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: • HashiCorp 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, TypeScript, JavaScript • 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 GitHub • 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