Software Engineer I - Backend
About The Position
At CDW, we make it happen, together. Trust, connection, and commitment are at the heart of how we work together to deliver for our customers. It’s why we’re coworkers, not just employees. Coworkers who genuinely believe in supporting our customers and one another. We collectively forge our path forward with a level of commitment that speaks to who we are and where we’re headed. We’re proud to share our story and Make Amazing Happen at CDW. The primary goal of CDW's platform is to accelerate the delivery of quality services to our customers and create a feature set that can be built upon by product teams. As a Software Engineer, Backend, you will contribute to maintaining REST and GraphQL APIs served by a Flask application running in a containerized AWS workload. Your code will interact with several types of databases including PostgreSQL, Redis and ElasticSearch. Test driven development is crucial to us - all releases are tested and inspected for quality and security in our automated CI/CD pipelines. Your contributions will drive company and departmental objectives which directly improve the quality of life for all teams at Mission and provide deep value to our customers. This position is 100% remote.
Requirements
- Professional experience or equivalent in designing and developing web applications using Python.
- Proficiency with REST and GraphQL API development.
- Familiarity with databases such as PostgreSQL, Redis, and ElasticSearch.
- Experience in writing unit and integration tests in Python.
- Experience managing CI/CD deployments in tools like Gitlab within a Kubernetes/EKS environment.
- Experience developing and deploying software in the AWS ecosystem.
- Strong teamwork and communication skills, capable of conveying technical needs to engineering and non-engineering teams.
- AWS Cloud Practitioner OR PCAP to be achieved within one year of hire
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain REST and GraphQL APIs that drive our web applications and automation
- Develop and maintain production code for quality and performance; ensure code is clear and well tested
- Develop and maintain integrations with services such as AWS, Okta, ServiceNow, Salesforce, and New Relic
- Participate in software delivery processes such as refining work scope, estimating effort, code reviewing, testing, maintenance and recommending operational improvements
- Promote, contribute and maintain clear and concise documentation on our code base
- Collaborate with senior engineers to implement improvements to design and processes
- Collaborate with other teams to advise on technical feasibility of feature requirements.
- Identify and enforce information security controls and best practices in Mission’s production environments
- Participate in occasional on-call rotations; one week per quarter
- Support internal Mission teams by providing technical and operational guidance for systems and tools managed by the Product Development team
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
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