Senior Python Developer for API Framework Development

Luxoft; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled developer to join their dynamic team focused on product verification and testing for advanced networking solutions. In this role, you will leverage your expertise in Python programming and API development to create robust software packages used in automation harnesses. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, you will validate features and troubleshoot complex issues, ensuring customer success in deploying networking technologies. This position offers opportunities for professional growth through certifications and training while working with the latest innovations in the networking domain. If you are passionate about technology and eager to make an impact, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Networking certifications

Collaboration with international team

Access to trainings

Qualifications

• 5+ years of overall development experience required.
• 3+ years of Python programming with API library development.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills needed.

Responsibilities

• Develop software packages for end-to-end test tool solutions.
• Collaborate with teams to validate features and troubleshoot issues.
• Assist in customer deployments and address escalations.

Skills

Python programming

API or CLI development

RestAPI/JSON/YAML

Agile delivery

Communication skills

Collaboration

Tools

VMware

OpenStack

Linux OS (Ubuntu, CentOS)

Jenkins

GitLab

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Project description

Product verification & testing for L1-L7 Traffic Generator Solution for a Global Networking Testing and Validation equipment provider. Our team: A team of networking enthusiasts willing to contribute to customer success. Technologies used: Networking protocols, traffic generation tools, Windows/Linux servers, network virtualization, network security, wireless, network management tools, microservices. Opportunities: Networking and testing certifications, collaboration with an international team of professionals, working with the latest networking technologies and concepts, access to trainings.

Responsibilities

• Develop and write software packages for the end-to-end test tool solution that will be used in the API automation harness by end customers.
• Contribute with clean OO code, use appropriate design patterns, package and deploy the component for internal or customer facing use.
• Work closely with development engineering, product management, and customer solution engineering team to test and validate features functionality and system test profiles for data center networks, network security and routing technologies.
• Understand various customer deployments and solutions across data center networks, security, routing and switching and validate customer profiles.
• Debug and troubleshoot complex issues and work closely with the engineering team on the failures and validate the fixes.
• Find and alleviate architectural bottlenecks, providing solutions that truly help our customers achieve the same.
• Involve in customer deployments and customer escalations and help the customers to deploy in the customer environment.

SKILLS

Must have

• Overall Development experience of 5+ years.
• Python programming knowledge is required (3+ years) - coding and debugging object-oriented programs, building Python API libraries, packaging and redistribution of Python applications.
• Exposure to API or CLI (3+ years), experience in test harness or framework development is a plus.
• RestAPI/JSON/YAML experience.
• Agile delivery experience.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills. Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organisation: Product Management, Technical Marketing, Field Sales, Documentation and Development Team.
• Highly motivated and self-driven.
• Able to collaborate cross-functionally to meet challenging goals.

Nice to have

• Practical experience in working on networking domain-related applications with network switches/routers/traffic generators.
• Knowledge into virtualization platforms such as VMware (vCenter, NSX), OpenStack and Linux OS variants such as Ubuntu, CentOS, KVM is a plus.
• CI/CD (Jenkins, GitLab, other).
• JIRA/Confluence.