Software Engineer San Francisco, CA; updated

We are seeking a mid-level Software Engineer with strong Python experience to join our growing engineering team. You will design, build, and maintain scalable applications and services, collaborate cross-functionally, and help drive best practices in coding, testing, and deployment.

This role is ideal for an engineer who is comfortable working in fast-moving environments and is passionate about building high-quality software.

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services, APIs, and data pipelines using Python.
• Migrate and convert existing SAS code to Python, ensuring functionality and performance parity.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to define requirements and deliver solutions.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback.
• Debug, troubleshoot, and improve application performance and reliability.
• Contribute to architectural discussions and implementation strategies.
• Help automate workflows and improve development processes.
• Maintain documentation of systems, workflows, and features.
• Support production systems and participate in on‑call rotations (if applicable).

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Candidates must be based within 1 hour commuting proximity to our office in the San Francisco Peninsula
• 3–5 years of professional software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Python and familiarity with frameworks such as Django, Flask, or FastAPI.
• Experience building RESTful or Graph
  
  QL APIs.
• Solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, OOP.
• Experience with relational and/or No
  
  SQL databases (e.g., Postgre
  
  SQL, MySQL, Mongo
  
  DB).
• Familiarity with version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Ability to write unit/integration tests.
• Excellent problem‑solving and communication skills.

• Experience with AWS services (Lambda, EC2, Dynamo
  
  DB, S3, API Gateway, etc.).
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Data pipeline or ETL experience.
• Experience with Terraform for infrastructure as code.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools.
• Experience with SAS.
• Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodologies.

$70 - $80 per hour

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