Python Software Engineer Jobs

Job title : Senior Python Software Engineer (Backend Developers)

Location: Remote, Canada

Duration : 6+ months

Type : Contract

Responsibilities

• Collaboratively and pragmatically solve scientific software engineering challenges

• Encountered at the forefront of single cell genomics data analysis infrastructure.

• Collaborate with local and off-shore engineering teams to support software development efforts.

• Contribute to the broader scientific community through open-source software development.

Requirements

• BS or higher in computer science.

• 3+ years' experience (including any graduate school) developing tools in Python for High Performing Computers and cloud solutions. Seniority of position will depend on experience and other factors.

• Self-motivated and enthusiastic about programming and tool development.

• Good knowledge of the FastAPI, Celery, SQL Alchemy, Boto3, Keycloak

• Expertise with performant file formats for data analysis and scientific computation (e.g., hdf5, zarr, tiledb).

• USAGE-level knowledge of such technologies: EKS, ECS, S3, SQS, SNS, ALB, EC2, RDS (Postgres), ElastiCache Redis

• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker and Helm

• Experience with GitLab CI

• Experience deploying performant software in cloud environments (AWS preferred)

• Demonstrated adherence to best practices in software engineering, particularly usability, version control, testing, and appropriate use of abstraction.

• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate about complex problems to peers, users and leadership.

In addition

• You are a quick learner, are curious about new areas and the opportunity to build expertise, and courageously and creatively take initiative to see your ideas implemented.

• You are attracted by the challenges of developing software that solves universal problems.

• You are able to perform at a high level in a fast changing and demanding environment.

• You are pragmatic about the tradeoffs between features, quality, and timeliness.