Job Title: Senior Backend Python Engineer

Company Name: Denali Advanced Integration

Job Url: https://www.simplyhired.com/job/_1QPRJCuHifDVzst9uGWCJM5wTYQAy4JQDOsKuKk6qVUPi9XDxH0uA

Job Description: Python Engineer
Denali Advanced Integration / 3MD
Remote

Job Details
Full-time
$150,000 - $180,000 a year
18 hours ago
Benefits
Health insurance
Dental insurance
401(k)
Paid time off
Vision insurance
Life insurance
Qualifications
Authentication
Computer science
Data preprocessing
Data storage
Computer Science
SQL databases
RESTful API
Relational databases
Workflow management (operations management method)
5 years
Data structures
System design
NoSQL
Scalable systems
SQL
Bachelor's degree
Containerization
Continuous integration
Implementing APIs
DNS
Django
Developing data pipelines
ServiceNow
Scalability
Developing and maintaining backend systems
System architecture design
JSON
Flask
Senior level
AI
Bachelor's degree in computer science
Communication skills
Project stakeholder communication
Python
ChatGPT
HTML
Prefect
Full Job Description
Summary of Position:

We are looking for a Senior Backend Python Engineer with strong systems thinking and API integration experience to help design, build, and scale our AI-driven network operations platform. You will focus on backend services, data pipelines, and integrations with upstream tools, ensuring reliability, performance, and correctness in a production environment.

Essential Functions:

Backend Services & APIs

· Design, implement, and maintain Python-based backend services and APIs (e.g., FastAPI or similar).

· Build robust integrations with systems such as ServiceNow, Splunk, IPAM, DNS, routing/device lookup tools, and other internal platforms.

· Ensure services are built with  in mind.

Data Pipelines & Workflow Orchestration

· Develop and maintain workflows using Prefect (or similar orchestration tools) for:

· Document ingestion and preprocessing (e.g., manuals, internal docs).

· Vectorization pipelines and blob storage management for retrieval.

· Scheduled and event-driven workflows for ticket summarization, alarm correlation, compliance workflows, etc.

· Implement automatic retries, logging, and observability for all workflows.

Integrations & Tooling

· Integrate with a wide range of operational tools (e.g., device lookup, route lookup, trace route, change record lookup).

· Help transition existing “agentic tools” and internal scripts into MCP-based tools and standardized interfaces over time.

· Work with internal tool owners (e.g., networking automation platforms) using APIs, HTML scraping, or direct DB access where needed.

Quality, Reliability & Optimization

· Write clean, well-structured, testable Python code.

· Optimize for I/O, disk operations, and concurrency in a high-volume production environment.

· Contribute to system design for redundancy, fault tolerance, and scalability.

Collaboration & Delivery

· Work within 2-week sprints, owning tickets from design to deployment and validation with customer teams.

· Collaborate closely with:

· Product Owners/Managers on requirements and scope.

· AI Specialists on model usage, prompting, and agentic coding patterns.

· NOC and network engineers to deeply understand domain workflows (e.g., shift handover, maintenance windows, alarm correlation).

· Participate in code reviews and knowledge sharing across lanes.

Required Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science AI, Data Engineering, or related field.

5+ years of experience as a DevOps, Data Engineering, or AI infrastructure

Strong Python expertise

· 5+ years professional software engineering experience (or equivalent).

· Demonstrated “extreme competency” in Python: data structures, async patterns, error handling, testing, packaging, etc.

Backend / Systems Engineering

· Experience building backend APIs and services (FastAPI, Flask, Django REST, or similar).

· Experience with databases (SQL and/or NoSQL) and designing schemas for operational systems.

· Solid understanding of I/O performance, concurrency, and reliability in distributed systems.

Integration Experience

· Proven experience integrating with third-party and internal APIs.

· Comfortable working with REST/JSON, authentication schemes, and potentially HTML scraping or direct DB connectivity when APIs aren’t available.

Software Engineering Fundamentals

· Strong grasp of object-oriented programming, software design principles, and maintainable architecture.

· Familiarity with CI/CD practices, logging, monitoring, and production support.

Communication & Ownership

· Ability to work independently in a small, high-trust team, owning features end-to-end.

· Strong communication skills to work directly with product and operational stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have)

Networking / NOC Domain Knowledge

· Understanding of basic networking concepts (routes, subnets/CIDR, DNS, IPAM, firewalls, routers, alarms).

· Experience with NOC environments, monitoring, alarming, maintenance windows, and change management.

AI & Agentic Coding Exposure

· Experience working alongside LLM-based systems (e.g., ChatGPT) for coding, code review, or operations.

· Familiarity with vector databases, embeddings, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).

· Exposure to agentic coding patterns (AI factories, tool orchestration) is a plus but not a requirement.

Tooling & Infrastructure

· Experience with Prefect or similar workflow orchestrators (Airflow, Dagster, etc.).

· Experience with Kubernetes and containerized deployments.

· Prior work integrating with observability/monitoring stacks (e.g., Splunk).

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Pay: $150,000.00 - $180,000.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k)
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Paid time off
Vision insurance
Work Location: Remote