Sr. Python Developer

• All candidates are encouraged to apply.
• Use Python, Airflow, Docker, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Google Cloud Platform services (PubSub, Big Query, etc), and more every day.
• Design and develop scalable services and APIs across the Company product portfolio.
• Proactively facilitate open communication, collective decision-making, thorough reviews, and other engineering practices that create performant, scalable systems
• Work in Google Cloud Platform
• Work in a GNU/Linux environment
• Work in an agile-based environment using tools like GitLab, Slack, Keybase, etc.
• Collaborate with other teams including product, UX, services, support, and University technology staff as needed
• What we need from you
• 5+ years of hands-on development experience
• A love of coding and building systems, especially with Python
• A strong belief that a holistic engineering mindset (testing, code review, DevOps, CICD) is essential to building great systems
• A desire to collaborate, mentor, guide, and be guided by your peers
• Strong communication and mentoring skills
• Preference for small teams and organizations
• Desire to work in a fast-paced, challenging environment
• The mission of high social value
• Excellent medical, dental, and optical plans
• 403b with matching
• Commuter benefits (for those in Austin)
• The company is a small, partially-distributed team of product, engineering, services, and support staff centered in downtown Austin, Texas.
• We build technology products for a consortium of large research universities that are working together to improve digital teaching and learning in higher education.
• Using their combined mission of education and research, we are closing the loop between learning science and pedagogical research to drive advancements in teaching and learning.
• More than 1 million students are served by our members and will be impacted by the services we offer.
• We are a startup inside a collaborative of substantial scale and resources, fully funded by the investments of our membership.
• The company is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
• We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status.
• If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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