Software Engineer Python Remote

About you We are looking for someone who will is a whizz with Python, has experience with microservices and is happy to get stuck into a gritty and fast paced environment to work within our awesome Python team, championing and leading the build of secure, robust and high-performance systems. The Opportunity Our Python team works on building highly available low latency microservices from scratch using the newest bleeding-edge technologies. You will work on creating internal tools to be used across the company, have the opportunity to make a huge impact on our growing company, solving complex problems as we scale. You’ll be part of a group of people working together to build solutions to mission-critical problems and a company that values the very best ideas. People rely on our products to communicate daily, which means they rely on us to build things with a high degree of resiliency and reliability. • Design developer-friendly APIs. • Build, test, and deploy applications to deliver critical global communications services. • Identify and resolve issues related to latency, scalability, and performance. • Create tools to automate aspects of production systems. Who we're looking for • 3+ years of professional software development experience with an object-oriented programming language • Experience with web application development using Python • Comfort working with relational databases at scale. • Experience in a highly-available, uptime-critical production environment. • Deep knowledge of microservice architecture patterns and anti-patterns. • Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, Consul, Jenkins, Prometheus, or RabbitMQ. Bonus Points For • You take a thoughtful approach to decision making, knowing when to move fast and when to long-term optimize. • You want to work in a fast-paced, product-driven environment. • You keep up to date with the latest technologies and patterns, and enjoy sharing what you’ve learned.