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Live API
Make this concrete enough that another engineer can understand what you built and why.
CAREER PROJECT · Intermediate · 1 weekend
AWS Serverless API
Build a REST API with API Gateway and Lambda, least-privilege IAM and CloudWatch logs.
API GatewayLambdaIAMCloudWatchREST
DEFINITION OF DONE
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IAM policy notes
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Logs
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Tests
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Architecture diagram
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RESUME / PORTFOLIO FRAMING
Describe what you actually did.
Implemented a serverless AWS API with API Gateway, Lambda, least-privilege IAM and operational logging.
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STRETCH GOALS
Go deeper if the core is already solid.
Cognito auth
Add only if it strengthens the engineering story instead of delaying a finished, deployable core.
Throttling
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X-Ray tracing
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