Python Developer Full-time

Location: Atlanta, GA / Reston, VA
Job Type: Full-time
Experience: 6 10 years of software development experience, including 5 8+ years on the appropriate platform
Role: Python Developer

Job Description

We are seeking a Python Developer with 6 10 years of software development experience, a solid IT background, and experience as an application developer on projects of similar scope and responsibility. This role will independently design and deliver robust AWS-based data engineering solutions for analytics and data product use cases.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable ETL and data pipelines using Python, PySpark, and AWS services.
• Develop and manage workflows using Glue, Lambda, and Step Functions.
• Build event-driven integrations using SNS, SQS, and related AWS services.
• Design and optimize data lake and warehouse solutions using S3, Athena, and Redshift.
• Write and tune high-performance SQL for complex transformations and reporting.
• Design and implement data validation, monitoring, logging, alerting, and error-handling frameworks.
• Design and support API-based and JSON-based integrations across internal and external systems.
• Troubleshoot operational issues, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.
• Contribute to documentation, deployment automation, and engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and mentor junior team members where needed.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• 6 10 years of software development experience, with 5 8+ years on the appropriate platform.
• Solid IT background and experience.
• Experience as an application developer on projects similar in scope and responsibility.
• Strong expertise in Python, PySpark, and SQL.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services such as Glue, Redshift, RDS, Lambda, Step Functions, SNS, SQS, S3, Athena, EMR, CloudWatch, and CloudTrail.
• Experience with enterprise data lakes, data warehouses, data marts, and big data environments.
• Strong understanding of ETL best practices, data quality, and operational support.
• Experience with APIs, JSON, and cloud-based data integration patterns.
• Familiarity with GitLab, Terraform, CI/CD, and AWS developer tools.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with DynamoDB, EC2, ECS, and Batch.
• Exposure to data migration and cloud modernization programs.
• Experience guiding junior developers on implementation best practices.
• Familiarity with the Secondary mortgage industry is preferred.
• Good understanding of performance engineering of code pipelines and near real-time systems.
• Good understanding of Agents and MCP.