Senior Software Engineer Python

In this role you will Hit the ground running Gather uptodate and indepth understanding of the dubizzle code base and technologies stack within weeks Lead planning sessions around new product features deliver detailed rollout rollback strategies for releases Research and apply industry trends as part of your daily work Create unit tests in accordance with our established standards to cover assigned work Write and maintain exemplary code following dubizzle s programming practices Actively contribute in postrelease maintenance issues Develop elegant solutions for complex problems Pioneer reliability and efficiency of our current code base platforms and or core systems Impact on the direction and scope of dubizzle s technical vision within your stream Work in a mentoring capacity within a peerprogramming environment and provide guidance on tasks irrespective of complexity or scale Code review all major pull requests defining programming standards and providing constructive feedback Design and delivery of multiple REST based APIs and previous exposure to Service Oriented Architecture Capacity to push back requirements when incomplete Handle the entire software development life cycle end to end Lead product planning meetings and architect solutions within your stream Liaise with the other back end engineers within your product stream the QA team design team and your Tech Team Lead Liaise with other tech teams to share innovations from your stream Requirements 6 years of professional backend software engineering experience in Python Django Experience with Cloud hosted infrastructure and Technologies AWS preferred Prior experience with Kubernetes Docker will earn you brownie points Experience working on hightraffic and largescale web products is preferred Experience with web infrastructure SOA distributed systems performance analysis search infrastructure Been on at least one death march and know exactly why some things are to be avoided Strong understanding of design patterns including asynchronous programming queuing logging security and persistence Mastery of different caching layers and strategies including memcached Good understanding of build process management and continuous integration Mastery of testing methodologies unit tests component tests integration tests etc Excellent communication interpersonal skills This is an absolute must we have heated debates around complicated subjects and you will be expected to lead conversations around them Benefits A fastpaced highperforming team Multicultural environment with over 50 different nationalities Competitive Taxfree Salary Comprehensive Health Insurance Annual Air Ticket Allowance Employee discounts at multiple vendors across the Emirates Rewards Recognitions Learning Development