Sr Python Developer at The Judge Group Inc. in Leesburg, Virginia

Job Description:

Location: Belmont, VA

Description:
Top 10 Solution provider to the DOD

Position: Backend Python Developer (AI/ML project)

Location: 100% REMOTE! NO Travel!


Clearance Requirements: ACTIVE Secret clearance



The ideal candidate should have a thorough understanding of agile software development practices and experience delivering deployable software in short sprints. They will work as an integral part of an Agile Scrum team-a highly productive team of technical professionals who thrive on supporting the customer's mission and growth objectives. The individual will work in close collaboration with software developers/engineers, stakeholders, and end users within Agile processes

• Develop and maintain the backend code base for multiple Python web applications (Django and Flask)

• Design and implement web application backends using Python

• Develop and execute unit tests for software components

• Collaborate with a software development team using Git

• Designing, developing and implementing custom software capabilities for an Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Platform with limited oversight

• Acts as a member of a product team supporting teammates and collaborating with a positive attitude to ensure product and team success

• Provide significant improvements to the platform being supported

• Active participation in release and sprint planning, artifact creation, sprint testing, regression testing, demonstrations and retrospectives and solution releases

• Analyzing complex project-related problems and creating innovative solutions involving, scheduling, technology, and methodology

• Ensuring product quality and timeliness of work, providing advice and guidance, resolving problems to meet objectives, and providing periodic performance reports

• Provide input on best practices and procedures creation

• Developing new and refining existing process to enhance quality and productivity


Required Qualifications:

• College degree (B.S.) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Management Systems or a related discipline. Equivalent professional experience will be considered in lieu of degree

• Deep technical expertise in software design and implementation focused in web applications

• Professional Experience: Senior = 10+ years / SME = 16+ years related technical experience, with software design, development and implementation

• Sr = 7 / SME = 10, years' experience Python development with web frameworks (Django required, Flask preferred)

• Sr = 7 / SME = 10, years' experience working with Object Oriented Programming and Service Oriented Architecture

• Sr = 7 / SME = 10, years' experience designing and building RESTful APIs that manage large amounts of data

• Experience developing applications in remote (cloud based) environments

• Must be a U.S. Citizen with at least an DOD Secret clearance or higher

• Experience working on unusually complicated problems and providing solutions that are highly creative, exhibit ingenuity, creativity, and resourcefulness

• Ability to apply estimation techniques to software development efforts

• Ability to identify and manage risk

• Strong collaboration skills and desire to work within a team

• Highly responsible, team-oriented individual with very strong work ethic and a self-starter

• Able to be methodical in documenting and testing your own code

• Comfortable working independently and as a member of a team

• Acts independently to expose and resolve problems

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills


Desired Qualifications:

• Experience building data extract, transform, and load pipelines for web applications

• Experience using Data Science libraries like Pandas for data manipulation and transformation

• Experience optimizing and monitoring a service based architecture using tools like Prometheus and/or Azure Monitor Logs

• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL

• Experience developing applications for classified data

• Experience integrating machine learning and analytical tools

• Knowledge of Typescript programming language and experience building React applications

• Ability to apply advanced principles, theories, and concepts, and contribute to the development of innovative principles and ideas

Contact: ckelly@judge.com


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