Senior Python Developer

Description:

As a Senior Python Developer, you will support the design and development of components and solutions for a global testing platform. This platform is intended to be used on autonomous vehicles and advanced control systems, cloud-connected features, and integration of consumer electronic technologies,

Lead Python SME on team driving effective development of solutions. Design and implement software features to meet desired user experience, functional and security requirements, coordinating efforts with product owner and development leads.

Create, maintain, and contribute to documentation. Write and maintain automated unit tests and ensure test coverage meets agreed upon standards. Mentor Junior developers. Perform code reviews and merge requests as needed. Communicate with internal and external stakeholders and technical experts to support project execution.

Key skills/ Experience Needed

Proven track record working on distributed web software systems at scale. Proven experience architecting and developing scalable backend systems. Applied experience with backend development technologies using modern frameworks such as Flask/Quart.

Experience on design and maintenance of database systems - Postgres & Redis. Applied experience in RESTful API design in cloud platforms. Applied experience with Unix/Linux shell scripting. Proven experience with a range of cloud providers such as GCP & AWS.

Experience with iterative and incremental development on product-focused teams, leading and conducting code quality reviews and implementation of best practices. Excellent knowledge and applied experience of version control systems (e.g GitLab) and modern version control for use in continuous deployments. Strong architectural mindset, thinking about design before implementation.

Good to have: Knowledge of Agile/Scrum and associated tools such as Jira, confluence. Experience in Behaviour Driven Development & Gherkin.