SR Software Engineer (Python/AWS/CICD) 6003-1

Optomi, in partnership with a leading entertainment company, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to support the development of scalable, high-performance software systems and cloud infrastructure.

Position Summary

The Senior Software Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing reliable, high-throughput, low-latency software solutions. This individual will leverage deep expertise in Python, AWS, distributed systems, and DevOps practices to build scalable applications and cloud infrastructure components.

The ideal candidate is an expert hands-on developer with strong problem-solving abilities, experience working across complex data architectures, and the ability to independently drive technical solutions from design through implementation.

This role will collaborate closely with engineers, data scientists, and cross-functional partners to improve system performance, implement architectural enhancements, and establish scalable engineering practices.

What the right candidate will enjoy:

Building complex, scalable software solutions within a large enterprise technology environment.

Working with Python, AWS, distributed systems, and modern DevOps technologies.

Solving challenging engineering problems involving performance, scalability, and data management.

Collaborating with software engineers, data scientists, and technical stakeholders.

Contributing to architecture decisions and identifying opportunities to improve existing systems.

Providing technical mentorship and helping establish engineering best practices.

What type of experience does the right candidate have:

5+ years of professional software development experience, including distributed systems and data management.

Expert-level Python programming skills with strong knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and code optimization.

Hands-on experience developing and deploying cloud-based solutions using AWS services such as IAM, S3, Kinesis, Lambda, and SNS.

Strong DevOps experience, including CI/CD, Docker, automated testing, and deployment automation.

Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, or similar technologies.

Proficiency in TypeScript, Java, or another strongly typed programming language.

Understanding of database architectures, including SQL, NoSQL, data warehouses, partitioning, and storage trade-offs.

Experience designing and optimizing reliable, scalable, high-throughput, low-latency applications.

Strong technical problem-solving abilities and experience making architectural recommendations.

Bachelor's degree or 17 years of relevant experience.

What the responsibilities are of the right candidate:

Design, develop, and maintain reliable, scalable, high-performance software applications and cloud infrastructure components.

Build production-quality Python code to solve complex engineering and data management challenges.

Design low-level software implementations, including data structures, algorithms, class structures, and code organization.

Develop and implement cloud-based solutions leveraging AWS services and modern infrastructure automation tools.

Apply DevOps best practices, including CI/CD, containerization, automated testing, and deployment automation.

Identify and resolve system performance, scalability, and reliability challenges.

Evaluate existing architectures and propose technical improvements to support growing system demands.

Identify opportunities to reuse, generalize, or optimize existing services and implementations.

Collaborate with engineers, data scientists, and other stakeholders to define and implement technical solutions.

Conduct thorough code reviews to maintain code quality, performance, and engineering standards.

Provide technical mentorship and guidance to other engineering team members.

Stay current with emerging software engineering, cloud infrastructure, and data management technologies.