Job Responsibilities:

• Contribute hands-on to the backend architectural goals by participating in design discussions and following through with tested implementations

• Work closely with UX teams to collaboratively build new product features end to end

• Implement highly scalable service oriented applications in a dynamic agile environment

• Participate in Code reviews, product testing and root causing of issues with a collaborative team-oriented mindset

• Improve scalability and robustness of existing systems

• Implement security and data protection solutions

• Assess and prioritize feature requests

• Ability to transparently and clearly communicate task status and schedules
  

Requirements

• B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering or relevant field

• At least 5+ years of hands-on development and test experience with Python

• At least 5+ years of hands-on experience with Distributed Systems including strong understanding of Python 3.6+

• Python server side programming is a must

• Strong understanding of scalable Distributed systems, and REST APIs

• Proven track record to work in Test Driven environments with ability to clearly describe that record

• Proven experience building back-end components in Microservice architectures

• Expertise in one or more popular Python Web frameworks like Django, Flask or Pyramid

• Knowledge of RDBMS and/or NoSql technologies and object-relational mapping (ORM)

• Strong understanding of container technologies like Docker, Kubernetes

Bonus Points:

• Nice to have NodeJS, Java experience

• Nice to have experience with AWS

• Nice to have experience with Docker and Kubernetes technologies

• Deep knowledge of cloud services such as Amazon Web Services (AWS)

• Strong CS fundamentals

• Knowledgeable in building loosely coupled, highly cohesive code

• Experience designing APIs for consistency, simplicity, and extensibility.

• Agile experience with a strong emphasis on rapid prototyping and rigorous A/B testing

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