Senior Python Engineer (DevEx Team, Remote)
Remote
Job Summary
Optimize database queries and enhance platform scalability while configuring monitoring and observability best practices. Lead end-to-end feature design and implementation, managing internal libraries and refining development pipelines through code coverage tooling integration. Deliver features and improvements continuously through coding, debugging, and testing, while providing code reviews and constructive feedback to team members. Refactor code as necessary to maintain high-quality standards across distributed systems. This role supports the Build squad within the Platform & Developer Experience team, focusing on the foundations of developer experience and performance for the Crystal platform.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of commercial experience developing Python backend services and APIs for the web
- Solid software architecture skills
- Experience with distributed systems
- Strong knowledge of SQL/NoSQL databases and data architecture, including PostgreSQL
- Experience with the Flask framework
- Experience in performance optimisation (database query optimisation, caching)
- Understanding of integration processes with external services
- Product-oriented mindset
- Proficiency in English
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with ClickHouse
- Experience with systems operating on large data volumes
- Experience designing AI-enabled developer environments
- Experience writing raw SQL queries
- Experience designing and leading major reworks of complex distributed systems
- Experience with Rust
- Passion for Bitcoin and blockchain technologies
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