Full Stack Engineer - Python / FastAPI

PTR Global; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

PTR Global is seeking experienced software engineers in Irving, TX to design, develop, and implement large-scale applications with strong SDLC discipline. You will work on both frontend and backend systems, write tests, and document technical work products.

You will mentor teammates, drive reliability and security improvements, and help the team identify high-value work in small batches. Proficiency in Python, FastAPI, RESTful services, and cloud/delivery tooling is desired.

Qualifications

• 5 to 7 years SDLC experience designing developing and implementing large-scale applications (front-end and back-end).
• 5 years with Python and proficiency with FastAPI.
• 5 years with RESTful web services.

Responsibilities

• Writes tests and documents technical work products e.g. code scripts process according to organizational standards and practices
• Decomposes intricate designs into maintainable implementations
• Designs self-contained systems within a team and leads significant capability implementations
• Coaches team members to improve reliability, security, and performance
• Mentors teammates and guides learning journeys
• Observes environment and identifies opportunities for new approaches to problems

Skills

SDLC experience

Python

RESTful services

Tools

FastAPI

Git

GitHub

Terraform

Vault

Windows

Linux

Azure Cloud

Job description

• Writes tests and documents technical work products e.g. code scripts process according to organizational standards and practices
• Devotes time to raising the quality and craftsmanship of products and systems
• Conducts root cause analysis to identify domain level problems and prescribes action items to mitigate
• Designs self-contained systems within a team's domain and leads implementations of significant capabilities in existing systems
• Coaches team members in the execution of techniques to improve reliability resiliency security and performance.
• Decomposes intricate and interconnected designs into implementations that can be effectively built and maintained by less experienced engineers
• Anticipates trouble areas in systems under development and guides the team in instrumentation practices to ensure observability and support ability.
• Defines test suites and instrumentation that ensures targets for latency and availability are being consistently met in production
• Leads through example by prioritizing the closure of open vulnerabilities.
• Evaluates potential attack surfaces in systems under development identifies best practices to mitigate and guides teams in their implementation.
• Leads team in the identification of small batches of work to deliver the highest value quickly
• Ensures reuse is a first-class consideration in all team implementations and is a passionate advocate for broad reusability.
• Formally mentors' teammates and helps guide them to and along needed learning journeys.
• Observes their environment and identifies opportunities for introducing new approaches to problems.

Top requirements

• 5 to 7 years of full Software Development Life Cycle SDLC experience designing developing and implementing large-scale applications front-end and back-end development
• 5 years with Python and proficiency with FastAPI
• 5 years with Restful web services

Nice to have

• Proficiency in object-oriented design techniques and principles
• 3 years with Terraform and Vault
• 3 years of professional design and open-source experience
• 3 years with git and GitHub
• 3 years of working in Windows and Linux operating systems cloud midrange distributed including shell scripting
• Proficient w/ database and persistence frameworks
• PostgreSQL Object/Relational Mapping Query performance tuning
• Proficient with Cloud platform such as Azure