Celery Developer

A U.S.-based company that is building a revolutionary shipping platform that can keep up with the demanding E-commerce industry in the 21st century, is looking for a Celery Developer. The selected candidate will be in charge of bringing stability to a vital stage of our reconciliation process. The company is enabling businesses to manage their shipping operations by providing them access to the tools and technology previously reserved for retail giants. The company has managed to secure $132mn+ during their Series E round of funding. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate outstanding proficiency in problem-solving in a deployed environment
• Help analyze, diagnose, and resolve the inexplicable killing of an important Celery job that might be memory related
• In order to throw more light on the issue, increase logging or other monitoring
• Test out suggested fixes safely while keeping an eye on the results
• Use New Relic for log aggregation and monitoring
• While working on SQL-based reports and Log analysis, perform simple data analysis
• Match up pairs of logs that show a process' beginning and end, then search for instances where the process began but failed to register a successful termination
• Ensure the system can function successfully and effectively by working on the Django code base
• Start tackling the things on the structured backlog right away that will significantly enhance the entire procedure
• Participate in a variety of different activities, such as reporting and data analysis

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• At least 4+ years of relevant experience as a software engineer
• 5+ years of experience in Python testing using Celery
• 3+ years of experience working extensively with Celery, SQL Queries, and relational databases
• Extensive experience working with Python and Django
• Prior experience with RESTful service development
• Familiarity working with TDD, Mode, and Apache is desirable
• Nice to have some understanding of Automation Testing, New Relic, and Apache Kafka
• Ability to sit down with a vast codebase (with a lot of tech debt) and rapidly yet autonomously figure out how things operate
• Strong familiarity with test automation and security procedures
• Ability to coordinate the cross-functional teams' execution, roll-out, and monitoring of established solutions
• Excellent conversational and written English communication skills