<p>We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to join our team in New Haven, Connecticut. In this role, you will design, develop, and maintain robust backend systems while contributing to full-stack development projects. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable and efficient solutions, leveraging modern technologies and coding practices.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Design and implement backend services using Python and frameworks like FastAPI, ensuring optimal performance and reliability.</p><p>• Architect and optimize database solutions with PostgreSQL, focusing on schema design and efficient query execution.</p><p>• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs for seamless integration with frontend applications and external systems.</p><p>• Build serverless applications using AWS Lambda to support event-driven architectures.</p><p>• Create infrastructure solutions using tools like AWS CDK, enabling streamlined deployment processes.</p><p>• Utilize AI-assisted tools to enhance coding productivity and debugging workflows.</p><p>• Implement containerization strategies with Docker and support CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.</p><p>• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and frontend engineers to refine requirements and ensure project success.</p><p>• Conduct thorough code reviews to maintain high-quality standards and promote knowledge sharing.</p><p>• Monitor and troubleshoot backend systems using advanced observability tools and logging mechanisms.</p>
<p><strong>Role Summary</strong></p><p>As a Technical Project Manager focused on data and AWS cloud, you will lead the planning, execution, and delivery of engineering efforts involving data infrastructure, data platforms, analytics, and cloud services. You will partner with data engineering, analytics, DevOps, product, security, and business stakeholders to deliver on key strategic initiatives. You are comfortable navigating ambiguity, managing dependencies across teams, and ensuring alignment between technical direction and business priorities.</p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Lead end-to-end technical projects pertaining to AWS cloud, data platforms, data pipelines, ETL/ELT, analytics, and reporting.</li><li>Define project scope, objectives, success criteria, deliverables, and timelines in collaboration with stakeholders.</li><li>Create and maintain detailed project plans, roadmaps, dependency maps, risk & mitigation plans, status reports, and communication plans.</li><li>Track and monitor project progress, managing changes to scope, schedule, and resources.</li><li>Facilitate agile ceremonies (e.g., sprint planning, standups, retrospectives) or hybrid methodologies as appropriate.</li><li>Serve as the bridge between technical teams (data engineering, DevOps, platform, security) and business stakeholders (product, analytics, operations).</li><li>Identify technical and organizational risks, escalate when needed, propose mitigation or contingency plans.</li><li>Drive architectural and design discussions, ensure technical feasibility, tradeoff assessments, and alignment with cloud best practices.</li><li>Oversee vendor, third-party, or external partner integrations and workstreams.</li><li>Ensure compliance, security, governance, and operational readiness (e.g., data privacy, logging, monitoring, SLA) are baked into deliverables.</li><li>Conduct post-implementation reviews, lessons learned, and process improvements.</li><li>Present regularly to senior leadership on project status, challenges, KPIs, and outcomes.</li></ul>
