Python Developer

Job Description:

Client is the world’s largest professional network, built to help members of all backgrounds and experiences achieve more in their careers. Our vision is to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Every day our members use our products to make connections, Client opportunities, build skills, and gain insights. We believe amazing things happen when we work together in an environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging, and that what matters most in a candidate is having the skills needed to succeed. It inspires us to invest in our talent and support career growth. Join us to challenge yourself with work that matters.

We trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can both work from home and commute to a Client's office, depending on what’s best for you and when it is important for your team to be together

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will develop and operate mission critical services and applications that are used customers and employees worldwide.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the technical design, implementation, and deployment of software solutions

• Coordinate and lead cross-functional teams, ensuring that projects are successfully executed meeting Client’s standards for quality software engineering

• Design and ship high volume of elegant code with foresight to avoid performance, scalability, usability, maintainability, availability and testability issues.

• Maintain understanding of latest technologies and tools and leverage them to improve existing products and services.

• Identify opportunities within the team for potential leverage and reuse by developing libraries, APIs, and shared services

• Assist in the onboarding and ramp-up of new engineers

• Contribute towards the definition of product and technical roadmaps

Basic Qualifications:

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or related field

• 4+ years of software engineering experience

• 2+ years of Python experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven track record of developing large-scale highly available services and systems in either Java or Python.

• Working experience in the development as well as consumption of Web Services APIs (JSON / XML / RPC)

• Working experience of build systems, databases, and Linux-based infrastructures

• Working Cloud experience (Azure, AWS, etc.) would be preferred

• Demonstrated understanding of Computer Science fundamentals

• Demonstrated understanding of architectural models and technology stack used for developing highly scalable and highly available web applications and systems

• Demonstrated communication skills, both written and verbal

• Understanding of Agile Software Development methodologies

• Experience developing mobile applications a bonus

Suggested Skills:

• Developer

• Communication

• Collaboration