Senior Software Engineer
Wavelo

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a key role in reinventing our core Internet Service platform and have influence on our development processes and tools. Youâll be part of a fast growing and highly collaborative team. 

Ideally, you have notable experience developing software and are good at using languages like Python to implement features in distributed systems. You are comfortable working at scale on dozens of interdependent components across multiple environments. You are open to giving and receiving feedback, participating in code reviews and design discussions. In addition to the above, you are forward-thinking and able to remain effective when priorities shift.

What youâll be doing:

In the first 30 days:

• Gain deep understanding of our business and technology stack
• Design and implement features of growing complexity and ensure quality through writing automated tests

In the first 3 months:

• Contribute to technical design and architecture discussions
• Participate in code reviews and ensure that development standards are adhered to
• Support various integration and migration efforts

In the first year:

• Share knowledge and act as a trusted mentor to junior team members.
• Own projects or features from conception to release
• Balance the need to ship code quickly with the need to make sound technical decisions.

Key skills and experience:

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent work experience
• Experience building microservices in Python
• Experience with Continuous Integration concepts and tools
• Experience delivering highly available and reliable systems
• Strong system design and architecture skills
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written
• May be required to be part of an on-call rotation

Nice to have:

• Experience building integrations with 3rd party systems
• Familiarity with event driven architecture and technologies like Kafka
• Familiarity with container technologies like Docker, Nomad or Kubernetes
• Experience working in an agile environment
• Exposure to multiple programming languages
• Knowledge of fiber networks a plus
  

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