Principle Engineer - Python

About the role

The successful candidate will be leading complex engineering initiatives, building and maintaining web applications and APIs, and implementing CI/CD automation and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of complex web applications and APIs using industry-standard frameworks like Django, FastAPI, and Flask.
• Design and implement CI/CD automation and DevOps practices, including GitHub Actions and reusable workflow development.
• Integrate security and quality scanning into CI/CD pipelines, enforcing policy gates with tools like Sonar, Checkmarx, Black Duck, GitHub Secret Scanning, and DAST.
• Build or operate deployment automation to OpenShift using Harness CD (or equivalent), including promotion, approvals, and rollback strategies.
• Develop and maintain Django-based platforms at enterprise scale, including Wagtail CMS and Wagtail CRX (CodeRed CMS).
• Engage in DevSecOps or application security engineering, including compliance automation and vulnerability management.
• Collaborate across engineering, security, platform, and governance stakeholders to deliver reusable standards and adoption outcomes.
• Utilize coding assistants (GitHub Copilot) and AI-powered development tools in a professional engineering environment.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with strong proficiency in Python.
• 10+ years of building web applications and APIs using industry-standard frameworks (Django, FastAPI, Flask).
• 8+ years of designing and implementing CI/CD automation and DevOps practices, including GitHub Actions and reusable workflow development.
• Hands-on experience integrating security and quality scanning into CI/CD pipelines (Sonar, Checkmarx, Black Duck, GitHub Secret Scanning, and DAST) with enforceable policy gates.
• 5+ years of experience with cloud-native platforms and container orchestration (OpenShift/Kubernetes) including deployment automation.
• Experience building or operating deployment automation to OpenShift using Harness CD (or equivalent), including promotion, approvals, and rollback strategies.
• 5+ years of DevSecOps or application security engineering experience, including compliance automation and vulnerability management.
• Proven ability to collaborate across engineering, security, platform, and governance stakeholders to deliver reusable standards and adoption outcomes.
• Experience utilizing coding assistants (GitHub Copilot) and AI-powered development tools in a professional engineering environment.

Qualifications

• 12-15+ years of Python development with deep expertise in modern Python patterns, packaging, and test automation (Pytest).
• Experience developing and maintaining Django-based platforms at enterprise scale; familiarity with Wagtail CMS and Wagtail CRX (CodeRed CMS).
• Experience with OpenShift/Kubernetes platform engineering and operational patterns (multi-tenant clusters, resource governance, observability).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and GitOps practices (Terraform, Ansible, ArgoCD) and policy-as-code approaches.
• Deep familiarity with branching strategies, repo governance, and release branching models for enterprise delivery.
• Experience with SRE practices, observability platforms, and incident management workflows.
• Familiarity with spec-driven development (e.g., GitHub Spec-Kit) and API-first design.

Skills

• Strong proficiency in Python and industry-standard frameworks (Django, FastAPI, Flask).
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD automation and DevOps practices.
• Experience with security and quality scanning tools (Sonar, Checkmarx, Black Duck, GitHub Secret Scanning, DAST).
• Experience with cloud-native platforms and container orchestration (OpenShift/Kubernetes).
• Experience with deployment automation and CI/CD pipelines (Harness CD, GitHub Actions).
• Experience with DevSecOps and application security engineering.
• Experience with coding assistants (GitHub Copilot) and AI-powered development tools.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and GitOps practices.
• Experience with SRE practices, observability platforms, and incident management workflows.
• Experience with spec-driven development (e.g., GitHub Spec-Kit) and API-first design.

Pay

Competitive salary commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Hybrid 3 day onsite/2 days remote.