Job Description

Senior Back-End Developer (Python)
Development Team

We are looking for a Senior Back-End Developer with 5+ years of Python software development to join our US-based client team of data scientists and developers. The client leverages AI to solve today’s hardest business challenges with a focus on making the world a better place through consulting services and applications that improve care, enhance discoveries, and enable data-driven decisions.

The client team comprises creative and results-focused individuals who excel at solving real-world problems. Their diverse backgrounds bring technology and expertise from various disciplines including neuroscience, physics, engineering, computational biology, genomics, mathematics, and computer science.

Responsibilities

• Participate in new product development, deployment, and integration projects
• Develop prototypes, code innovative solutions, and evaluate new technologies
• Develop tools, frameworks, and platforms that will either support the data science and data engineering consulting services or become software products
• Interface with data scientists and management to build products that meet market demands
• Own responsibility for ongoing data architecture
• Participate in code reviews and maintain standards throughout the SDLC process
• Write product and support documentation
• Develop and execute software test plans
• Identify and correct reported product issues
• Provide guidance and expertise for data science, support, and services teams 
• Mentor teammates and provide constructive feedback on design choices and code

Required Experience

• University degree or equivalent education (technical or engineering degree is optimal) 
• Excellent English communication skills  
• 5+ years of Python and Go (or C++) experience 
• Strong software engineering skills; well versed in OOP + SOLID 
• Experience with productionized AI/ML systems 
• Broad Google Cloud Platform experience 
• Strong understanding of data stores and their tradeoffs as well as ability to use a broad range of databases (e.g., Relational, Key-Value, Document, Object, Graph) 
• Strong understanding of big data tooling within the cloud (e.g., Redshift, Snowflake, BigQuery, Synapse, Athena, and S3/GCS/ADLS) 
• Strong understanding of DevOps lifecycle, code best practices, and technologies (e.g., Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, Jenkins, and related toolsets) 
• Good understanding of MLOps, ML best practices, and technologies (e.g., SageMaker, MLflow, Kubeflow, DVC, Argo+Polyaxon+Seldon, and Argo) 
• Strong project and product management experience including using and guiding Agile development practices 
• Strong collaborative personality with experience working in dynamic startup environment 
• Experience and ability to work remotely 
• Trustworthy, team-oriented, and transparent

 

Desired Experience

• Programming experience in JavaScript, Scala, Ruby on Rails, or MATLAB 
• Experience with AWS and Microsoft Azure as well as hybrid on-prem deployments 
• Experience with Continuous Integration/Delivery (CI/CD)

 

Additional Information

• This is a permanent position
• Typical week is 40-45 hours, Monday – Friday
• Country of residence National Holiday schedule
• 15 days Paid Time Off

• Start: ASAP