Senior Python Developer

Job description

Andela is a network of technology leaders dedicated to advancing human potential. We help companies build high-performing distributed engineering teams by investing in the world’s most talented software engineers.

Our Andelan Data Engineers are masters of consistent execution. They reliably deliver technical and professional value to our teams and our partners.

What You’ll Do

• Use your knowledge in your core technology to delight our clients around the world.
• Be responsible for the coding standards, conduct, and deliverables of your fast-paced, distributed, teams, by proactively communicating and prioritizing effectively.

Specifically, you’ll:

• Use your knowledge in your core technology to delight our partners around the world.
• Mentor and onboard junior engineers, by consistently displaying sound judgment, setting expectations, and working effectively, both independently and as part of a global team.
• Collaborate excellently with peers and stakeholders in fast-paced distributed teams, through a love of constructive feedback, dedication, and universal respect.

What You’ll Get

• Competitive compensation
• Opportunity to work with the brightest minds inside and outside of your field
• A chance to change the world for the better

A minimum of 2+ years of professional experience, during which you’ve built technical expertise and professionalism.

Responsibilities:

• Design, scope, and implement technical solutions that scale across multiple web applications
• Collaboratively define and prioritize projects and tasks
• Drive thoughtful conversations around technical issues and opportunities
• Review code and provide thoughtful, constructive feedback for your team and the community
• Triage, reproduce and debug technical support requests, bugs, and feature requests reported by users in our Issues on our website.
• Provide compassionate technical leadership, mentorship, pairing opportunities, and code reviews to encourage the growth of others

Qualifications:

• Strong written communication skills
• 2+ years experience as a full-time professional coder using Python.
• Experience team leading/management.
• Experience working asynchronously on a remote, distributed team (does not have to be a professional experience – preferable)
• Ability to draw on both system design and software engineering concepts and blend those perspectives pragmatically based on project needs
• Experience building highly available services at scale