lead aws cloud engineer - Hyderabad - Credera

Description

LEAD ENGINEER – BACKEND & CLOUD SERVICES (PAYMENTS PLATFORM)

Location: Hyderabad, India

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience Level: Senior/Lead

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are hiring an experienced Lead Engineer with strong backend development expertise and deep experience in AWS cloud services. You will lead a team of developers and develop a new payments platform – a scalable, secure, and high-performance system that powers critical payment operations. This role involves technical leadership; collaboration with cross-functional, global teams; and mentoring junior engineers while leveraging modern frameworks and cloud-native best practices.

• Technical Leader: Ability to make architectural decisions and mentor team members
• Systems Thinker: Deep understanding of scalability, reliability, and performance trade-offs
• Quality Champion: Passion for clean code, testing, and maintainability
• Collaborative Partner: Excellent communication with cross-functional teams (product, security, QA, frontend)
• Reliability Advocate: Understanding of the criticality of payment systems with commitment to operational excellence
• Continuous Learner: Passion for staying current with cloud technologies and best practices

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Design & Architecture

• Develop scalable backend services using Python, AWS-native technologies (Lambdas, Step Functions) and Confluent Kafka messaging
• Build secure and performant REST APIs and asynchronous message-based microservices architecture
• Contribute to system architecture discussions and technical decision-making for the payments platform
• Design extensible, provider-agnostic integration layers for seamless addition and replacement of external payment providers

Development & Quality

• Apply Test-Driven Development (TDD) and maintain high test coverage across all deliverables
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code following industry best practices and conventions
• Build high-throughput, low-latency payment processing systems optimized for reliability and resilience

AWS & Infrastructure

• Deploy and manage applications using AWS services (Lambda, Step Functions, DynamoDB, DocumentDB, SQS/SNS, EventBridge, API Gateway, S3, CloudWatch)
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform for reproducible, scalable deployments
• Configure Event Source Mappings (ESMs) and event-driven architectures for asynchronous processing
• Implement CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration and deployment

Operations & Observability

• Integrate software with monitoring and support tools (AWS CloudWatch) for operational excellence
• Design for resilience, redundancy, and disaster recovery in critical payment systems
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in development, testing, and production environments

Collaboration & Leadership

• Collaborate with product managers, security engineers, QA teams, and other development teams to deliver high-quality features
• Ensure the team engineers understand their stories and have implemented them as intended based on collaboration with the project stakeholders
• Mentor junior engineers and establish coding standards and best practices
• Participate in agile planning, pair programming sessions, and retrospectives
• Maintain clear technical documentation and promote engineering excellence

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience: 6+ years of professional backend development experience; 3+ years in a senior or lead technical role

Python & Backend Development

• Strong proficiency in Python for backend service development
• Deep expertise designing and consuming RESTful APIs and microservices architecture
• Strong understanding of async, message-based architectures and event-driven design patterns
• Experience with distributed systems, eventual consistency, and idempotency

AWS Cloud Services

• Hands-on experience with AWS Lambda and Step Functions (serverless architecture design)
• Strong expertise with AWS databases (DynamoDB, DocumentDB)
• Proficiency with AWS event-driven services (SQS/SNS, EventBridge, Event Source Mappings)
• Experience with API Gateway for API management and deployment

Infrastructure & DevOps

• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or similar tools
• Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices
• Experience managing and deploying applications on AWS at scale

Fundamental Skills

• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and communication abilities
• Excellent understanding of security, scalability, and performance in backend systems
• Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) and maintaining high test coverage
• Knowledge of REST API design conventions and OpenAPI Specifications

DESIRABLE SKILLS

• AWS Services: S3, Transfer Family, CloudWatch, API Gateway optimization
• Advanced Patterns: Event-driven architecture, OAuth2, JWKS, and API security concepts
• Data Engineering: Confluent Kafka experience (consumers and producers)
• Identity & Access: IAM, OAuth2, and OpenID Connect implementations
• Tools & Platforms: GitLab, VS Code, JIRA/Confluence
• Observability & Monitoring: CloudWatch, Prometheus, or Datadog
• Containerization: Docker and Kubernetes experience
• Agile: Background in Agile methodologies and working in cross-functional squads
• Payment Systems: Prior experience with payment platforms or fintech systems
• Certifications: AWS Solutions Architect, Developer, or DevOps certifications