Senior Python Engineer with AWS and Database Experience

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll be working hand in hand with other engineers in developing API endpoints and services that proxy requests to various other applications and connecting the dots and filling in gaps between existing and new tooling used across departments that track key growth metrics. This position requires a candidate with strong AWS and Database skills and 3-5 years experience with Python. This position is a contract-to-hire role.

In your first 3 months, you will…

• Be writing code, developing tests, and debugging in agile environment
• Attending daily scrums
• Own research and trouble shooting for on-deck tickets from submission through close
• Own documentation and playbook of changes/solutions implemented
• Ability to perform knowledge spikes independently
• Contribute to dynamic engineering work driven by VA needs
• Give input on high level architecture decisions, and communicate those decisions to other developers on the team
• Attend and participate in video meetings with internal, partner, and client teams

In your first 6 months, you will…

• Proactively build relationships with cross-department teams, partners, vendors, and clients
• Make meaningful architectural choices based on careful evaluation and prior knowledge of solutions that work
• Identify, test, and overcome challenges related to scaling platform ability to process and send millions of messages daily

In your first year, you will…

• Contribute to build of communication system for a national notification platform that enables the VA to streamline various tools for different branches and divisions of the VA and standardize messaging across platforms

You will thrive in this role, if you…

• Significant professional experience working in Python and AWS
• Experience working with Flask, ECS, Resilient Lambdas, Que Management, and SNS
• Worked on a complex, high-traffic site or platform, ideally with large amounts of data in agile environment
• Familiarity with CSS, Datadog, BigQuery, and Docker
• Are Humble, collaborative, experimental, and a self starter
• Have bias for action and learning over perfection
• Have excellent communication skills, with an ability to explain ideas clearly, give and receive feedback, and work well with team members
• Work well in a fast-paced development environment with testing, continuous integration and multiple daily deploys
• Take a logical approach to problem solving that combines analytical thinking and intuition

Requirements

• Willing and able to obtain low-level federal clearance
• Available during core hours of 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM EST
• Preferable to have a GitHub (or similar code repo) with Python code authored by the candidate

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Training & Development
• Work From Home