Senior Software Engineer (Python/Django)

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer 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.