Python Engineer

Role & responsibilities

Preferred candidate profile

Platform Engineering & Tooling

• Build Python-based platform tools, automation, and shared libraries supporting CI/CD optimization, observability, metrics collection, and developer productivity
• Develop backend services and API integrations for engineering dashboards (metrics, release health, test coverage, quality gates)
• Contribute to mock service infrastructure, service virtualization, and AI-assisted development tooling

Middleware & Backend Services

• Design, develop, and maintain Python middleware APIs and microservices on AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, ECS, DynamoDB, SQS)
• Build and optimize RESTful APIs using Python frameworks (FastAPI, Flask, or similar) with robust error handling, logging, and monitoring
• Collaborate with mobile developers on API contracts and schema evolution; contribute to infrastructure-as-code for deployments
• Participate in on-call support and incident response for production services

General

• Collaborate across mobile, QE, DevOps, and architecture teams in a SAFe agile environment
• Contribute to code reviews, technical documentation, design discussions, and knowledge sharing

Required Skills/Knowledge - Must Have skills

• Minimum 5 years of professional software engineering experience with Python as a primary language
• Strong experience building RESTful APIs and microservices using Python frameworks (FastAPI, Flask, Django REST)
• Solid experience with AWS cloud services (Lambda, API Gateway, ECS, S3, DynamoDB, SQS, CloudWatch)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools (Jenkins, CloudBees, Bitrise, GitHub Actions, or similar)
• Proficiency with relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Redis)
• Strong understanding of software design patterns, clean architecture, and SOLID principles
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration basics (Kubernetes/ECS)
• Proficiency with version control systems (Git, Bitbucket/GitHub)
• Experience writing unit tests, integration tests, and API tests (pytest, unittest)
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and experience working in SAFe or similar scaled frameworks
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills

Desired Skills/Knowledge

• Experience building internal developer tools, CLIs, or platform automation
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK)
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools (NewRelic, Splunk, CloudWatch, PagerDuty)
• Experience integrating with code quality and security scanning tools (SonarQube, Fortify, Nexus)
• Experience with service virtualization or mocking tools (WireMock, Postman)
• Familiarity with mobile app development ecosystems (iOS/Android build pipelines, app store APIs)
• Experience with event-driven architectures (Kafka, SQS, SNS)
• Experience with API contract testing and schema validation (Pact, OpenAPI/Swagger)
• Familiarity with AI/ML tooling or LLM integration for developer productivity
• Experience with data pipelines or ETL processes for metrics collection and reporting
• Experience with financial services applications and regulatory/compliance requirements
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills in distributed, multi-shore team environments
• Excellent technical communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Strong documentation skills for APIs, runbooks, and engineering guidelines