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• A strong understanding of the core AWS services and their functionalities, like EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud), S3 (Simple Storage Service), RDS (Relational Database Service), Lambda, IAM (Identity and Access Management). They should be familiar with the AWS console and command-line interface.
• Proficiency in at least one backend programming language such as Java, Python, PHP, C# or Ruby.
• Experience working with APIs.
• Knowledge of Amazon technologies like Redshift, Dynamo, and ECS.
• Proficiency in infrastructure as code tools like AWS CloudFormation or Terraform, to provision and manage AWS resource in a scalable way.
• Experience building serverless applications and can optimise serverless architectures. AWS offers serverless computing capabilities through services like AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and DynamoDB.
• A good understanding of networking concepts within AWS, including VPC (Virtual Private Cloud), subnets, security groups, and routing. Additional, familiarity with AWS security best practices, including encryption, access control, and monitoring, would be beneficial.
• Experience with deployment tools like AWS Elastic Beanstalk, CodeDeploy, or ECS (Elastic Container Service). Experience with AWS OpsWorks or AWS Systems Manager for configuration management is a plus.
• AWS monitoring and logging services like CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and X-Ray, and able to set up monitoring alerts, log aggregation, and performance analysis in AWS environments.

You can broaden your hiring net by looking at cloud engineers in general, such as Azure and Google Cloud, although upskilling would be needed if they haven’t worked with AWS before.

AWS developer salaries can vary widely depending on company size, industry, individual experience and skills, as well as type of work. These factors all influence the salary a company will offer to a prospective hire.

That said, check out our detailed breakdown for AWS developer salaries in South Africa.

View our developer salary hub for more salary information, including programming languages, industry and frameworks.

To put together a job description for an AWS developer, check out our guide on creating a role scorecard here, and use our downloadable scorecard template. When it comes to adding required skills to your job description, check out our list of key skills for AWS developers above.

By putting together a good role scorecard, it will be easier to come up with the practical definition of the right person for the role you are trying to fill. You are then ready to set up your public-facing job advert.

It's easier than ever to tap into a global pool of tech talent, and South Africa offers a thriving marketplace of developers. For employers, hiring AWS developers in South Africa provides several advantages:

• A large talent pool with an estimated 121 000 developers in the country.
• World-class quality with developers that code in widely-used languages and frameworks, and a growing line-up of successful tech startups.
• A diverse talent pool that helps to avoid groupthink and drive more profitable businesses.
• Lower employment costs comparing favourably to more expensive markets like the UK and the Netherlands.‍

Read more:

• Get more details on the benefits of hiring South African developers.
• Get additional South African developer hiring resources.
• Read about other hiring teams that successfully hired South African developers, like Albatros, TROOP, Equal Experts, and xneelo