Python Developer

Core Responsibilities:

As a Engineer II, you will bring a high level of technical knowledge as well as strong mentoring abilities. You will be counted on as a leader in your technology space as you contribute to all areas of development and operations (pre-production to production). You will work closely with a Technology Manager, using your experience and knowledge to guide a team of Engineers though their day-to-day process, and provide a central escalation point for production concerns. You will be part of an Agile production release team and may perform on-call support functions as needed. As a Senior Engineer I, you would be a primary caretaker of production systems and would maintain a deep understanding of how delivered products are functioning.

• Are a main contributor in Agile ceremonies
• Provide mentorship and facilitate engineering training for a team of Engineers
• Perform and delegate engineering assignments to ensure production readiness is maintained
• Conduct research to aid in product troubleshooting and optimization efforts
• Conduct research to guide product development and tools selection
• Provide an escalation point and participate in on-call support rotations
• Actively monitor key metrics and report on trends
• Participate in our Engineering Community of Practice
• Contribute to engineering automation, management or development of production level systems
• Contribute to project engineering design and standards verification
• Perform reliability monitoring and support as needed to ensure products meet guest expectations

Qualifications:

• Completed Bachelor’s degree or diploma (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Software Engineering or Software Architecture preferred; candidates with substantial and relevant industry experience are also eligible
• 8-10 years of engineering experience
• Ability to learn, understand, and work quickly with new emerging technologies, methodologies, and solutions in the Cloud/IT technology space
• Advanced understanding of web technologies (HTTP, SSL, Headers, Cookies, TCP, Caching)
• Knowledge of CI/CD principles and best-practices.
• Experience working with bug tracking and task management software such as JIRA, Bugzilla, etc.
• Experience developing solutions for retail or eCommerce businesses and other relevant domains such as manufacturing & logistics, supply chain, or corporate shared services
• Ability to assume the leadership/mentorship of Engineers
• Experience with modern front-end frameworks such as React, Angular
• Proficiency in Python for building backend services, automation, and API development
• Experience with integrating or extending SaaS platforms (e.g. Backstage)
• Experience with AWS cloud and IAC knowledge (Terraform)
• Experience with day-to-day tools such as Jira, PagerDuty, ServiceNow is nice to have

Must Haves:

• Acknowledge the presence of choice in every moment and take personal responsibility for your life.
• Possess an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovate to achieve great results.
• Communicate with honesty and kindness and create the space for others to do the same.
• Lead with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of failure.
• Foster connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships.
• Integrate fun and joy as a way of being and working, aka doesn’t take yourself too seriously.