Sr Software Engineer, BE Python

Key voice in team level processes (e.g., code & design review)

Oversees projects, ensuring an accurate , complete, and operable solution is delivered, working with management as needed to fill gaps

Collaborates with product managers to understand & refine requirements

Serves as an expert to resolve technical inquiries of other employees

Follows well established internal conventions and standard procedures

Shares software development processes and standards with junior peers

Leverages awareness of industry peer solutions to inform and validate technical decisions

Anticipates consequences of implementation choices on future development and optimizes accordingly

Contributes to code & design

Own the performance and availability of the services as well as participate in on call rotations and provide support during incidences.

Has an appetite to learn and contribute to complex projects alongside your colleagues.

Bachelor’s and/or Masters in computer science , or a related field of study, or equivalent experience

5 plus years’ experience with Python or equivalent high-level programming language

Advanced skills with RDBMS and NoSQL data stores, caching solutions (e.g. Redis, ElastiCache , Hazelcast ) and messaging/queuing protocols/systems such as SQS/ Kafka/RabbitMQ/Pulsar

+ years' experience operating distributed applications 24x7x365 Deep hands-on experience with designing and implementing infrastructure to support global-scale services Hands-on experience with IaaS and PaaS solutions from AWS (or similar cloud provider): Infrastructure as code (AWS CLI, AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, GHA, Puppet) Hands-on programming and scripting (Lambda, API GW, Python, Java, Bash) Hands-on experience with database operations: AWS DynamoDB, AWS DocumentDB, Cassandra, MySQL, AWS Aurora, Redis, ElasticSearch Experience mentoring and developing engineers Strong communication skills with the ability to understand and explain technical issues AWS Solutions Architect preferred

Competency in comparing the qualities of multiple implementation choices, including nonfunctional characteristics .

Understands runtime environment concepts ( e.g Linux OS, Java Virtual Machine , python runtime ) and behavior and can incorporate to predict performance characteristics of implementation choices.

Experience with distributed services and backend systems

Experience with building services on public cloud – preferably AWS . Alternatives , GCP, Azure

Experience in managing infrastructure as code using Terraform

Experience working with fault-tolerant and scalable distributed services and systems.

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