Python Developer Gauteng

Our organization is looking for a Python Developer to lead the strategic development of our cloud-based digital platform – Linkage. One Linkage, a woman owned and led technology company that builds technologies that make it easy for corporates to work with SMMEs. Linkage is an end-to-end SaaS digital platform designed to make it easy for corporates to onboard, manage, track development, and report on the integration of SMMEs into supply chains. Linkage has automated and digitalised the processes and workflows required by supply chain, corporate affairs, finance, and sustainability. It enables the collaboration and transparency required to support SMME integration into supply chain. The Linkage platform is a multi-tenanted SaaS platform used by corporates and SMMEs so that corporates can identify suitable SMMEs to develop them into suppliers for the corporate. The platform is built using the following technology stack: * Flask framework (Python 3.6) hosted on AWS Fargate ECS * PostgreSQL hosted on AWS RDS * React hosted on CloudFront * CloudFormation, CodeBuild, CodePipeline and CodeCommit for CI/CD and VCS The solution consists of other AWS services to ensure that it satisfies enterprise grade requirements. Our team runs on a hybrid model where software development is outsourced and product management, project management and business analysis are performed internally. The outsourced team consists of 3 Python developers and 1 React developers. We are looking for a Python Flask developer with experience deploying and maintaining services on AWS infrastructure who will be the first member of our internal software development team. You will work closely with the outsourced team under the guidance of Linkage’s CTO. This opportunity will expose you to an advanced application that is being overhauled to improve performance, integrate new business logic and reduce cost. * Expert in Python and with deep knowledge of Flask and a minimum of 3 years working on Flask services preferably on AWS * Familiarity with the following libraries: Alembic, SQLAlchemy and boto3 * Able to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system * Understanding of the threading limitations of Python, and multi-process architecture * Good understanding of server-side templating languages such as Mako * Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3 * Knowledge of user authentication using JWT and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments * Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application * Familiarity with event-driven programming in Python * Proficient at writing efficient queries for PostgreSQL * Strong debugging skills * Proficient understanding of Git * Comfortable with Agile processes and using Jira * Serverless framework for AWS Lambda Market Related * Expert in Python and with deep knowledge of