Job Description
Our expanding engineering team is seeking an experienced and highly skilled Senior Python Backend Engineer. The role involves designing and building high-performance, scalable, and reliable backend systems. Candidates must have deep technical expertise and be proficient with Python frameworks to create robust, scalable solutions. Responsibilities cover developing and maintaining core backend systems, implementing APIs, optimizing performance, and ensuring infrastructure health. This role requires close collaboration with cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
- Develop, and deliver high-quality, secure, and scalable enterprise backend components on time, adhering to technical requirements and design specifications.
- Demonstrated ability to select and justify technology choices, supported by thorough research.
- Triage, debug, and ensure the timely resolution of software bugs.
- Participate in functional spec, design, and code reviews.
- Follow industry standard practices to develop and maintain application code.
- Take an active role in reducing the technical debt in our various codebases.
Requirements
- Proven proficiency in Python, including experience with the FastAPI framework.
- Strong knowledge of RDBMS (Postgres preferred), message queues, caching, and Elasticsearch is required.
- Required experience in designing and building microservices based on REST APIs.
- Experienced in building distributed, scalable, enterprise-grade applications.
- Experience in building scalable, resilient cloud-native applications using preferably AWS services (ECS, ELB, Lambda, SQS, VPC, EC2, IAM, S3, etc.).
- Docker and Kubernetes expertise is preferred.
- Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills are mandatory.
- Skilled in communicating technical concepts to both technical and business stakeholders.
- Self-motivated with the ability to accomplish tasks with sufficient direction.
- Experience with cyber security engineering is good to have.
Note: This position requires working from the office full-time; remote work is not available.
Skills Required
- Proven proficiency in Python, including experience with the FastAPI framework.
- Strong knowledge of RDBMS (Postgres preferred), message queues, caching, and Elasticsearch.
- Required experience in designing and building microservices based on REST APIs.
- Experience building distributed, scalable, enterprise-grade applications.
- Experience building scalable, resilient cloud-native applications.
- Experience with AWS services (ECS, ELB, Lambda, SQS, VPC, EC2, IAM, S3).
- Docker and Kubernetes expertise.
- Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
- Skilled in communicating technical concepts to both technical and business stakeholders.
- Self-motivated with the ability to accomplish tasks with sufficient direction.
- Experience with cyber security engineering.
What We Do
iCOUNTER is a cyber risk intelligence provider that enables companies to counter targeted cyber-attacks through precision risk intelligence. As a leader in Third-Party Risk Intelligence (TPRI), iCOUNTER utilizes its Counter Threat Operating System (CTOS) and AI-enhanced human intelligence to detect and deflect highly targeted, AI-enabled threats across a company's ecosystem, shifting the approach from static risk assessments to real-time counter-threat operations.
