Software Engineer | Python | Remote

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  • Job ID 146814

Job Description

Overview

Placement Type:

Temporary

Salary (USD):

$55.58-$61.76 hourly

Start Date:

01.02.2024

The Opportunity

Digital Solutions is a team of skilled professionals who dedicate their careers to accelerating the growth of Sun Life’s digital platforms through technology-based solutions. We focus on looking for and seizing opportunities to leverage data in new ways as we continue to help our clients achieve lifetime financial security, live healthier lives and connect with us. Come join us as we continue to intensify the focus on our digital journey, helping our clients and transforming our business in exciting ways!

We are looking for a strong and experienced Senior Python Developer, to lead our development team and provide technical design and development, for large-scale web applications and systems. The successful candidate is a team player with excellent technical and problem-solving skills, is aware of industry trends, questions the status quo and can identify and propose alternatives.

The successful candidate is a team player with excellent technical and problem-solving skills, is aware of industry trends, questions the status quo and can identify and propose alternatives.

Qualifications:

– Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
– 9+ years of experience in middle-ware, server programming & API development using Python.
– 4+ hands on experience with cloud computing in AWS technologies such as API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, CloudWatch.
– 2+ years of experience of setting up CD/CD pipelines on AWS, Cloud formation/Terraform.
– Develop Unit and integration tests with mock server using Pytest, Moto, Flask
– Expertise in object-oriented & functional programming languages, Backend For Frontend (BFF) layer development.
– Extensive understanding and experience in implementing design patterns.
– Excellent problem-solving/troubleshooting/debugging skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
– Strong written and verbal communication skills.
– Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment with frequent production releases.
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Responsibilities:
– Develop and maintain backend systems that meet product and business requirements.
– Make and defend technical design decisions; collaborate with architecture team for approvals.
– Design, implement, and maintain scalable, high performant and efficient server-side products.
– Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand and translate product requirements into optimal technical design.
– Identify and solve complex problems, performance challenges in a fast-paced environment.
– Participate in the entire development life cycle, from concept to release.
– Ensure design and architecture is extensible across multiple projects.
– Support business applications by diagnosing complex production issues requiring extensive analysis and troubleshooting.
– Contribute to defining timelines and plans; research and estimate feasibility, cost, time, and scope.
– Research new technologies, train other engineers, provide demos and other technical sessions to the entire engineering organization.
– Resolving production issues as needed, plan and propose better approaches to proactively prevent such issues.
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Experience:
– Experience using Agile development tools such as ADO, JIRA
– Experience working with Azure cloud environment.
– Full stack Web developer experience
– Flexible and adaptable with the ability to align to changing priorities
– Adaptable to working on teams delivering in a Waterfall or agile style
– Customer obsession – customers are at the center of all we do
– Self-directed and proactive

The target hiring compensation range for this role is the equivalent of $55.58 to $61.76 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.
Additional benefits offered may include; medical health insurance and dental insurance, life insurance, and eligibility to participate in 401k plan with company match.

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