Principle Engineer - Python

Brilliant

Irving, TX, United States

20 days ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Experience required

5 years minimum

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.dice.com

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Artificial Intelligence Automation of Tests Continuous Delivery DevOps Programming Tools Web Development Django Web Framework Github Python (Programming Language) Octopus Deploy OpenShift

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Site Reliability Engineering Practices Ansible Software Engineering SONAR (Symantec) Software Vulnerability Management Cloud Platform System GitHub Copilot Flask (Web Framework) Software Security Fastapi Pytest Git Flow Kubernetes Deployment Automation Checkmarx Api Design Terraform Devsecops Dynamic Application Security Testing

Requirements

10+ years of professional software engineering experience with strong proficiency in Python and demonstrated ability to lead complex engineering initiatives.
10+ years of building web applications and APIs using industry-standard frameworks (Django, FastAPI, Flask).
8+ years designing and implementing CI/CD automation and DevOps practices, including GitHub Actions and reusable workflow development.
Hands-on experience integrating security and quality scanning into CI/CD pipelines (Sonar, Checkmarx, Black Duck, GitHub Secret Scanning, and DAST) with enforceable policy gates.
5+ years of experience with cloud-native platforms and container orchestration (OpenShift/Kubernetes) including deployment automation.
Experience building or operating deployment automation to OpenShift using Harness CD (or equivalent), including promotion, approvals, and rollback strategies.
5+ years of DevSecOps or application security engineering experience, including compliance automation and vulnerability management.
Proven ability to collaborate across engineering, security, platform, and governance stakeholders to deliver reusable standards and adoption outcomes.
Experience utilizing coding assistants (GitHub Copilot) and AI-powered development tools in a professional engineering environment.

Desired Qualifications

12-15+ years of Python development with deep expertise in modern Python patterns, packaging, and test automation (Pytest).
Experience developing and maintaining Django-based platforms at enterprise scale; familiarity with Wagtail CMS and Wagtail CRX (CodeRed CMS).
Experience with OpenShift/Kubernetes platform engineering and operational patterns (multi-tenant clusters, resource governance, observability).
Experience with infrastructure-as-code and GitOps practices (Terraform, Ansible, ArgoCD) and policy-as-code approaches.
Deep familiarity with branching strategies, repo governance, and release branching models for enterprise delivery.
Experience with SRE practices, observability platforms, and incident management workflows.
Familiarity with spec-driven development (e.g., GitHub Spec-Kit) and API-first design.
Job Expectations
Ability to work on-site at approved location.
Ability to collaborate effectively in a hybrid enterprise environment.