The high level:

• Writes code & tests and pushes to production independently.
• Reviews code, providing valuable improvements for the team.
• Designs system-level code and delivers significant team-level projects.
• Creates and executes unit test plans. 
• Develops detailed technical analysis and design specifications based on functional requirements.
• Investigates and resolve defects. 
• Participates in functional and technical specification reviews. 
• Participates in creating and executing integration-level test plans. 
• Monitor services and systems within our infrastructure.
• Works effectively across multiple teams to deliver large projects.
• Mentors more junior developers.
• Continuously improve the architecture methodologies and find ways to improve code design, system performance, high scalability, and security vulnerabilities.

The skills we need:

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong drive for results.
• Be comfortable working within a team.
• Good communication skills.
• Build and maintain relationships.

Your qualifications & experience:

• Degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent 8 years experience.
• 5-8 years in professional software development.
• Proven mastery of at least one OO programming language.
• In-depth knowledge of networking, databases, data structures, algorithms, cloud computing, security, code design, distributed systems and testing.
• Understands how to build solutions at scale without increasing technical debt.
• In-depth understanding of coding best practices, system scalability, security and performance tuning.
• Solid experience in relational databases.
• Solid experience in issue tracking systems.

Areas of mastery:

• Python
• Django
• Web Fundamentals

Bonus points:

• Python task queues (Celery)
• PHP (Laravel)
• A Javascript framework (Node.js, Nuxt.js, Vue.js)
• Elastic Search
• MySQL
• Google BigQuery
• Linux fundamentals
• Docker / Kubernetes
• Event driven architectures (PubSub/Kafka)
• Experience with e-commerce based applications