Position: Python Backend Developer/Python Engineer
Location: Irving, TX
Term: 6 months

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

Executes full product lifecycle (inception through deprecation) to create highly scalable and flexible RESTful APIs to enable an infinite number of digital products.
Collaborates with other Engineers, Creative/UX designers, Scrum Masters, Product Managers, Business Analysts and Architects.
Actively participating in designing, developing, reviewing, testing, and deploying APIs (including supporting infrastructure) to drive our digital products.

Is this a good fit? (Requirements):

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
7+ years industry experience.
3+ years of Python Server Development using Django, Flask, Bottle, or other Python frameworks.
Experience with API security frameworks, token management and user access control including OAuth, JWT, etc.
Expertise working with and building RESTful APIs.
Expert in Python.
Knowledgeable in cloud platforms (preferable AWS: both traditional EC2 and serverless Lambda), microservices architecture, CI/CD solutions (including Docker), DevOps principles, message queue systems, and background task management.
Strong and continuously growing proficiency in RESTful API development focused on Python and Node.js.
Understanding of OOP and Data Structures and know when to apply them in daily coding scenarios.
Message queues (RabbitMQ, ZeroMQ, etc.).
Background task processing (Celery, etc.).
Experience configuring container like systems (Vagrant, Docker, etc.).
Basic understanding of modern web components (HTML/CSS/JS).
Solid foundation and understanding of relational and NoSQL database principles.
Ability to work in an Agile /SCRUM environment.
Ability to write unit-tested and maintainable code.
Well organized with a bias for action with minimal direction.
A team player with a start-up/entrepreneur mindset.
Ravenous about learning technology and problem solving.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to self-organize with minimal guidance/competing priorities and work effectively within a team.
Large organization experience - Large Scale projects.

Even better if you have:

Experience in GraphQL.
Experience in JavaScript/TypeScript.
Experience in Cyber security.
Experience using Node.js/Vue.js.