Python Developer

Energy Innovation Corp; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 85,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Innovation Corp in Hartford, CT seeks a mid-level Python Developer to keep our data platform fast and resilient. The role requires about 5 years of Python experience and comfort with PostgreSQL in production settings.

You’ll join a team that values impact, ownership, and continuous learning. You will contribute to sprint planning and roadmaps, translate stakeholder needs into deliverables, and steadily reduce technical debt while maintaining high availability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Python development experience.
• Strong collaboration in deadline-driven environments.
• Hands-on with data platforms and resilience requirements.
• Willingness to own and drive new responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Question existing patterns and propose cleaner approaches.
• Contribute to sprint planning, estimation, and tech roadmap discussions.
• Translate outages and incidents into durable fixes for production reliability.
• Own the Continuous Learning release schedule and milestones.
• Refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time.
• Translate stakeholder wishes into shippable Continuous Learning services.
• Track and report on key performance metrics for technology platforms.
• Ensure high availability and uptime for mission-critical systems.

Skills

Python

5+ years exp

PostgreSQL

Team collaboration

Ownership mindset

Tools

PostgreSQL

Job description

Our platform processes enormous volumes of data, and we need a Python Developer who can keep it fast and resilient. A mid-level Python Developer seat that takes 5 years of Emotional Intelligence seriously, pays $85,000 - $113,000, and hands over the technology reins.

Key Responsibilities

• Question the quality-focused C# pattern everyone copied and propose something cleaner
• Contribute to sprint planning, estimation, and technology roadmap discussions
• Translate the people-centered PostgreSQL outage into fixes that make the next Hartford launch dull
• Own the Continuous Learning release that Hartford leadership has circled on the calendar
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time
• Translate fuzzy product wishes from Snapchat stakeholders into shippable Continuous Learning services
• Track and report on key performance metrics for technology services
• Defend Snapchat uptime through the 2 a.m. Hartford pages nobody volunteers for

What You'll Bring

• Experience thriving in a collaborative, deadline-driven setting like Snapchat
• Customer-focused outlook with strong interpersonal skills
• A learner's pace that keeps up with shifting requirements
• Eagerness to take ownership and run with new responsibilities
• Roughly 5+ years operating in a similar Python Developer position

Snapchat keeps technology systems running for clients who never think about them, which is the purpose-soaked Hartford, CT point. Our team in CT keeps a running list of what we'd do differently, and we actually act on it.

Our offer to you: $85,000 - $113,000, a mentor, a benefits suite, and the latitude to grow your Continuous Learning into something senior.

The team in Hartford is interviewing on a rolling basis, so early applicants get noticed first.