Senior Python Engineer

84.51° Overview:

84.51° is a retail data science, insights and media company. We help The Kroger Co., consumer packaged goods companies, agencies, publishers and affiliates create more personalized and valuable experiences for shoppers across the path to purchase.

Powered by cutting-edge science, we utilize first-party retail data from more than 62 million U.S. households sourced through the Kroger Plus loyalty card program to fuel a more customer-centric journey using 84.51° Insights, 84.51° Loyalty Marketing and our retail media advertising solution, Kroger Precision Marketing.

Join us at 84.51°!

As a Senior Python Engineer , you will have the opportunity to design and build software products and features for both internal and external clients. We are a team of innovators, continuously exploring new technologies that ensure 84.51° remains on the cutting edge of application development. In this position, you will be utilizing Python, JSON, and SQL daily.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Take ownership of stories and drive them to completion through all phases of the entire 84.51° SDLC. This includes external facing and internal applications as well as process improvement activities such as:

• Participate in design of Python based solutions

• Perform development of Python based solutions

• Perform unit and integration testing

• Partner with senior resources, gaining insights

• Provide mentoring to junior resources

• Participate in retrospective reviews

• Participate in the estimation process for new work and releases

• Maintaining and enhancing existing applications

• Bring new perspectives to problems

• Be driven to improve yourself and the way things are done

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree (Master’s degree desired) typically in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Mathematics, Business Analytics or another technically strong program.

• Understanding of Agile Principles (Scrum)

• 2+ years of proven professional Java development experience

• Proficient with automated testing (unit, data quality)

• Proficient with VCS (Git, SVN)

• Experience with dependency management

• Experience with performance tuning enterprise applications

• Experience with debugging enterprise applications

• Experience with RESTful APIs

• Understanding of CI/CD

• Understanding of Object-Oriented Principles

• Understanding SOLID principles

PREFERRED SKILLS – KNOWLEDGE OF THE FOLLOWING

• Azure

• Kubernetes

• Enterprise Messaging

• SOA

• Proficient in SQL

• Experience with NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Couchbase)

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time for this position.

This is a Hybrid position. Candidates must be able to come into the office on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of each week. We have locations in Cincinnati, OH, Chicago, IL, Deerfield, IL, New York, NY, and Portland, OR. There are no remote options for this position.

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