Senior Software Engineer with Python FastAPI, React & Cloud Security

Description:

Writes, tests, and documents technical work products (e.g., code, scripts, processes) according to organizational standards and practices

Devotes time to raising the quality and craftsmanship of products and systems

Conducts root cause analysis to identify domain level problems and prescribes action items to mitigate

Designs self-contained systems within a team's domain, and leads implementations of significant capabilities in existing systems

Coaches team members in the execution of techniques to improve reliability, resiliency, security, and performance

Decomposes intricate and interconnected designs into implementations that can be effectively built and maintained by less experienced engineers

Anticipates trouble areas in systems under development and guides the team in instrumentation practices to ensure observability and supportability

Defines test suites and instrumentation that ensures targets for latency and availability are being consistently met in production

Leads through example by prioritizing the closure of open vulnerabilities

Evaluates potential attack surfaces in systems under development, identifies best practices to mitigate, and guides teams in their implementation

Leads team in the identification of small batches of work to delivery the highest value quickly

Ensures reuse is a first class consideration in all team implementations and is a passionate advocate for broad reusability

Formally mentors teammates and helps guide them to and along needed learning journeys

Observes their environment and identifies opportunities for introducing new approaches to problems

Top requirements:

HashiCorp Vault/ AWS Secrets Management/ Azure Key Vault experience 5 to 7 years of full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) experience designing, developing, and implementing large-scale applications (front-end and back-end development) 5+ years with Python and proficiency with FastAPI 5+ years with Restful web services

Nice to have:

5+ years with React, TypeScript, JavaScript Proficiency in object-oriented design techniques and principles 3+ years with Terraform and Vault 3+ years of professional, design, and open-source experience 3+ years with git and GitHub 3+ years of working in Windows and Linux operating systems (cloud, midrange, distributed), including shell scripting Proficient w/ database and persistence frameworks: PostgreSQL, Object/Relational Mapping, Query performance tuning Proficient with Cloud platform such as Azure Willing to work onsite 3x a week. Virtual and In Person interview.