Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Buyside Team at Polly

The Senior/Staff Software Engineer will develop and maintain mission-critical services using Python, Django, JavaScript, Vue.js, PostgreSQL, and AWS. They will take ownership of technical solutions from planning to production deployment, diagnose and resolve technical problems, and build unit tests and automation to ensure feature quality. Responsibilities include creating maintainable code through documentation, clean architecture, and comprehensive testing. Engineers will shape the architecture by contributing to key decisions about the platform's design and future direction. They will actively participate in interviewing and evaluating new team members, guide engineering practices, establish pragmatic standards for code quality, and support junior team members through mentorship and technical guidance. Reviewing code and driving technical excellence through best practices and the latest tools are also key duties, along with maintaining a working knowledge of advances and trends in programming and technology.