Senior Python Developer / Lead Architect

Project description
Client's Research & Early Development group (gRED) excels in understanding the mechanisms of biology that drive disease to develop world-class therapeutics. To do so, gRED analyzes vast amounts of scientific data and creates cutting edge tools to enable data analysis at scale for all scientists.

These analyses often involve multiple-step workflows that must be assembled on demand from a variety of stand-alone, command-line tools, and we are looking for a lead architect to develop and execute the next steps in this strategy that allows scientists with novice computational knowledge to collect data, configure analyses using a web UI, and execute multi-step workflows. This system also provides scientists with a common programmatic framework for the management of data and its descriptive metadata, and enables key visualizations of the data using interactive web interfaces.

This system powers multiple laboratory workflows across gRED where the raw data that is generated must be processed through a set of different tools before the data can be interpreted. These separate tools must work together in a coordinated fashion at scale.

We re searching for a full time Senior Python Developer and Architect to lead the team creating the Bluecopper system.

Responsibilities:
Design and oversee the architecture of the Bluecopper System
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
Work with Business Analysts to understand functional and non-functional requirements and develop appropriate system architectures
Write clean, scalable, and efficient Python code
Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback
Troubleshoot, test, and maintain the core product software to ensure strong optimization and functionality
Work together with DevOps engineers to deploy and maintain the system in a cloud-based environment
Monitor system performance and implement improvements as necessary
Mentor the development team and enhance the understanding of best practices.
Required technologies and skills:
Python (must have), including the following frameworks/libraries:
o Experience in developing within a web application framework using SQLAlchemy (e.g. Pyramid)
o Demonstrated experience in developing APIs to serve both Typescript / Javascript frontend environments and to serve other internal users
MySQL (must have)
Gitlab (must have)
CI/CD pipelines (must have)
Docker (must have)
Process orchestration in high-performance computing environments (must have)
Building distributed systems (must have)
Automated testing - unit, int, e2e, performance, regression (must have)
Deployment within a cloud-based environment (e.g. AWS)
Jenkins (nice to have)

Strong ownership and accountability mindset
Fluent in English
Excellent communication skills
Experience in working with distributed development teams
Experience in working in a global environment
Expertise in agile delivery in Scrum
Quick learner
Self organized, reliable and precise