Senior Python Back End Developer

Job description / Role

Position Title: Senior Python Back End Developer
Employment Type: Full Time
Salary: up to 6.5K USD all-inclusive, depending on experience and qualifications
Job Location: Dubai, UAE

About the Client:
A Dubai based Commodity Trading company with active market participation in UK and expanding globally

Job Description:
• Refactor existing applications to optimize its performance through setting the appropriate architecture and integrating the best practices and standards
• Ensure high quality code which is very well optimized utilizing the right design, algorithms, and data structures
• Own the technical implementation of the project he/she is handling ensuring the project is on track, deadlines are met, and progress/bottlenecks is communicated to management
• Manage testing of the projects he/she is handling ensuring robust deliverables
• Prepare, review and own the technical documentation of his/her projects
• Contribute significantly towards improving and optimizing our processes, best practices & implementations
• Mentor & Coach Junior team members and his/her project colleagues on gathering and implementation of technical and design requirements

Requirements

Qualifications:
• 38 years old and below
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering/Computer Science/Electrical Engineering
• At least 5 years of experience in Python; 1+ years of work experience as a Senior Python Back-end Developer, Python Frameworks (Flask or Django), REST APIs, AWS cloud and its resources/services
• Should have strong work-experience in Relational Databases including PostgreSQL
• Experience in non-relational databases (Mongo DB, Cassandra) is a big plus
• With strong knowledge in Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) utilizing Docker containers
• Should have experience with Scrum/Agile Development methodologies
• Familiarity with front-end languages (e.g. HTML, JavaScript, and CSS)
• Previous experience in automated testing tools including unit testing & UI testing
• AWS certificate holder is a big plus

About the Company

RTC-1 Employment Services is a licensed recruitment firm based in Dubai, UAE. Our team has been in the market since 2004 and we are supporting various industries with their staffing needs across the Middle East and Africa.