The AWS toolkit for JetBrains works with PyCharm and uses the AWS Serverless Application Model(AWS SAM) to develop/model applications and resources on a local environment by using the docker. It's powered by the SAM CLI.
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/serverless-application-model/latest/developerguide/serverless-sam-cli-install.html https://docs.aws.amazon.com/toolkit-for-jetbrains/latest/userguide/setup-toolkit.html