Senior Python Developer
Poland - Remote•PolandEurope•October 10, 2024
Rackspace Technology is a leading provider of expertise and managed services across all the major public and private cloud technologies. We’ve evolved Fanatical Support to encompass the entire customer journey — providing Fanatical Experience™ from first consultation to daily operations. Our passionate experts combine the power of proactive, always-on service and expertise with best-in-class tools and automation to deliver technology when and how our customers need it.Rackspace has been commissioned by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to assure the build of a sovereign multi-tenant private cloud that we have designed.Role OverviewAs a Senior Python Developer, you’ll have the opportunity to build world-class web applications and platform services that provide messaging and collaboration tools for customers worldwide. This role will be part of a team that has a strong, passionate engineering culture and proven track record of writing high quality software by using the best engineering practices in the industry. You will have the opportunity to work on highly distributed, extreme capacity systems that use a variety services and processes.We are looking for hands-on expertise in python programming, as well as proven experience in Cloud automation, IaC automation, including design and integration patterns, etc.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable and reliable Python applications to meet project requirements.
- Design and develop software for large-scale enterprise services.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product management and DevOps, to define project specifications and deliverables.
- Conduct code reviews and provide mentorship to junior developers, ensuring adherence to best practices and coding standards.
- Troubleshoot and debug applications to optimize performance and resolve issues.
- Participate in the full software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to deployment and maintenance.
- Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends to continuously improve development processes.
- Translate functional requirements into conceptual and detailed designs; provide estimates for development effort.
- Create unit and acceptance tests; perform QA/Test; automate deployment; and assist Operations and Support staff in troubleshooting software issues, as well as implementing bug fixes.
- Adhere to coding and process best practices.
Desired Skills and Experience:
- Proven experience (8+ years) in Software Development and System Administration.
- Proven experience in DevOps and container orchestration technology; Docker, Kubernetes, etc.
- Experience with defining, creating, implementing, and improving cloud solutions
- Experience with Apache Airflow is a plus.
- Excellent working experience of CI/CD pipelines.
- In depth experience with automation/configuration using Ansible, Terraform.
- Good knowledge in Linux/Windows system administration.
- Experience with Private Cloud virtualization technologies.
- Experience in one of VMware and OpenStack is mandatory.
- Experience of ServiceNow Cloud Management Platform (CMP) is highly desired.
- Knowledge of common network and security practices.
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools.
- Excellent interpersonal and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to learn anything fast.