Remote Python Engineer

Summary

Join our growing Shopkick team as a passionate and curious Python Engineer to help rebuild our backend infrastructure using modern best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 3+ years of experience as a Python Engineer designing high-scale consumer-facing services
• Experience with FastAPI, Flask, or other Python application frameworks such as Pylons
• Proficiency in database frameworks such as SQLAlchemy and working with both relational and NoSQL database systems
• Experience with Java backend development and Javascript frontend development is an advantage
• Analytical skills for evaluating information carefully and solving complex problems
• Detail-oriented with the ability to catch minor errors that can result in major problems
• Experience with Cloud infrastructure is an advantage

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and support APIs, microservices, and backend services that power mobile apps used by millions of users and process hundreds of millions of events each day
• Continuously improve the Shopkick platform by devising new approaches to solve problems, refactoring, and optimizing services
• Handle merge requests and code reviews, enforcing standards and best practices
• Participate in Agile process (sprint planning, estimation, retrospectives, daily scrum)
• Improve our resilience, scalability, performance and quality