Senior Software Engineer - Python

ViaSat • Full Time • Remote (United States) • 2w ago

The day-to-day

Develop and document software architectures and designs
Design, develop, test, and deploy major software components and services
Instill and reinforce software development best practices across the organization
Champion CI/CD best practices by gaining buy-in, designing and documenting the approach, and facilitating implementation
Guide entry-level to mid-level software engineers in software design patterns and algorithms
Help define features and estimate their implementation complexity
Participate in scrums, sprint planning and sprint reviews
Provide software engineering technical leadership to, and collaborate with, a team of software and optical engineers
Follow industry trends and standards related to software defined networking and network automation for fiber optic networks
Participate in creating the technical vision for the development team

What you'll need

Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or other relevant technical field or relatable experience
5+ years of relatable experience
Strong Python development skills
Proficient in documenting software architecture and APIs
Experience with microservices architectures, cloud-based distributed systems and the trade-offs associated with building and operating software that spans multiple regions/sites
Experience with continuous integration and deployment tools such as Jenkins, GoCD or Bamboo
Familiarity with Relational and NoSQL databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Cassandra or MongoDB
Experience with fully automated testing
Interest in learning optical and packet network technology
Experience with data modeling and object-oriented design

What will help you on the job

Experience with software systems related to optical and/or packet network technology and device controllers
Experience with Kubernetes and containerized deployments
Experience with one or more of OpenConfig, NETCONF, Transport API, or related network device control technologies
Experience with AWS or other public cloud services
Experience with graph theory and associated algorithms
Full stack software development using Django , Python
Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, Chef or Salt
Experience in workflow management platform like Apache Airflow
Understanding of Linux package management and versioning
Experience with optical networking physical layer fundamentals
Experience with data analysis and optimization methods
Able to learn new things like network technology
Team player
Some type of security/networking background could be helpful