The consultant should be comfortable taking accountability for technical decisions, solution design, development, testing support, deployment readiness, and post-implementation support. Preferred qualifications include strong experience with Python, RESTful/SOAP API development, AWS services, API Gateway, Lambda, containerized or serverless architectures, CI/CD practices, observability, security best practices, and experience working in an Agile delivery environment.