Senior Software Engineer (Python/Snowflake) - P4156

84.51; Chicago, Cincinnati, Deerfield (IL, OH, IL); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

84.51 is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our collaborative team in Chicago. You will develop scalable solutions while working closely with product managers, designers, and data scientists. Your role includes mentoring junior developers and leading the engineering efforts.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years of full-stack development experience and a strong command of engineering best practices. The position requires an in-office presence three days a week and offers exciting challenges in the tech stack including Python, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in full-stack web application development.
• Experience with agile methodologies.
• Excellent communication skills for cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Build complex scalable solutions as part of a cross-functional team.
• Engage with product, design, and data scientists for effective solutions.
• Mentor junior team members and improve team efficiency.

Skills

Collaboration

Automated testing (TDD)

Continuous integration

Continuous deployment

Monitoring / alerting

Python

Snowflake

FastAPI

PostgreSQL

RESTful APIs

Docker

Azure Cloud Services

Kubernetes

Terraform

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be part of a cross-functional team, applying your skill, experience and creativity towards building complex and scalable solutions. You will work in a highly collaborative environment, solving exciting problems while leveraging best engineering practices. We work full-stack and the team owns features end-to-end. On our teams, we’re working daily with product, design and data scientists to understand the problem and translate learnings into a pragmatic and effective solution. We happily pull in a peer when we need a pair to get through a tough problem or just for a second pair of eyes. We are always balancing new feature development with efforts to continuously improve both our efficiency and our infrastructure.

You should have:

• A passion for bringing great products into our world through collaboration and ingenuity.
• Experience with sustainable engineering practices such as automated testing (TDD), continuous integration, continuous deployment, and monitoring / alerting.
• Strong fundamentals, with overlap across our tech stack (Python, Snowflake, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, RESTful APIs, Docker, Azure Cloud Services, Kubernetes, Terraform)
• A passion for learning from and collaborating with a diverse, talented team and mentoring junior team members

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree typically in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Mathematics, Business Analytics or another technically strong program
• Minimum 4+ years working in modern full-stack web-application development
• Experience building and shipping multiple large software products using agile methodologies
• Excellent communication skills - you can effectively work with engineers but at the same time collaborate with product owners, data analysts and stakeholders

Major Bonus Points for:

• Experience in Consumer Insights industry
• Experience working on distributed or remote-first teams
• Experience with distributed system performance analysis and optimization
• Experience with DevOps best practices and tools

Important: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time for this position.

This is a Hybrid position. Candidates must be able to come into the office on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of each week. We have locations in Cincinnati, OH, Chicago, IL, Deerfield, IL, New York, NY, and Portland, OR.