Job Requirements
5 - 10 years of experience
Skills
Job description for Backend Developer (Python) at Accellion Pte Ltd
Company Overview
The Accellion enterprise content firewall prevents data breaches and compliance violations from sensitive third party communications. With Accellion, CIOs and CISOs gain complete visibility, compliance and control over IP, PII, PHI, and other sensitive content across all third-party communication channels, providing secure email, secure file sharing, secure mobile file sharing, enterprise app and Microsoft Office plugins, secure web forms, secure file transfer like SFTP, and enterprise workflow automation. Accellion has protected more than 25 million end users at more than 3,000 global corporations and government agencies, including NYC Health + Hospitals; KPMG; Kaiser Permanente; Latham & Watkins; National Park Service; Umpqua Bank; Tyler Technologies; and the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST). For more information please visit www.accellion.com or call (650) 485-4300. Follow Accellion on: LinkedIn, Twitter, and Accellion’s Blog.
Position
At Accellion, we are focused on building solutions that enable millions of users to securely share files with the outside world. Our platform provides enterprise security and governance over content exchange, prevents data leaks, and protects against malicious cyber-attacks.
We are looking for a highly driven, talented, and self-motivated Senior Python Developer to join a team of world-class engineers. You will need the skills to lead the development of any area of a large, scalable, distributed system or application. You will also work on the latest, cutting-edge internet/software technology.
This position is based in our Singapore office; only Singapore citizens and permanent residents will be considered.
Key Responsibilities
- Research solutions for technically challenging problems.
- Work with stakeholders to set and communicate team goals aligned to requirements; ensure the team stays focused and delivers against goals, adapting to changing requirements.
- Lead architecture and design, applying best practice in software engineering, including separation of concerns, high cohesion, low coupling, abstraction, encapsulation and information hiding, interfaces, and dependency injection.
- Work and closely coordinate with QA during creation of test plans.
- Code review and coach junior team members.
- Identify and reduce technical debt.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science, computer engineering, IT-related fields, or a related, technical discipline.
- 6+ years of work experience developing enterprise application software.
- Strong knowledge in Python is a must, complete with hands-on experience.
- Experience with Python frameworks, e.g., Flask, Django, etc.
- Strong understanding of the software development process, from design to deployment.
- Understanding how to scale, build, and deploy enterprise applications and tools.
- Ability to understand and resolve complex performance problems and architectural challenges.
Additional Desired Skills
- Prior work experience in web and RESTful backend development with Python/Flask.
- Experience with Apache Airflow or having committed to the Apache Airflow project is a major plus.
- Knowledge in PHP; work experience in relational database technologies, such as MySQL, MariaDB, or NoSQL.
- Ability to plan, carry out, report progress, and accurately complete assigned tasks alone and in a team.
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.
- Strong communication skills with senior stakeholders and peer developers.
- Self-motivated and proactive, with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities.
- Team player.
Compensation/Perks
You will be rewarded with a competitive compensation package, including excellent benefits and stock options. Other benefits include: medical, dental, and 18 days of PTO, going up to 21 days after 3 years.