Senior Python Automation Engineer – Infra & APIs

Bank of America; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, develop, and lead automation platforms supporting enterprise storage and backup infrastructure. You will build scalable APIs and backend services using Python, and mentor others while driving engineering excellence.

The role requires collaborating with infrastructure engineers, operations, architects, and stakeholders; you will promote best practices, guide architectural decisions, and create reusable components across the

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Expert-level proficiency in Python.
• Experience designing RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, object-oriented design, and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Codes solutions and unit test to deliver a requirement/story per the defined acceptance criteria and compliance requirements.
• Designs, develops, and modifies architecture components, application interfaces, and solution enablers while ensuring principal architecture integrity is maintained.
• Mentors other software engineers and coach team on CI-CD practices and automating tool stack.
• Executes story refinement, definition of requirements, and estimating work necessary to realize a story through the delivery lifecycle.
• Performs spike/proof of concept as necessary to mitigate risk or implement new ideas.
• Automates manual release activities.
• Designs, develops, and maintains automated test suites (integration, regression, performance).
• Software Development Architecture
• Design, develop, test, and maintain automation platforms and services used to manage enterprise storage and backup environments
• Build scalable APIs, backend services, and automation workflows using Python
• Develop and maintain integrations with enterprise infrastructure, operational tooling, and management platforms
• Design solutions that are secure, reliable, maintainable, and operationally efficient
• Create reusable frameworks and components that accelerate automation delivery across the organization

Skills

Python

RESTful APIs

Software Architecture

Distributed Systems

Linux

Git & CI/CD

AI-assisted development tools

Leadership

Analytical skills

Communication

Tools

MongoDB

Go (Golang)

Job description

Bank of America is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, develop, and lead automation platforms supporting enterprise storage and backup infrastructure. You will build scalable APIs and backend services using Python, and mentor others while driving engineering excellence.

The role requires collaborating with infrastructure engineers, operations, architects, and stakeholders; you will promote best practices, guide architectural decisions, and create reusable components across the