Lead Python Backend Engineer

About the position

The role of the Lead Serverless Backend Engineer is responsible for understanding requirements and leading the design and development of solutions under a serverless architecture model. The Serverless Backend Engineer reports directly to the Product Owner and the Chapter Leader.


 

• Build solutions from requirements received from product owner.


• Be able to work in agile environment.


• Able to build POC solutions and demonstrate/present.


• Maintain a stable server with zero downtime.


• Work with the product and design teams to understand end-user requirements, formulate use cases, and then translate that into a pragmatic and elective technical solution.


• Identify, prioritize and execute tasks in the software development life cycle.


• Develop tools and applications by producing clean, code.


• Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting.


• Review and debug code.


• Develop software solutions by studying information needs; conferring with users; studying systems flow, data usage and work processes; investigating problem areas; following the software development lifecycle.


• Determine operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development and proposed solutions.


• Mentor junior engineers.


• Collaborate with team to brainstorm and create new products.


• Be able to report on his work using agile tools such as JIRA.


• Be able to elaborate and document their work in confluence.


• Communicative and proactive.

• AWS components such as Lambda, SQS, Dynamo DB


• AWS API Gateway


• Terraform


• Python 3.9


• Pytest


• Knowledge of Rest API integrations


• OpenAPI, swagger


• GitHub actions for CI CD


• Docker and Docker compose


• Makefile


• Apache velocity language


• Proven experience as a Back-end developer

 


Competencies:

• Strategic


• Leading with Influence


• Collaboration (Relating)


• Customer First


• Execution


• Innovation (Perspective)


• Personal Mastery (Learning)

Desired Skills:

• Systems Analysis
• Complex Problem Solving
• Programming/configuration
• Critical Thinking
• Time Management