Backend Software Engineer – Python/Postgres : Enveritas

Job Description

You will contribute to major feature planning and development, both independently and in collaboration with your teammates.Implement new features on our core platforms, Jebena and Sini. You’ll participate in long-term planning and product roadmaps, collaborate with product managers on writing specs for the team to implement, and develop features from specs. You should be comfortable collaborating with non-Engineering teams to understand their feature needs.

A lion’s share of your time will be spent working with Python and PostgreSQL to add features to our internal platforms.

Maintenance and enhancements of existing code. You’ll work with other engineers to triage and resolve incoming issues (we use Sentry).

Manage AWS services. In tandem with our Head of IT, a part of this role includes helping manage our AWS account, including reviewing our CI/CD setup and proposing ways to further automate and secure our setup, including expanding our usage of Terraform.

Qualifications

Strong ability to present and explain complex ideas clearly to non-technical colleagues.

Demonstrated ability to apply design patterns for creating modular and efficient software, with the ability to teach others how to solve architectural problems.

Extensive experience with Python, including developing applications and complex data processing tasks. Familiarity with Django or Flask.

Advanced experience with PostgreSQL, including query optimization, joins, stored procedures, and performance tuning.

Practical experience with Linux, Bash scripting, Docker containers, and AWS services (EC2, RDS, CloudFront).

A minimum of five years of full-time professional experience as a backend software engineer.

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent training in the principles of software engineering.