Python Job: NaaP Python SW Developer

Role Purpose

Network as a Platform is a key strategic enabler for customer facing product platforms that will sit on top, delivering a rich set of capabilities that can be called upon via APIs which will massively enhance agility in delivering new/enhanced products and opportunities to grow revenue.

• Develop software (APIs & microservices) for a continuously growing platform for the different Product Platforms and 3rd parties to consume
• Be part of a team that aims for technical excellence based on state-of-the-art technologies such as TDD, CI/CD Pipelines, Elastic Systems and best coding practices
• Participate in Agile projects building the required solutions
• Scout new technologies and vendors to enable innovation and identify technical enablers
  

Ideal Background:

• Deliver the Network as a Platform – NaaP – API catalogue and ensure the solutions being delivered are aligned with Vodafone strategy, best practice and business objectives.
• Work closely with NaaP API Design and Architecture teams to understand NaaP APIs needs and develop relevant solutions for those needs.
• Develop sw in cloud architecture environments with state-of-the-art technologies
• Participate in Agile projects building the required solutions
• Scout new technologies and vendors to enable innovation and identify technical enablers.
• Contribute to definition of strategy and to design of E2E NaaP solutions
• To define and deliver 3 Year Network as a Platform Roadmap

Main Responsabilities:

• 5+ years of experience as a SW developer
• Proficiency in microservices development with Python and Flask/Django.
• Sw engineering best practices, such as in-line documentation, linting, structured code, and Object-Oriented Programming.
• Virtualization technologies & Containers solutions (Kubernetes, Docker)
• Experience with cloud architectures
• API automation testing including working experience with unit test automation frameworks (TDD or automated testing), such as pytest or unittest
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases (SQL, MongoDB)
• CI/CD and version control knowledge
• Experience with performance/load test (JMeter, Gatling, Locust)
• Experience of working with an agile methodology
• Modern security practices
• Ability to work in fast paced international team
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent practical experience
• Technical expertise in Network technologies would be a plus