Python Software Developer

Role & responsibilities

Youll join a team building a secure, cloud-native entitlement management platform that integrates with Okta and other identity providers. Were looking for a true backend engineer someone who designs robust APIs, understands concurrency, and builds scalable, modular systems. While Python is our stack (FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, PostgreSQL), we value strong engineers first. If you have experience in backend systems written in Java, Go, or another modern language, youll ramp up quickly.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and implement backend services and RESTful APIs with FastAPI (or equivalent frameworks) •

Design secure, multi-environment integrations with identity providers (Okta, SAML/OAuth) and manage secrets with AWS Secrets Manager •

Write and maintain schemas (Pydantic/ORM) for validation and serialization •

Optimize PostgreSQL schema design, queries, and migrations (Alembic) •

Build modular helper libraries for API, cache, and storage logic •

Contribute to CI/CD, containerization, and deployments (Docker, GitHub Actions) •

Participate in architectural discussions, code reviews, and documentation

Preferred candidate profile

Core Engineering

Proven backend engineering expertise in Python, Go, Java, or another modern language

Advanced knowledge of async programming, concurrency, threading/multiprocessing, and memory management •

Strong API design, error handling, and validation practices •

Security-focused mindset (authentication, authorization, IAM, secrets management) •

Experience with distributed systems and multi-environment deployment

Stack-Specific (preferred but learnable

Python 3.10+, FastAPI/Flask, SQLAlchemy •

PostgreSQL, Alembic •

AWS (Secrets Manager, IAM, Lambda, ECS/EKS) •

Docker, GitHub Actions, Git

Good to Have

Okta API, OAuth2, SAML

Advanced Pydantic settings/configuration management

Cache management strategies (TTLCache, cache-busting)

Experience packaging libraries (poetry or equivalent)

What the role is not

Writing one-off AWS Lambda functions or basic JSON-to-queue scripts.

A glue code role were building systems, not just wiring events together