Python (Backend) - Senior Developer

Annalect is currently seeking a back-end developer to join our Technology team. In this role, you will help grow our microservices and API layer which sit atop our Big Data infrastructure. We are passionate about building distributed back-end systems in a modular and reusable way. We're looking for people who have a shared passion for data and desire to build cool, maintainable and high-quality applications to use this data. In this role you will participate in shaping our technical architecture, design and development of software products, collaborate with back-end developers from other tracks, research and evaluation of new technical solutions, and helping to elevate the skills of more junior developers.

• Designing, building, testing and deploying scalable, reusable and maintainable applications that handle large amounts of data
• Growing our API layer: author, update, and debug API microservices; contribute to API design and architecture
• Perform code reviews and provide leadership and guidance to junior developers
• Ability to learn and teach new technologies

• 5+ years of solid coding experience working in Python
• Demonstrated proficiency with RESTful APIs (data caching, JWT auth, API load testing, RAML), and production use of a python API framework
• Fluency with Linux/Unix Systems and in bash
• Excellent grasp of microservices, containers (Docker), container orchestration (Kubernetes), serverless computing (AWS Lambda) and distributed/scalable systems
• Proven history of mentoring junior developers to improve overall team effectiveness
• Passion for writing good documentation and creating architecture diagrams
• Experience processing and analyzing large data sets. Extensive history working with data and databases (SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora, Redis, Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery)
• Rigorous approach to testing (unit testing, functional testing, integration testing)
• Understanding of critical API security best practices
• Ability to profile, identify, debug, and fix performance bottlenecks in application and database layers with modern tooling
• Strong proficiency in conducting PR reviews and helping to maintain a high-quality code base
• Knowledge of git, with understanding of branching, how to manage conflicts, and pull requests