Software Engineer; Full Stack Python

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:
• Hashi Corp 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, Type Script, Java Script  
• 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 Git Hub
• 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