Python Backend Developer- Remote- Contract role

Overview

Remote
$60 - $80
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - 6 Month(s)

Skills

Apache Kafka
GitLab
Continuous Delivery
Google Cloud Platform
Machine Learning (ML)
Kubernetes
MongoDB
Python
Google Cloud
Pandas
PostgreSQL
Scala

Job Details

Title : Python Software Engineer

Location: Remote or IL.

Duration : End of the year

Required Skills:

Python

Kubernetes

Google Cloud Platform or AWS or Azure

Terraform / OpenTofu and Gitlab CI/CD

Job details:

  • Implement backend service features, primarily in Python on Kubernetes and Google Cloud platform, and using other technologies including Go, Scala, MongoDB, and Apache Kafka / Kafka Streams, as needed.
  • Assist in deploying and administering cloud platform backend services using infrastructure-as-code technologies (Terraform / OpenTofu and Gitlab CI/CD)
  • Participate in the design of new functionality to meet new user requirements
  • Receive and triage bug reports and implement fixes and regression tests
  • Author documentation, both internal and user-facing

Job description:

Tasks:

  • Maintain Dyff platform backend services
  • Respond to issue reports, triage issues, implement fixes and regression tests
  • Take ownership of design, implementation, testing, and deployment of new Dyff backend features
  • Work closely with other DSRI teams that use Dyff to maintain a development roadmap to meet their requirements
  • Write documentation, both user-facing and internal

Required skills:

  • Expert knowledge of at least one common backend programming language (e.g., Python, Java, Scala, Go)
  • Significant experience with Python 3
  • Working knowledge of Kubernetes

Desirable skills:

  • Kubernetes administration
  • Kubernetes Operator SDK
  • Apache Kafka + Kafka Streams
  • Gitlab CI/CD
  • Knowledge of numerical / scientific computing
  • Knowledge of applied machine learning
  • Experience with common ML / data science packages (e.g., transformers, torch, pandas, scipy stack)
  • Experience deploying neural network workloads

Education and Experience

  • B.S. in computer science
  • 7-10 years of relevant experience
  • Experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure)
  • Experience with at least one mainstream DBMS (e.g., Postgres, MongoDB)
  • Experience developing high-availability distributed systems

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