Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Assist with software development using Python to design and build available, scalable, and secure back-end web services and APIs for a variety of legal and intellectual property stakeholders, including software for platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, and Facebook
• Aid in the management and troubleshooting of production systems and refactor existing applications to improve business processes
• Implement systems designs and software design patterns to write maintainable, testable, and robust software and services
• Integrate with third-party APIs, including designing, implementing, and troubleshooting API connections to ensure seamless interoperability between systems
• Manage and troubleshoot distributed systems and services in a production environment

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software development experience with Python and JavaScript (ReactJs)
• 3+ years of experience using SQL and RDBMS, preferably MariaDB or MySQL
• Experience with RHEL-based Linux Distributions (Oracle Enterprise Linux or CentOS)
• Comfort with git and related processes such as git flow, forking / branching strategies, and pull requests / code reviews
• Experience developing, using, and understanding APIs
• Professional experience in Object Oriented Development
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills with attention to detail

Desired Characteristics

• Unit testing and mocking frameworks
• Ci/Cd with build tools such as Jenkins/GoCd/GitHub Actions
• Experience with networking and distributed systems
• Familiarity with NOSQL database (Cassandra)
• Understanding and using Message Queueing Systems (Apache Kafka / RabbitMQ)

Benefits

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