This is a hybrid role in our Newton, MA office and is onsite 3x a week.
Bright Horizons is trusted by families and employers around the world for high-quality child care and early education, back-up care, and workplace education. We partner with some of the world’s best companies to provide services that help employees perform their best and support families to thrive both personally and professionally.
What you will be doing:
* Be part of a fast-paced, highly technical development team responsible for developing and delivering SaaS solutions
* Serve as a technical authority and lead architect for service and subsystem design, particularly for Python-based APIs and backend services.
* Research and champion new technologies and approaches. Learn and prototype. Make recommendations based on upcoming product and project roadmaps
* Conduct design and code reviews and provide feedback on engineering best practices
* Mentor and support fellow engineers by conducting thoughtful code reviews, architectural discussions, and technical design sessions.
* Participate in all phases of SDLC: from system analysis to technical design and development and test to deployment and support
* Guide the team in adopting FastAPI for performant, modern web APIs.
* Leverage MongoDB for flexible, high-performance data persistence across microservices.
* Take ownership of complex technical assignments and independently drive them from concept to production.
Minimum requirements:
* A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field required, relevant experience would be considered in lieu of applicable degree
* 8+ years of relevant experience
* Expertise in Python, with a strong emphasis on FastAPI for RESTful API development.
Preferred skills:
* Master's degree in Computer Science or related field preferred
* Cloud Technologies, GCP a strong plus
* Hands-on experience with MongoDB and NoSQL data modeling strategies.
* RESTful Web Services supporting web and mobile applications.
* Agile methodologies experience (e.g. Scrum) a strong plus
* Excellent understanding of engineering best practices and software design
* Excellent written/documentation and verbal communication skills
* Ability to thrive in a collaborative team environment.
* Willing to take on projects and challenges and can be flexible.
* Demonstrated success meeting and exceeding business objectives.
* Mobile app development experience a plus
* Proven track record of mentoring team members and fostering a culture of learning and code quality.
Life at Bright Horizons:
Our people are the heart of our company. Because we’re as committed to our own employees as we are to the children, families, and clients we serve, our collaborative workplaces are designed to grow careers and support personal lives. Come build a brighter future with us.
Bright Horizons provides equal opportunity in all aspects of employment and does not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or local law. Bright Horizons complies with the laws and regulations described in the following federal government resources: Know Your Rights, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA).
If you require assistance or a reasonable accommodation in completing these application materials or any aspect of the application and hiring process, please contact the recruitment helpdesk at 855-877-6866 or bhrecruit@brighthorizons.com. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.
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