Senior Software Engineer II (Python)

Toronto, Canada
EPD – Engineering/Prod Dev /
Full-Time /
Hybrid
Emburse software engineers contribute to the development of an engaging and interconnected set of system solutions. As an engineer, you will enhance the experiences of your customers, solve interesting challenges, and design new solutions. Emburse, known for its innovation and award-winning technologies, is strong on engineering. This ensures you will have access to the best and brightest minds in our industry to grow your experience and career within Emburse.

What You'll Do

    • 8+ yrs of software development experience, preferably with Lead position experience
    • Go-to expert in one area of the codebase; understands the broad architecture 
    • Understanding OWASP and general understanding of PCI/DSS at a code level as needed
    • Takes personal responsibility for quality and maintainability of the product and actively identifies areas for improvementIdentifies problems/risks of own work and others
    • May have role in supervising others or leading moderately sized projects
    • Possesses empathy with the user of the software they are producing and uses that empathy to guide decision-making
    • SDLC processes are followed, including adopting agile-based processes/meetings, peer code-reviews, and technical preparations required for scheduled releases.
    • Partners with product and analytics and drive requirements that take into account all parties' needs
    • Owns the technical testing and performance plan for their projects
    • Expanded Code review responsibilities, including OWASP SSDLC assessment
    • Strong ability to mentor and guide junior developers
    • Develops sophisticated software without supervision
    • Identifies and proactively tackles technical debt before it grows into debt that requires significant up-front work to resolve
    • Sets direction at the project/service level and consistently influences decision-making 
    • Develops large complex features and tackles difficult defects
    • Provides technical advice and weighs in on technical decisions that impact other teams or the company at large. May explore, research, and propose new technologies
    • Understands all industry jargon and business concepts to better understand the challenges our technology is designed to solve
    • Identifies viable alternative solutions and presents them
    • Gives constructive feedback to team members
    • Interact directly with customers when needed

What We're Looking For

    • Strong experience with Python application development (preferably Django), JavaScript and AWS
    • Experience working in OS X and Linux environments
    • Experience designing and building JSON or REST services and APIs
    • Experience working with 3rd party APIs, workflow and integration architectures
    • Experience with large-scale or distributed web applications
    • Preferred: Experience with financial institution integrations and financial technology will be beneficial to this role