Software Engineer (Full Stack Python)
Location: Dallas, TX (Onsite)
Fulltime / Contract
Salary/Pay rate: Market- DOE
Start: immediate
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