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# Python Application Developer (Backend & Data-Focused

- **Company:** Axiom
- **Location:** Charlotte, NC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $145,600.0 - $166,400.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Applications Architecture, Unit Testing, Code Review, Data Structures, Database Queries, Software Debugging, Python (Programming Language), Object-Oriented Software Development, Performance Tuning, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Systems Integration, DevOps Tools - Open-source, Software Application Programming, Backend, Software Coding, Restful APIs
- **Published:** September 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/16_b4b03608

## About the Role

* 10+ years of professional software development experience with strong recent hands-on coding
 * Advanced proficiency in Python for backend and application development
 * Strong SQL expertise with experience designing and optimizing complex queries
 * Demonstrated experience building applications end-to-end, not just maintaining existing frameworks
 * Solid understanding of system design, application architecture, and data modeling
 * Experience developing and integrating RESTful APIs and backend services
 * Strong grasp of object-oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms
 * Ability to clearly explain technical concepts and architectural tradeoffs
 * Experience working in agile or fast-paced delivery environments
 * Exposure to cloud platforms, DevOps tooling, or CI/CD pipelines is a plus

## Description

* Develop and optimize SQL-driven data integrations supporting business and technical workflows
 * Translate requirements into scalable system designs and clearly articulate architectural decisions
 * Build and consume RESTful APIs and integrate third-party services
 * Write clean, efficient, well-documented Python code following engineering best practices
 * Perform unit testing, debugging, and performance tuning to ensure reliability
 * Participate in code reviews and contribute to CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes
 * Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, data, and infrastructure partners


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