Python Developer

Job Description

Position: Senior Software Engineer, Python

Reports To: VP of Engineering

Location: India

Responsibilities and Duties

• Add support for new platforms to our existing products and develop new products.
• Develop and review designs, code, unit tests, system tests, and documentation.
• Collaborate in root cause analysis; diagnose, isolate, and fix software problems.
• Create backend applications using primarily Python
• Demonstrate your work product to your team.
• Identify and correct issues that impact performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Investigate and develop skills in new technologies.

Characteristics

• Extensive knowledge of Python for asynchronous, backend application development
• Working knowledge of the software development lifecycle to include agile methodologies, code quality, and continuous integration/continuous delivery.
• Driven to build modern systems that emphasize user performance and scalibility
• A team player, who sees software quality as your responsibility
• Excellent writing and written/verbal communication skills.
• An eagerness to learn, explore and introduce new technologies.
• On-call shifts may be required

Education & Experience

• 8+ years work experience in software engineering with considerable experience programming in Python (or similar object-oriented language) with a focus on asynchronous programming
• Experience with API development, and ideally data ingestion
• Prior work on distributed systems, and event-driven architecture knowledge is a big plus and will be very helpful on your day to day.
• Experience with Docker and Jenkins (or similar CI toolset)
• Dedication to contributing unit tests and other testware with product code.
• Experience consuming RESTful interfaces and implementing security good practices
• Familiarity with NoSQL databases and ElasticSearch/OpenSearch, and knowledge of cloud computing platforms is a plus