[Remote] Senior Software Engineer - Data Engineering

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Oxbow Talent is recruiting for an unnamed US technology business. The Senior Software Engineer will design, develop, and maintain scalable backend applications and data-processing systems using Python and cloud technologies, while taking ownership of production systems and contributing to technical decisions.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain scalable backend applications and services using Python
• Develop and optimise data-processing pipelines and ETL workflows
• Build reliable, cloud-native applications using AWS
• Work with large datasets, SQL databases and modern data platforms
• Develop and maintain containerised applications using Docker and Kubernetes
• Design and support event-driven and asynchronous processing systems
• Implement automated testing, CI/CD pipelines and production monitoring
• Improve system performance, reliability and scalability
• Troubleshoot production issues and contribute to long-term architectural improvements
• Collaborate with engineers and other technical stakeholders to deliver new features and capabilities
• Take ownership of engineering solutions from initial design through deployment and ongoing support

Skills

• Strong commercial experience developing production applications using Python
• Experience building backend services, APIs and distributed applications
• Experience developing or maintaining ETL and data-processing pipelines
• Strong AWS experience
• Good SQL skills and experience working with relational databases or data warehouses
• Experience using Docker and Kubernetes
• Understanding of asynchronous processing and event-driven architectures
• Experience with automated testing, CI/CD and production monitoring
• Ability to independently design, develop and maintain production systems
• Strong communication skills and experience collaborating within remote engineering teams
• Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery or similar data platforms
• Airflow, Argo Workflows, Dagster or comparable orchestration technologies
• Terraform or Pulumi
• Kafka, SQS, SNS or similar messaging technologies
• Experience working with high-volume data-processing applications
• Exposure to machine learning infrastructure or AI-enabled applications

Benefits

• Fully remote working while collaborating during US Eastern Time business hours.
• Work with Python, AWS, Kubernetes and contemporary data technologies.
• Take responsibility for meaningful production systems and technical decisions.
• Work on complex applications involving cloud infrastructure, backend engineering and large-scale data processing.
• Join an experienced engineering function that values technical quality, autonomy and practical problem-solving.
• Join a growing business investing in its engineering capabilities.

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