Sr Python Developer

The Judge Group - Belmont, VA

Full-time - Senior

Onsite - Belmont, VA

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Sr Python Developer will play a crucial role in developing and maintaining backend code for multiple Python web applications, specifically within an AI/ML project. This position requires a strong understanding of agile software development practices and the ability to deliver deployable software in short sprints. The developer will collaborate closely with a team of technical professionals to support the customer's mission and growth objectives, ensuring product quality and timely delivery.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the backend code base for multiple Python web applications (Django and Flask)
• Design and implement web application backends using Python
• Develop and execute unit tests for software components
• Collaborate with a software development team using Git
• Design, develop, and implement custom software capabilities for an AI/ML platform with limited oversight
• Act as a member of a product team supporting teammates and collaborating positively to ensure product and team success
• Provide significant improvements to the platform being supported
• Participate actively in release and sprint planning, artifact creation, sprint testing, regression testing, demonstrations, and retrospectives
• Analyze complex project-related problems and create innovative solutions
• Ensure product quality and timeliness of work, providing advice and guidance, resolving problems to meet objectives, and providing periodic performance reports
• Provide input on best practices and procedures creation
• Develop new and refine existing processes to enhance quality and productivity

Requirements

• College degree (B.S.) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Management Systems or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience
• 10+ years of related technical experience in software design, development, and implementation
• 7+ years of experience in Python development with web frameworks (Django required, Flask preferred)
• 7+ years of experience working with Object Oriented Programming and Service Oriented Architecture
• 7+ years of experience designing and building RESTful APIs that manage large amounts of data
• Experience developing applications in remote (cloud-based) environments
• Experience working on complicated problems and providing creative solutions
• Ability to apply estimation techniques to software development efforts
• Ability to identify and manage risk
• Strong collaboration skills and desire to work within a team
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Nice-to-haves

• Experience building data extract, transform, and load pipelines for web applications
• Experience using Data Science libraries like Pandas for data manipulation and transformation
• Experience optimizing and monitoring a service-based architecture using tools like Prometheus and/or Azure Monitor Logs
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL
• Experience developing applications for classified data
• Experience integrating machine learning and analytical tools
• Knowledge of Typescript programming language and experience building React applications