Senior Software Engineer, Python

Scorpion

  • USA
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 14 days ago
Scorpion is the leading provider of technology and services helping local businesses thrive. We do this by helping customers understand local market dynamics, make the most of their marketing, and deliver experiences their customers will love. We offer tools to know what's going on with marketing, competitors, and customers. We offer a unique blend of AI support and teams of real human people with local expertise committed to customer success. At Scorpion, we are ready to do whatever it takes to help our clients reach their goals. Our technology and personalized tools bring everything together to help local businesses easily understand their unique business, market, and customer needs. We put SEO, Reviews, Advertising, Email Marketing, Chat and Messaging, Social Media, Website, Lead Management, Appointment Scheduling, and more to work for local businesses. We're a technology-led service with a human touch.About the RoleWe're looking for a talented, collaborative, and ambitious Senior Python Software Engineer or Machine Learning Engineer to contribute to developing data-intensive AI microservices and their integration with front-end applications. The Python Software Engineer will work closely with data scientists, machine learning engineers, and data engineers to develop, integrate, and evaluate AI systems, including generative AI applications built on the latest large language models, such as OpenAI's GPT-4. You will play an integral part in the project life cycle and work closely with team members from the initial concept to the final release.What your success will look like
  • You will be responsible for the development of data, generative AI, and machine learning-enabled microservices and their integration with front-end applications, which includes designing, coding, testing, deploying, documenting and supporting the things that you build
  • Own the back-end code and APIs for AI products currently being worked on and new products to come
  • Define extensible and flexible serverless architectures to facilitate rapid iteration on product concepts
  • Integrate and process data from a variety of structured and unstructured data sources
  • Maintain code base; make fixes and improvements
  • Facilitate data collection through external and internal APIs
Who you are and what you bring
  • 6+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Advanced Python skills
  • Microsoft Azure experience
  • Experience with SOA architecture (ideally microservices) and serverless
  • Focus on cloud-based SaaS application development
  • Experience with SQL, Spark or PySpark, NoSQL
  • Experience in an agile software development environment
  • Experience developing high throughput / low latency APIs
  • This is not a data scientist role, but some exposure to generative AI (Large Language Models), machine learning, MLOps, LLMOps, or experience collaborating with AI engineers or data scientists would be helpful
  • A highly organized, innovative, and collaborative individual capable of adapting to workflows
  • Performs work under minimal supervision. Handles complex issues and problems and refers only to the most complex issues to more senior colleagues.
  • May provide code review, coaching, and/or mentoring to less experienced colleague
Our Scorpion ValuesWinning Mindset: When our clients win, we win.
Genuine Care: We only succeed when we are truly invested in our clients and each other.
Unmatched Results: We deliver more than expected-and then some-driving the best results and impacting lives.
Constant Improvement: We believe there is always a better way. We learn we ask “What if?” we build and then do it again.
Unbeatable Teamwork: We come from different backgrounds but have the same vision. We only get there by doing it together, as a team.Our BenefitsWe invest in our employees by offering them diverse benefits from best-in-class carriers. These benefits provide enough choice and flexibility to keep our employees and their families healthy and happy-today and tomorrow.
  • 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Flexible paid time off, so you can rest, relax, and recharge away from work
  • Employee equity program
  • Paid parental leave
  • Paid cell phone and service
  • Remote office allowance
  • Professional development and development courses
  • Regular manager check-ins to drive performance and career growth through Lattice
CompensationWe acknowledge that states have passed legislation promoting pay transparency. As a national employer, Scorpion has made the decision to post our expected pay rate or pay range (as applicable) in all our job postings, regardless of geographic location.
  • The base salary range is $130,000 (entry-level) - $160,000 (highly experienced), exclusive of fringe benefits. If you are hired at Scorpion, your final base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience. Additionally, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider the internal equity of our current team members as a part of any final offer. Please keep in mind that the range mentioned above is the total salary range for the role. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical in order to allow for future & continued salary growth. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary bonuses or commissions.
Scorpion is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or physical or mental disability. We believe in creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion.Apply for this Job
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