Senior Python Software Engineer

About Prefect:

Prefect, the open-source data workflow automation platform. Our remote-first company is singularly focused on this vision, and every team member directly contributes to its advancement. Every role solves a problem, and everyone can see exactly how their work helps achieve our mission.

To that end, we've carefully created a supportive, high-performance culture - the operating system of our company - that empowers our team to do the best work of their careers and achieve their personal and professional aspirations.

We are looking for folks who want to join a remote-first team #LI-Remote to build an equally amazing company and product. In deciding whether to apply for a role at Prefect, consider whether your values align with ours.

Role Summary:

As a Senior Python Engineer, you will work on and lead projects with a focus on our Prefect 2.0 workflow orchestration platform. You will help advance our platform by developing new features, patterns, and frameworks that scale our Python library and hosted offerings.

You will coordinate with team members, including our CTO and CEO, on new features and help Prefect build our product roadmap. You will identify opportunities for improvement, and track risks and dependencies. You will be a mentor and provide leadership to other members of the engineering team.

We expect our engineers to be product-focused, enthusiastic to take on new challenges, and lead our product and culture forward. You will be an enthusiastic champion for user empathy across all our products and support our users through multiple support channels.

You will report to our Engineering Manager, Jenny.

What You'll Do:

• Design and build new features, patterns, and frameworks for our Prefect 2.0 open-source application and Python library

• Guide our open-source projects, engage with our community, and always try to promote our internal user empathy by promoting use cases

• Ensure our internal codebases remain well tested, easily extensible, and documented

• Embody ownership: contribute and advocate for your ideas, while also preventing projects from failing

Qualifications (you have):

• 5+ years of experience working with Python, including asyncio, automated testing frameworks, concurrency, and ORMs

• Experience with cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP — but not necessarily all of those!)

• Experience deploying and monitoring Kubernetes applications

• Experience delivering projects from creation to production

• Experience working with and maintaining databases (preferably PostgreSQL)

• Experience contributing to open-source projects

• Young company whatever-it-takes approach to ensure that Prefect's product and team are successful with a strong focus on our product-led growth strategy

What You'll Get in Return:

We take care of our team- our benefits are top-notch so that employees can work comfortably from wherever in the world they call home. Check out some of our most exciting benefits offered below.

• Remote-first team with flexible-first culture

• Equity Stock Options

• 401(k) with 5% company match (vests immediately!)

• Unlimited PTO

• Medical, Dental and Vision insurance

• Generous Parental Leave

• Life Insurance and Disability benefits

• $800 remote work stipend for whatever you need to work (food, wellness, equipment etc.)

• Opportunity to attend 3-4 in-person offsite gatherings per year

And that is just the start, there's more! For more info check out our top-of-the-line benefits and perks on our careers page.

The U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is $168,000-$215,000. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and work location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Your recruiter can share more about the salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please keep in mind that equity is not included in the range provided above and will represent a significant part of your total compensation. Benefits and any bonus or incentive compensation is also not included in the range provided above.

Sarah is a real live person (👋🏻) and is looking forward to learning more about you through your application.

Belongingness at Prefect:

Belongingness at Prefect is our commitment to ensuring mutual power, access, and opportunity among all groups and individuals who make up our community. We operationalize belongingness through actions large and small on a daily basis, but always with the goal that all groups and individuals can contribute as their most authentic self to the evolution of our product, our team, and our community.

Belongingness is also our commitment to bridge with individuals or groups not yet established in our community, acknowledge differences in a way that affirms distinct identities, and allows for a new, more expansive group identity to form.

Equal Opportunity at Prefect:

Prefect is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from people of all backgrounds. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity/expression), national origin, disability or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws.