Position: Senior Python Backend Engineer
Company: MCHR
Category: Python
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper
Published: 2021-11-01T00:00:00+02:00

Senior Python Engineer

We're looking for a strong senior-level Python engineer. Headquartered in
Los Angeles, California, our company applies the latest technology and the best engineering
practices to help businesses grow. 

Project Details
Our client just raised a $50M series B round of funding and is looking to double the engineering
team in the next 6 months. It’s your chance to join a high-quality engineering team.

Text messaging adoption is growing rapidly. Now, an average person spends 23 hours a week
texting. The product is a text messaging automation software platform allowing E-Commerce
store owners to do most of their customer communication over text messaging as opposed to
old-school calls and emails.

Technology Stack
The technology stack is React.js on the front end with Redux Saga, Storybooks, slick-looking UI
with a custom design system, and an AI-powered conversation builder using the Canvas API.
The front end is powered by Python / Django backend API on top of a PostgreSQL database with
Kafka processing high throughput text messages at the scale of 10s of millions messages per
day. Soon we’ll be adding NoSQL and Kubernetes into the mix. 

Required Qualifications
1. 7+ years of full time hands-on backend experience.
2. 5+ years of full time hands-on experience with Python, Django (of Flask or FastAPI).
3. Ability to write clean, modular, scalable, well-tested code, setting an example for others.
4. Ability to lead by example, understand client’s goals, create and implement solutions to
achieve them in a team setting.
5. Experience working directly with a Product Manager, Designer, QA Engineer in a highly
collaborative and proactive way.
6. Strong knowledge of scalable backend API architecture, best practices, and tools.
7. Upper-intermediate to fluent speaking and writing English.
8. Experience with automated testing.
9. Clear understanding of the runtime complexity of the code being written.
10. Ability to think outside of the box and work on the same project long term with a high
degree of care.

Nice to haves
1. A formal Computer Science degree.
2. Working experience in a proper Agile / Scrum team environment.
3. Deep understanding of automated testing, ability to set up automated testing
frameworks, testing architecture, data seeding, mocking, and implementing best testing
practices.
4. Deep understanding of runtime complexity and memory complexity using Big O notation.
5. Growth stage startup experience.
6. Technical leadership experience.
7. Team management experience.
8. Open source contributions, presentations, and publications.