Python Job: R-15000 - Python Developer

Job Description Summary:

The Rackspace Managed Security team is seeking a software developer to join our team. You will be responsible for designing and developing software for REST API’s, application deployment, infrastructure automation, and CI/CD services. You will work with a team of top talent who stay close to the experimental edge of technology, where “Serverless”, “Microservices”, “DevOps”, and “ChatOps” are more than just buzzwords.

Our team moves fast, gets things done, cares about quality, and loves to come up with innovative ways to deliver tools and APIs that are valued by fellow Rackers and by customers. We follow a Lean Startup approach to development with a good mix of having fun while delivering top-notch results, often ahead of schedule!

Designs and develops software for enterprise services. Responsibilities may include: translating functional requirements into conceptual and detailed designs; providing estimates for development effort; implementing proof of concept, prototypes, and production-grade software; creating unit and acceptance tests; coordinating sign-off from QA/Test; automating deployment; and assisting Operations and Support staff in trouble-shooting software issues, as well as implementing bug fixes. Working knowledge in one or more programming languages, technologies, and software platforms. Adheres to established coding and process best practices. Demonstrates progressive strive toward working autonomously.

Job Description/Responsibilities:

The Rackspace Managed Security team is seeking a software developer to join our team. You will be responsible for designing and developing software for REST API’s, application deployment, infrastructure automation, and CI/CD services. You will work with a team of top talent who stay close to the experimental edge of technology, where “Serverless”, “Microservices”, “DevOps”, and “ChatOps” are more than just buzzwords.

Our team moves fast, gets things done, cares about quality, and loves to come up with innovative ways to deliver tools and APIs that are valued by fellow Rackers and by customers.

We follow a Lean Startup approach to development with a good mix of having fun while delivering top-notch results, often ahead of schedule! Write clean, working code, Co-design solutions with the team and with users. Implement proofs of concept, prototypes, and production-grade software. Instrument code and systems with automated monitoring and alerting, including notifications sent to both Pager Duty and Slack. Support what you build: DevOps to us means we are primary support for the systems we build, design, test, and deploy.

Collaborate well, both within your immediate team and across teams.

Ideal candidates have significant career experience (minimum 5 years) with at least one of the following languages: Python, Go, Javascript. Polyglot preferred.

REST API design and implementation. External vendor API integration.

Continuous Delivery/Deployment (shipping code to production many times per day).Sound logic and communication skills. Experience writing unit functional/integration tests.

Works autonomously. Provides technical leadership and guidance to colleagues who are unfamiliar with own feature areas.

Uses own growth experience to mentor developing colleagues.

Designs robust, scalable, secure, and globalized feature. Identifies risks and mitigation for own feature. Effectively manages dependencies for own feature. Efficiently implements own feature with minimal technical debt. Ensures feature area is bug free. Includes unit tests for own feature to achieve established code coverage targets. Feature areas are test-driven designed, enabling efficient regression testing. Focuses on a single feature or sections of code while building basic experience and expertise. Advanced knowledge in multiple technologies relevant to current activities in the business unit. Demonstrates a systematic structured problem- solving approach. Advanced working knowledge of most technologies relevant to our core business. Ability to generalize a specific problem and derive solution for a class of problem. Ability to derive casual relationship from ambiguous data.

Typically requires 3-6 years of experience in software development, engineering, testing, or a related field. Solid software engineering fundamentals gained through training, course work, or relevant experience

We are the multicloud solutions experts. We combine our expertise with the world’s leading technologies — across applications, data and security — to deliver end-to-end solutions. We have a proven record of advising customers based on their business challenges, designing solutions that scale, building and managing those solutions, and optimizing returns into the future. Named a best place to work, year after year according to Fortune, Forbes and Glassdoor, we attract and develop world-class talent. Join us on our mission to embrace technology, empower customers and deliver the future.

Though we’re all different, Rackers thrive through our connection to a central goal: to be a valued member of a winning team on an inspiring mission. We bring our whole selves to work every day. And we embrace the notion that unique perspectives fuel innovation and enable us to best serve our customers and communities around the globe. We welcome you to apply today and want you to know that we are committed to offering equal employment opportunity without regard to age, color, disability, gender reassignment or identity or expression, genetic information, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, military or veteran status, nationality, ethnic or national origin, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any legally protected characteristic. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.