An experienced Software Developer / Independent Contractor with a track record of designing & building web-applications utilising Amazon Web Services. Key strengths: extensive experience of Python software development using frameworks including Flask & Django to build complex web applications; expertise across the full software development lifecycle from inception through development & delivery to providing in-service support; strong technical skills, bridging the gap between business & technical teams to translate business requirements into best-in-class technical solutions; designing & building prototypes or minimum viable products (MVP), to demonstrate application capabilities, securing business and stakeholder buy in for full implementation; and a superior knowledge of Amazon Web Services to build out web applications including EC2, RDS, API Gateway, Lambda, ECS Fargate, SNS & SQS. Technical Appendix Languages: Python, TypeScript, HTML and CSS Frameworks: Python, Flask, Django, SQL Alchemy, boto3, Celery,TypeScript: Angular 4+ and RxJS Databases: MySQL, Postgres and Mongo Amazon Web Services: EC2, Lambda, API Gateway, X-Ray, SNS, S3, RDS, Elasticache, ElasticSearch, Cognito, ECS Fargate container orchestration, Application Loader Balancer, CodeBuild, ECR and Infrastructure as code (IaC) using CloudFormation. Linux Administration: Debian, Amazon Linux AMI, Docker container orchestration, nginx and Xen Server virtualisation. Collaboration Tools: JIRA and Confluence Other: Source Code Management using Git and Command line proficiency, with 3rd party platforms i.e. GitLab and GitHub.