AWS Java Developer

Job description

Job Summary:

Senior developer with the following skills and experience. Strong communication and collaboration skills key for working in DevOps culture with ability to guide team members, when needed. Growth mindset.

Essential Skills:

Core AWS Services: Proficiency / understanding of key AWS services listed below:

- S3

- Athena

- Glue

- Lambda

- DynamoDB

- OpenSearch

- CloudFormation

- API Gateway

- ECS

- CloudWatch

Programming and Core Services:

• Fluency in Kotlin/Java, NodeJS, TypeScript

• SQL

Databases

Experience with SQL, and NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB

Security – strong understanding of security principles within the AWS environment, including RBAC and the principle of least privilege, storing credentials securely using Secrets Manager/KMS, and handling sensitive data such as email addresses and tokens securely.

CI/CD – Building and managing continuous integration and delivery pipelines is a key skill. Experience with Git and GitHub Actions

Workflow Management – Understanding of services like Amazon Step Functions to Implement complex workflows - Desirable

Containers – experience of working with Docker and ECS

Good understanding of DevOps / DevSecOps concepts

Other Skills

Monitoring and debugging – familiarity with tools like Datadog

Familiarity with Angular framework

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Leeds

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

16-01-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English