Python Developer

Emerson; Tuscaloosa (AL); On-site; USD 98,000 - 135,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Benefits

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Emerson Electric Co in Tuscaloosa, AL is seeking a Python Developer with 7+ years of Django experience. You will push teamwork changes safely, write clean, scalable code, and trace bugs across multiple Django services to the root cause.

Own features from whiteboard to production, manage Kafka releases, and craft integration tests. The position offers mentorship, benefits, and flexibility, with a salary range of $98,000–$135,000 per year, reflecting seniority and location.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years applying Django in production environments.
• Senior Django proficiency demonstrated by past employers.

Responsibilities

• Push teamwork changes safely behind flags for Tuscaloosa rollbacks.
• Write clean, well-tested code that scales with Emerson's growing user base.
• Trace a bug across three Django services to the one bad line.
• Carry features from whiteboard sketch to Tuscaloosa, AL production without dropping the baton.
• Own the Kafka release that Tuscaloosa leadership has circled on the calendar.
• Write the Kafka integration tests that catch regressions before Tuscaloosa, AL ships them.
• Ship the Django high-energy rewrite that pays down years of Emerson technical debt.

Skills

Python

Django

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Kafka

Job description

The phrase "it works on my machine" makes you wince, which is exactly why you'd make a great Python Developer here in Tuscaloosa. The shape of it is simple — bring 7 years and Django, take home $98,000 - $135,000, and grow into whatever Emerson builds next.

Key Responsibilities

• Push Teamwork changes safely behind flags so Tuscaloosa, AL rollbacks take seconds
• Write clean, well-tested code that scales with Emerson's growing user base
• Trace a trust-the-team technology bug across three Django services to the one bad line
• Carry features from whiteboard sketch to Tuscaloosa, AL production without dropping the baton
• Own the Kafka release that Tuscaloosa leadership has circled on the calendar
• Write the Kafka integration tests that catch regressions before Tuscaloosa, AL ships them
• Ship the Django high-energy rewrite that pays down years of Emerson technical debt

What You'll Bring

• Comfort being accountable for a forward-thinking outcome in a part-time role
• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Senior mastery of Django, validated by people who'd hire you again
• 7+ years putting Django to work in a technology setting
• Eagerness to take ownership and run with new responsibilities

Emerson was founded in Tuscaloosa, AL on the idea that technology should be powerful yet refreshingly quietly-ambitious. Around Emerson, the loudest voice never automatically wins the technology argument.

The bottom line: $98,000 - $135,000, mentorship, benefits, and flexibility, wrapped into a Python Developer role that grows as fast as you do.

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