Python Developer - 1071

DETAILS
Location: Los Altos, CA
Position Type: Direct Hire/Perm or long term contract
Residency Requirements: US Citizens and all other parties authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply

Our client is looking for an experienced and motivated developer/key contributor to work on their back-end technology stack, from the data storage and access layer, to APIs and integrations.

Responsibilities

Drive technical designs for adding or updating product features, collaborating with product, QA and other engineering team members
Participate in planning and estimation, communicate progress and proactively raise issues and blockers.
Implement high-quality code and unit tests, working closely with QA to ensure changes are production-ready before they are deployed.
Take ownership for deploying and productionalizing our back-end stack.

TECHNICAL SKILLS
5+ years’ experience with the following skill sets…

At least 5+ years back-end experience delivering scalable, highly-available services in a Linux environment
Expert hands on experience in Python development
Well versed in working with Flask or Django frameworks
Guru in SQL databases (Postgres/MySQL/MariaDB/etc.)
Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Desired experience

Postgres and Redis data stores
Elasticsearch or similar full-text search engines
Deploying and running services in AWS