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Job Title:
Python Developer
Location:
Toronto, ON
Job Overview
We are looking for a Senior Python Developer with experience in building highly scalable solutions based on microservice architecture. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be working with a highly skilled cross functional team to enhance our core banking platform.
Responsibilities and Duties
Design and deliver high quality features and enhancements.
Own the end-to-end delivery of large features within your team that could span 3+ months.
Create technical design specifications in collaboration with other members of the engineering team.
Provide estimates and actively participate in the sprint planning process.
Produce highly secure solutions.
Tune the performance of our distributed system to ensure they operate within our SLAs.
Peer reviews other engineers’ code.
Mentor other engineers to create good technical solutions to problems and ship code quickly to our customers.
Qualifications and Skills
Significant experience with Python programming
Experience with cloud computing and container-based distributed systems (Docker).
Experience working with relational databases (preferably MySQL) and high proficiency with SQL.
Understanding of higher-level RDBMS concepts (locking and transaction model, isolation levels, deadlocks, etc.).
Great understanding of distributed systems and microservice architecture.
Hands-on experience in using message brokers such as RabbitMQ.
Deep understanding of restful API development.
Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced customer centric environment.
5+ years of experience in software development.
Excellent communication and organization skills.
Proven experience using code repositories such as GitHub.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or equivalent.
Familiar with *nix like environments.
Building and integration experience with Payroll Providers and Time \& Attendance platforms is highly desirable.
Salary Range:
The salary for this position is between $115,000 to $145,000 CAD annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
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