Lead Python Engineer

Aera Technology is the Decision Intelligence company. We deliver innovation and services that enable enterprises to operate sustainably, intelligently, and efficiently. Our platform, Aera Decision Cloud™, integrates with your existing systems to digitize, augment, and automate decisions in real time. Aera helps enterprises around the world transform decision making – delivering millions of recommendations that have resulted in significant revenue gains and cost savings for some of the world’s best-known brands.

Privately-held and VC-funded, we have a global team of over 400 Aeranauts – and we’re growing. We deliver Decision Intelligence innovation and services that enable enterprises to automate and scale decision-making with accuracy and speed. We continue to be the trusted choice of market leaders for our proven ability to generate value and unlock opportunities that were previously unattainable. 

Responsibility

• Design, build and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code and automation
• Maintain the CI/CD and improve the release pipelineIdentify bottlenecks and bugs in applications, and devise solutions to ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications
• Research and learn new technologies to design code reviews and application enhancements/upgrades
• Collaborate cross-functionally as a key contributor in all phases of the development life cycle
• Create and execute unit test cases and contribute to test automation
• Participate in design and code reviews

Nice to have

• 5+ yrs of solid experience as a backend Python developer
• Experience with Python frameworks (e.g. FastAPI, Django, Flask, Bottle)
• Should have good experience in Python 3
• Strong knowledge of Data Structures & Algorithms, OOP, Threads, Parallel-Processing
• Experience building secure, complex, and scalable APIs, from design through deployment
• Should be able to write clean, modular code. Solid understanding of writing and delivering testable quality code
• Should have knowledge of SDLC best practices, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations. Experience with GIT, Jira & Agile Methodology
• Familiarity with Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Azure or GCP and REST API Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm is a big plus
• Experience with SQL

If you share our passion for building a sustainable, intelligent, and efficient world, you’re in the right place. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, we're a series D start-up, with teams in Mountain View, San Francisco (California), Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca (Romania), Paris (France), Munich (Germany), London (UK), Pune (India), and Sydney (Australia). So join us, and let’s build this!

Aera Technology is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Benefits Summary 

At Aera Technology, we strive to support our Aeranauts and their loved ones through different stages of life with a variety of attractive benefits, and great perks. In addition to offering a competitive salary and company stock options, we have other great benefits available. You’ll find comprehensive medical, Group Medical Insurance, Term Insurance, Accidental Insurance, paid time off, Maternity leave, and much more. We offer unlimited access to online professional courses for both professional and personal development, coupled with people manager development programs. We believe in a flexible working environment, to allow our Aeranauts to perform at their best, ensuring a healthy work-life balance. When you’re working from the office, you’ll also have access to a fully-stocked kitchen with a selection of snacks and beverages.