Aws Backend Developer At Insight Global - $100,000 - $300,000 A Year
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Summary
Backend developer role (via Insight Global) building and operating production REST APIs in Node.js/TypeScript on AWS serverless — Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, SNS/SQS, ECS — with strong API design, 80%+ test coverage discipline, security patterns, and daily use of AI coding tools. On-site in Winnipeg; $100k–$300k/yr.
5+ years building and operating production REST APIs in Node.Js & TypeScriptHands-on
AWS serverless
experience — Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, CloudWatch, IAM, SNS, SQS, Glue, ECS — built and run in production, not just in tutorialsStrong
REST API design skills
— resource modeling, HTTP semantics, versioning, idempotency, and OpenAPI/Swagger contract authoringDaily proficiency with
AI-assisted coding tools
— GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor, or similar — using them to accelerate development while owning every line committedSolid
testing discipline
— writes tests as part of development using Mocha/Chai/Sinon or Jest, targets 80%+ coverage across branches, functions, and linesProduct mindset
— understands the business impact of the APIs they build, thinks about consumer experience, reliability, and value delivery — not just technical correctnessFamiliar with
security patterns
in regulated environments — encrypted secrets, least-privilege IAM, input validation, private networkingExperience with
AWS CDK or CloudFormation
for infrastructure-as-code is a strong plusFinancial services domain background is a plus
AWS serverless
experience — Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, CloudWatch, IAM, SNS, SQS, Glue, ECS — built and run in production, not just in tutorialsStrong
REST API design skills
— resource modeling, HTTP semantics, versioning, idempotency, and OpenAPI/Swagger contract authoringDaily proficiency with
AI-assisted coding tools
— GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor, or similar — using them to accelerate development while owning every line committedSolid
testing discipline
— writes tests as part of development using Mocha/Chai/Sinon or Jest, targets 80%+ coverage across branches, functions, and linesProduct mindset
— understands the business impact of the APIs they build, thinks about consumer experience, reliability, and value delivery — not just technical correctnessFamiliar with
security patterns
in regulated environments — encrypted secrets, least-privilege IAM, input validation, private networkingExperience with
AWS CDK or CloudFormation
for infrastructure-as-code is a strong plusFinancial services domain background is a plus