Job Title: Senior Python Software Engineer
Job Description:
We are looking for a Senior Python Software Engineer with at least 5 years of handson experience in developing and maintaining Pythonbased applications. The ideal candidate is a problem solver who thrives in a fastpaced environment and is passionate about building scalable highperformance and secure software solutions.
In this role you will work closely with crossfunctional teams contributing to the design development and optimization of our internal systems. Your expertise will help shape our technical landscape while ensuring best practices in code quality testing and maintainability.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain a variety of internal software applications using Python and related technologies.
- Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to design develop and implement new features and enhancements.
- Ensure software solutions meet standards for scalability performance and security.
- Write clean efficient and welldocumented code that satisfies project requirements.
- Participate in code reviews providing and receiving feedback to improve overall code quality.
- Debug troubleshoot and resolve software defects and technical issues in a timely manner.
- Follow agile development methodologies participating in sprint planning daily standups and retrospectives.
- Continuously improve technical skills and stay current with industry best practices and emerging technologies.
- Conduct comprehensive unit and integration testing to ensure code quality and reliability.
- Assist in the deployment of applications and provide ongoing maintenance of production environments to ensure smooth operations.
Required Skills & Experience:
- At least 5 years of continuous professional experience as a Python3 Software Engineer developing deploying and maintaining productiongrade applications.
- Minimum 3 years of handson experience with at least 4 of the following Python frameworks libraries and tools: FastAPI Pydantic SQLAlchemy Pandas and messaging queues (e.g. Celery Kafka RabbitMQ).
- Minimum 3 years of experience working in a Linux/Unix environment with expertise in system navigation scripting and troubleshooting.
- Deep understanding of best practices for building scalable highperformance and secure software solutions.
- Strong analytical problemsolving and debugging skills with a proven ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues efficiently.
- Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning innovation and enhancing both individual and team performance
- Extensive experience with unit and integration testing.
- Proven expertise in designing implementing and maintaining robust unit and integration tests to ensure software reliability and quality.
- Ability to troubleshoot and resolve dependency conflicts versioning issues and environment inconsistencies.
- Selfstarter with the ability to independently set up a complete Python development environment from scratch.
- Proven ability to collaborate effectively with crossfunctional teams to drive projects forward and deliver highquality solutions.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 1 years of experience with Python packaging using setuptools Poetry or related tools.
- Familiarity with publishing Python packages to PyPI or private repositories.
- Experience automating package builds and releases (e.g. GitHub Actions Bitbucket Pipelines CI/CD).
- Strong ability to diagnose and resolve dependency conflicts versioning issues and environment inconsistencies to ensure seamless development and deployment workflows
- Experience designing and configuring Pythonbased stacks including FastAPI Pydantic SQLAlchemy Pandas Celery and other relevant libraries.
- Comfortable compiling and installing Python from source when necessary.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field or equivalent experience
Commitment to Continuous Learning:
Proven commitment to continuous learning staying ahead of industry trends and driving innovation by adopting emerging technologies optimizing best practices and applying creative problemsolving to realworld challenges. This includes actively exploring advancements in software development contributing to opensource projects obtaining relevant certifications or implementing innovative solutions to improve efficiency and scalability.
Examples:
- Staying current with Python ecosystem updates (e.g. migrating to FastAPI for better performance and async capabilities).
- Contributing to opensource projects or engaging with developer communities.
- Earning industry certifications (e.g. AWS Certified Solutions Architect Google Cloud Professional Developer).
- Implementing automation to streamline CI/CD pipelines and enhance deployment efficiency.
- Researching and adopting best practices for security and performance optimizations in production environments.
This role provides an excellent opportunity for growth and offers exposure to a broad range of software development challenges. If you are passionate about coding and working in a collaborative agile environment wed love to hear from you!
Company Summary:
Zeta Global is a NYSE listed datapowered marketing technology company with a heritage of innovation and industry leadership. Founded in 2007 by entrepreneur David A. Steinberg and John Sculley former CEO of Apple Inc and PepsiCola the Company combines the industrys 3rd largest proprietary data set 2.4B identities) with Artificial Intelligence to unlock consumer intent personalize experiences and help our clients drive business growth.
Our technology runs on the Zeta Marketing Platform which powers end to end marketing programs for some of the worlds leading brands. With expertise encompassing all digital marketing channels Email Display Social Search and Mobile Zeta orchestrates acquisition and engagement programs that deliver results that are scalable repeatable and sustainable.
Zeta Global is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race gender ancestry color religion sex age marital status sexual orientation gender identity national origin medical condition disability veterans status or any other basis protected by law.
Zeta Global Recognized in Enterprise Marketing Software and CrossChannel Campaign Management Reports by Independent Research Firm
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