Python Full stack Engineer

This team has members in Reston, VA; West Chester, PA; and our downtown Philadelphia offices, and we will equally consider candidates in these locations. It is not open for remote/virtual hire.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role now or in the future.

Core Responsibilities:

• Software Development & Platform Engineering 
  • Design, develop, and maintain observability platforms using Python and Golang. 
  • Build and enhance React-based frontends for observability dashboards and self-service tools. 
  • Implement RESTful APIs and microservices.
  • Develop and manage infrastructure using Kubernetes and Docker
  • Automate observability tooling and deployment processes using Helm, Terraform, and Ansible. 
• Observability & System Monitoring 
  • Architect scalable and resilient observability solutions for logging, metrics, and tracing. 
  • Optimize and scale Elasticsearch, Prometheus/VictoriaMetrics, and Grafana for high-volume data ingest and queries. 
  • Integrate OpenTelemetry for distributed tracing and RED metric generation. 
  • Improve real-time anomaly detection pipelines with ADE (Anomaly Detection Exporter). 
• Operational Excellence & Support 
  • Provide technical leadership in incident response, troubleshooting, and resolution. 
  • Collaborate with internal teams to improve observability best practices and operational insights. 
  • Participate in an on-call rotation for platform support, including after-hours and weekends. 
  • Enhance CI/CD automation to streamline deployments and reduce manual intervention. 
• Mentorship & Leadership 
  • Lead technical discussions and provide guidance to junior engineers. 
  • Advocate for best practices in observability, software development, and automation. 
  • Contribute to technical documentation and internal knowledge-sharing initiatives. 

Required skills & experience: 

• Python (4+ years) and JavaScript (React) (3+ years) 
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration (3+ years) 
• Expertise in REST API development (3+ years) 
• Experience working with Linux environments and shell scripting (Bash, Python, or similar) 
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows 
• Familiarity with Helm, Terraform, Ansible, and Packer 
• Experience troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems 
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills 
   

Preferred/Nice-to-have: 

• Experience with Golang 
• Knowledge of Microsoft Graph API 
• Background in enterprise-scale observability systems 
• Experience with multi-cloud observability architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP)