Python Tech Lead - Staff Software Engineer

We are looking for a Tech Lead to help our team build and scale our CasePeer software. CasePeer is our personal injury legal practice management software servicing thousands of legal professionals.

Read More about CasePeer:

CasePeer: https://www.casepeer.com

What You'll Do:

• Lead the team in technical decisions providing guidance and expertise in software architecture design patterns and best practices

• Design and implement scalable applications in a MVC (Django) environment while leveraging best practices and modern technologies like (e.g. Kubernetes)

• Collaborate with Product to proactively consider trade-offs identify risks to timelines consider where we can improve as a team in order to deliver business outcomes

• Mentor and coach other software engineers fostering their professional growth and development

• Collaborate with product managers and UX to design to ship innovative solutions that serve our customers’ needs

• Support software deployments including debugging troubleshooting and coordination with DevOps and QA Engineers

• Collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to understand requirements communicate technical solutions and ensure alignment with business objectives

• Lead team meetings including sprint planning grooming and retros ensuring effective communication and coordination within the team

• Drive technology initiatives within the team and product to maintain application performance scalability and sustainability

• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies continuously learning and evolving your skills to drive innovation and excellence within the team

• Provide technical expertise to the broader engineering group to help drive positive results and outcomes

About You:

• BS in Computer Science or related field

• 7+ years of experience designing implementing monitoring and debugging large-scale solutions in cloud-based environments

• Experience building and deploying production-grade web applications at scale

• Familiar with LEAN product development and Agile frameworks - Scrum or Kanban

• Experience building robust and resilient applications with event-based microservices architecture

• Expert in Python and Django Framework (or equivalent)

• Strong understanding of SOLID design principles and design patterns

• Strong understanding with SQL and familiarity with databases such as Postgres or MySql

• Strong teamwork and documentation skills

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience with Containers (Docker) Kubernetes and Argo CD

• Experience working with cloud technologies (e.g. AWS GCE)

• Expertise in full-stack web development with Django and React

• Experience building Software as a Service (SaaS) applications at scale

• Experience in writing front-end components using React

Additional Information

The base pay range for this position is between $115000-$170000 USD annually. The salary range for performing this role outside of the US / Austin / California may differ.  AffiniPay is committed to offering competitive fair and commensurate compensation and has provided an estimated pay range for this role. Actual compensation may vary based on job-related knowledge skills experience and education.