SE I - Python-React (FullStack)

The Position

We are seeking a seasoned engineer with a passion for changing the way millions of people save energy. You’ll work within the Engineering team to build and improve our platforms to deliver flexible and creative solutions to our utility partners and end users and help us achieve our ambitious goals for our business and the planet. 

We are seeking a skilled and passionate Full Stack Developer with expertise in Python and React to join our development team. As a Full Stack Developer, you will play a crucial role developing different components & services to deliver a compelling experience to users across our platforms, ensuring seamless user experiences and high-performance functionality. You will ensure that these components and the overall application are robust and easy to maintain. You will coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and quality product is important.

You will own the development and its quality independently and be responsible for high quality deliverables. And you will work with a great team with excellent benefits.

Responsibilities & Skills

You should: 

• Be excited to work with talented, committed people in a fast-paced environment. 

• Use a data-driven approach and actively work on product & technology roadmap at strategy level and day-to-day tactical level.

• Have a proven experience as a Full Stack Developer with a focus on Python and React.

• Be designing, building, and maintaining high performance responsive Web Applications and dashboards with reusable, and reliable code.

• Use a rigorous approach for product improvement and customer satisfaction.

• Love developing great software as a seasoned product engineer.

• Be ready, able, and willing to jump onto a call with a partner or customer to help solve problems. 

• Be able to deliver against several initiatives simultaneously.

• Have a strong eye for detail and quality of code.

• Have an agile mindset.

• Have strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

Required Skills (React): 

• You are an experienced developer – you ideally have 2 or more years of professional experience 

• Extensive experience with front-end technologies, including React.js, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.

• React experience, preferably React 15 or higher, 2+ years.

• Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles.

• Familiarity with newer specifications of ECMAScript.

• Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux).

• Experience with modern front-end build pipelines and tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.

• A knack for benchmarking and optimization.

• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements.

• Expertise in solutions design.

• Demonstrable experience with writing unit and functional tests.

• Ability to deliver against several initiatives simultaneously as a multiplier. 

• Good to have : SFCC knowledge 

Required Skills (Python): 

• You are an experienced developer - a minimum of 2+ years of professional experience 

• Python experience, preferably both 2.7 and 3.x 

• Strong Python knowledge - familiar with OOPs, data structures and algorithms

• Work experience & strong proficiency in Python and its associated frameworks (like Flask, FastAPI etc.)

• Experience in designing and implementing scalable microservice architecture 

• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and integration of third-party APIs

• 2+ years building and managing APIs to industry-accepted RESTful standards 

• Demonstrable experience with writing unit and functional tests 

• Application of industry security best practices to application and system development 

• Experience with database systems such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB

The following experiences are not required, but you'll stand out from other applicants if you have any of the following, in our order of importance: 

• Experience with cloud infrastructure like AWS/GCP or other cloud service provider experience 

• Serverless architecture, preferably AWS Lambda 

• Solid CI/CD experience 

• You are a Git guru and revel in collaborative workflows 

• You work on the command line confidently and are familiar with all the goodies that the linux  toolkit can provide 

• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

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