Senior Python Developer

Mission

• Take on a prominent role in the architecture and design of web solutions.
• Work with the wider development team to scope out and develop new web applications for existing services.
• Develop a flexible and well-structured back end architecture.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and quality assurance processes to ensure high-quality code
• Help identify, escalate, resolve any technical issues and problems that might occur.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and quality assurance to meet project goals and timelines.
• Provide technical guidance to junior developers and communicate effectively with clients and stakeholders.

Requirements

Profile

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good understanding of software development lifecycle management.
• Good understanding of security concepts.
• Good understanding of software testing principles.
• Good understanding of software design patterns and principles
• Strong communication skills and ability to clearly explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Willingness to keep up to date on innovative development frameworks and cloud technologies by following trainings, courses and certifications
• Fluency in Dutch or French and English

Technical Requirements

• Strong knowledge of the Python programming language and its core concepts such as object-oriented programming, functional programming and data structures.
• Experience with popular Python web frameworks such as Django, Flask, or Pyramid.
• Experience with web frameworks such as Django REST framework or Flask-RESTful.
• Familiarity with databases and SQL, as well as ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) libraries such as SQLAlchemy or Peewee.
• Experience with version control systems such as Git, SVN, or Mercurial
• Experience with unit testing and end-to-end testing frameworks such as unittest or pytest.
• Understanding of security best practices and implementing security features such as authentication and authorization.
• Understanding of web services, such as REST or SOAP and related technologies like JSON or XML.
• Experience with managing and optimizing performance and scalability of the backend systems.

Assets

• Knowledge of other languages such as C++, Java or C#.
• Familiarity with data analysis and visualization libraries such as pandas, numpy and matplotlib.
• Experience with frontend development in Angular, React or VueJS.
• Knowledge of API specification standards like OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, or GraphQL.
• Understanding of message queueing systems such as RabbitMQ or Kafka.
• Knowledge of caching and search engines like Redis, Memcached or Elasticsearch.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies such as Scrum.
• Knowledge of CI/CD setup such as Jenkins or Gitlab CI.
• Understanding of software design patterns and architecture principles, such as Clean Software Architecture, Data Structures, Microservices, Event-Driven, MVC, and SOA
• Experience with CI/CD/DevOps/DevSecOps principles
• Understanding of software testing and quality assurance processes
• Understanding of security and compliance standards
• Familiarity with containerization and container orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience in multi-threaded, distributed, N-Tier applications.