Sr. Python Engineer

As a full-time Software Engineer on our team, you will work closely with clients to maintain and expand systems. On your first project, you will have the opportunity to build software that works with cutting-edge prototype devices and integrates them into our client’s data collection platform.

This role involves collaborating with audio/video engineers and recording technicians onsite, as well as an international team of software engineers and interdisciplinary audio researchers. As a key member of the team, you’ll help scope and prioritize work with a focus on delivering high-quality, maintainable software.

Responsibilities:

• Develop software to work with cutting-edge prototype devices.
• Improve the data collection process to be efficient, reliable, and accurate.
• Work with recording equipment for audio and other modalities.
• Deploy, test, and evaluate upgrades to the data collection platform.
• Build and maintain systems for monitoring system health.
• Enhance tooling for the validation and processing of data.
• Work onsite to debug problems and perform root cause analyses.
• Partner with other engineers to triage and estimate issues.
• Promote best practices across the community of engineers and researchers.

Required Skills:

• 6 years of professional programming experience in Python with demonstrated proficiency with large projects.
• Some full stack software development experience including working knowledge of React (or similar JavaScript frontend frameworks).
• Proficiency in Linux and shell scripting.
• Skills in maintaining and improving networks.
• Experience with cross-platform distributed (RESTful) systems.
• CI/CD experience, particularly with GitHub or GitLab.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience working with hardware multimedia sensors.
• Working knowledge of audio, image, and video formats.
• Experience with relational and graph/NoSQL databases.
• Experience with software and hardware testing frameworks and strategies.
• Working knowledge of time-synchronization.
• Experience with systems administration on Windows.
• Experience with containerization and container orchestration.
• Exposure to FastAPI and/or React (or related frameworks).
• Android development experience.

Location

• Redmond, WA (onsite)