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Its risk intelligence covers areas including climate, human rights, political, economic, and environmental risk, helping organizations make more informed decisions across their operations, investments, and supply chains.\nWe are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our backend engineering team and help build the APIs and workflows behind the next generation of our client-facing technology.\nThis is a hands-on engineering role with meaningful ownership. You will write production Python, make technical decisions, and take work from early design through deployment and ongoing improvement. 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