Senior Python Engineer

A well-reputed, U.S.-based, leading fertility benefits management company that is redefining the benefits of fertility and family expansion is looking for a Senior Python Engineer. The engineer would be responsible for collaborating with cross-functional teams to support the development and maintenance of critical solutions. The company is on a mission to provide comprehensive and inclusive benefits to empower patients, reduce healthcare costs, and drive optimal clinical outcomes. This NASDAQ-listed company has managed to raise over $115 million so far and has served over 5.3 million members.

Job Responsibilities:

• Analyze existing projects, solutions, and infrastructure to share insight on possible enhancements and structural improvements
• Ensure continuous operation and improvement of engineering efforts by developing, maintaining, and optimizing pipelines and projects
• Maintain, improve, scale, and automate existing systems and infrastructure
• Ensure uptime and maintainability of existing code by debugging, tracing, and profiling it
• Provide valuable insight on new products and pipelines
• Collaborate with internal teams to create technical requirements and develop market-ready solutions
• Communicate effectively with application developers, operational leadership, subject matter experts, and users, to understand current and future operational goals
• Contribute to the entire lifecycle of software development and deployment, including design, development, documentation, testing, and operations

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• At least 3+ years of relevant experience as a Python Engineer
• Minimum 2+ years of working experience in Software Engineering or Web Development
• Development and debugging expertise in Python, PHP, or similar programming languages
• Familiar with Git and other remote services like GitHub for version control
• Previous experience with MySQL or similar relational database systems
• Familiarity and skills in Docker and AWS (or other cloud services)
• Thorough understanding of CI/CD pipelines such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, and CircleCI
• Experience developing and maintaining large-scale data ETL pipelines
• Ability to assess, develop, troubleshoot, and enhance RESTful API systems to ensure development standards, performance optimization, increased scalability, and security
• Understanding of project prioritization and designing for repeatability and scalability, 
• Exude ownership and showcase great curiosity
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications
• Great eye for detail and the drive to improve existing company projects and innovate new ones
• Great to have previous experience with AWS Lambda or a similar serverless computing tool
• Nice to have experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB
• Experience in IaC tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation would be a plus
• Effective communication skills, great with verbal and written English