Percona is hiring a
Senior Software Engineer – Python

Summary

Percona is seeking a flexible and efficient Senior Software Engineer to join its Global Advanced Services team. The employee will work on database management and related solutions, collaborating with services teams remotely. They are expected to design, code, implement, document improvements, diagnose and fix defects, create test cases, participate in code reviews, provide support to services teams, and share knowledge through conferences, blog posts, and forums.

Requirements

• Minimum 4 years of hands-on, production experience as a developer, including related tools / build processes (e.g. pip, make/Jenkins, containers) in Linux environments
• Self-motivated with a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
• Distributed system development and/or database-related development
• Fluent in developer tools like git
• Shell scripting
• Working autonomously in a globally distributed organization
• Collaborating with open-source communities and colleagues via mailing lists, IRC, Slack, etc
• Using collaboration/tracking tools like Jira/Notion
• Ability to speak, listen, and write effectively in fluent English
• Quick learner & great team player

Responsibilities

• Design, code, implement, and document improvements to a high standard
• Create and submit patches for review, perform periodic source code merges
• Perform root cause analysis of customer-impacting defects to provide the optimal solution
• Develop test cases for continuous integration deployment
• Participate in code and design reviews
• Diagnose and fix defects
• Create documentation about your work that is consumable and can be refined by our documentation team
• Provide Support to our Services Teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Database management knowledge
• Proven success working in a distributed environment
• Additional programming languages such as Go
• Web frontend development experience
• REST API creation
• Automation in Linux environments
• Test Driven Development