GitHub Projects to Showcase Your AWS Skills

Demonstrate Your Real-World Cloud Expertise to Employers, Clients, and the Open Source Community

Creating and showcasing AWS-based projects on GitHub is one of the most powerful ways to build your reputation, especially if you’re:

• A student entering the cloud industry
• A job seeker preparing for interviews
• A freelancer looking to win AWS-related contracts
• An engineer preparing for certification validation

Why GitHub + AWS Projects Matter

High-Impact AWS Project Ideas for GitHub

1. Scalable Serverless Blog Backend

• Tech Stack: Lambda + API Gateway + DynamoDB + S3
• Highlights:
  • REST API for blog posts
  • Secure CRUD operations
  • Comment moderation via Lambda
  • Store images in S3 with pre-signed URLs
  • Optional: Use Cognito for user auth

2. E-Commerce Product Search with Elasticsearch

• Tech Stack: EC2 + OpenSearch (Elasticsearch) + S3 + API Gateway
• Highlights:
  • Upload products to S3
  • Lambda parses and indexes data in OpenSearch
  • Query by name, category, price, etc.
  • Add visual dashboard using CloudWatch

3. Multi-AZ Web Application with RDS

• Tech Stack: VPC + EC2 + ALB + Auto Scaling + RDS (MySQL)
• Highlights:
  • Secure VPC with public/private subnets
  • Auto Scaling for high availability
  • DB placed in private subnet only
  • Sample app with login/session + data

4. Cloud Resume Challenge (Extended)

• Tech Stack: S3 + Route 53 + CloudFront + Lambda + DynamoDB + GitHub Actions
• Highlights:
  • Static resume hosted on S3 with SSL
  • Page view count from Lambda → DynamoDB
  • GitHub Actions deploys on commit
  • Show infrastructure as code with Terraform/CDK

5. Real-Time Chat App with WebSockets on AWS

• Tech Stack: Lambda + API Gateway WebSocket + DynamoDB
• Highlights:
  • Real-time bi-directional messaging
  • Store messages in DynamoDB
  • Track user connections using streams

🧱 Suggested GitHub Repo Structure

aws-project-name/
├── README.md
├── architecture/
│   ├── diagram.png
│   └── architecture.txt
├── infrastructure/
│   ├── cloudformation.yaml or cdk-app/
├── src/
│   └── main-app-code.js
├── scripts/
│   └── deploy.sh
├── test/
├── .github/
│   └── workflows/ci-cd.yml
└── LICENSE

aws-project-name/
├── README.md
├── architecture/
│   ├── diagram.png
│   └── architecture.txt
├── infrastructure/
│   ├── cloudformation.yaml or cdk-app/
├── src/
│   └── main-app-code.js
├── scripts/
│   └── deploy.sh
├── test/
├── .github/
│   └── workflows/ci-cd.yml
└── LICENSE

📘 README.md should include:

• Architecture overview
• Live demo (if possible)
• Setup instructions
• AWS services used
• Screenshots or diagrams
• Learning outcomes

🏆 Bonus Project Ideas (For Intermediate–Advanced Roles)

How to Present AWS Projects on GitHub

✅ Use descriptive titles:

“📦 AWS Serverless REST API with Lambda + DynamoDB”

✅ Add skill tags in README:

#AWS #Lambda #DevOps #CloudFormation

✅ Include deployment scripts or IaC

So recruiters can see your automation level

✅ Link your projects to blog posts or demo videos

Helps explain your thought process

✅ Keep project commits clean and meaningful

e.g., feat: added IAM role for Lambda, not just update

🧑‍💼 What Recruiters and Clients Look For

🌐 Promote Your Projects

• Link from your LinkedIn profile (“Featured” section)
• Add project titles to your resume with GitHub links
• Write Medium/Dev.to blog posts to walk through projects
• Tag AWS services in GitHub repo topics
• Join #100DaysOfCloud and share daily learnings