Senior Software Engineer- Python & .NET

Insight Global (United States); Dublin (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global seeks a Senior Software Engineer to join a backend team focused on accelerating core service development and migrating an existing platform. You will work across new development and existing services, with a strong emphasis on Python-based backend API development in a distributed AWS environment.

The role involves owning production-quality APIs, collaborating with cloud, data, and analytics teams, and leveraging microservices, PostgreSQL, and DynamoDB while contributing to

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of professional backend development experience with Python
• Experience with C#/.NET in an established codebase
• Experience with event-driven architecture and messaging/pub-sub patterns
• Cloud-native backend development experience
• Experience building Python/FastAPI APIs and microservices using SNS, SQS, API Gateway, DynamoDB
• Experience with PostgreSQL databases

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and maintain backend APIs and microservices
• Develop greenfield backend services using Python and FastAPI
• Support and enhance existing .NET/C# core services
• Help accelerate migration and modernization of an existing platform
• Design services using microservices and distributed-system patterns
• Build and integrate event-driven services with AWS SNS/SQS
• Work with PostgreSQL and DynamoDB
• Develop services integrating with AWS API Gateway
• Collaborate with cloud engineering on infrastructure templates and CloudFormation
• Partner with data and analytics teams to improve event/data availability
• Assist with migration of monitoring capabilities from SolarWinds to a new platform
• Balance day-to-day support with new project work
• Apply AI-assisted development tools to improve efficiency

Skills

Python

FastAPI

C#/.NET

Event-driven architecture

AWS

Tools

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

SNS

SQS

API Gateway

Job description

• 5-8 years of professional backend development experience with Python
• Experience with C#/.NET and the ability to work effectively in an established .NET codebase
• Experience with event-driven architecture and messaging/pub-sub patterns
• Cloud-native backend development experience rather than owning cloud infrastructure.
• Need prior experience building Python/FastAPI APIs and microservices that leverage services like SNS, SQS, API Gateway, and Dynamo DB
• Experience with relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
• Experience modernizing or migrating legacy/core services
• Experience with observability or monitoring-platform migrations
• Familiarity with SolarWinds
• Exposure to Azure backend development
• Understanding of CloudFormation and infrastructure-as-code concepts
• Experience collaborating closely with data and analytics engineering teams
• Practical familiarity with AI-assisted software development tools

A Brief Overview

A major client of Insight Global is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a backend engineering team focused on accelerating development of core services and the migration of an existing platform.

This engineer will work across both new development and existing services, with a strong emphasis on Python-based backend API development. The ideal candidate can step into an established engineering environment, understand distributed systems quickly, and begin building production-quality APIs within the first couple of weeks.

The environment includes Python, FastAPI, .NET/C#, AWS, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, SNS, SQS, API Gateway, microservices, and event-driven architecture.

This is a hands-on senior engineering role for someone comfortable owning development while partnering with cloud, data, and analytics teams.

What You'll Do:

• Design, build, test, and maintain backend APIs and microservices
• Develop greenfield backend services using Python and FastAPI
• Support and enhance existing .NET/C# core services
• Help accelerate the migration and modernization of an existing platform
• Design services using microservices and distributed-system patterns
• Build and integrate event-driven services using technologies such as AWS SNS and SQS
• Work with PostgreSQL and DynamoDB
• Develop services integrating with AWS API Gateway
• Partner with cloud engineering teams responsible for infrastructure templates and CloudFormation
• Collaborate with data and analytics teams to improve event and data availability
• Assist with migration of monitoring capabilities from SolarWinds to a new monitoring/observability platform
• Balance day-to-day support of existing services with new project development
• Apply AI-assisted development tools appropriately to improve engineering efficiency and delivery speed