Senior Software Engineer – Application Development

Zayo Group

. Lead the architecture, design, implementation, and operation of complex backend Python services, APIs, and data-processing workflows .

Posted 10/2/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $95,100 - $146,300 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates advanced Python development skills with a focus on backend applications, distributed services, and API design. Possesses strong technical leadership capabilities, including mentoring, architecture, and incident response in production environments.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Advanced Python DevelopmentDistributed Services DesignRelational Databases and SQLCI/CD Practices and AutomationTechnical Leadership and Mentoring

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Hard Skills

Backend Application DevelopmentAsynchronous IntegrationsData ModelingSchema MigrationsIncident ResponsePerformance TestingCapacity AnalysisMonitoring and ObservabilityError HandlingDatabase Transactions

Soft Skills

Technical CommunicationMentoringCross-Team Collaboration

Tools & Technologies

LinuxDockerKubernetesTerraformGitLab CIPrometheusGrafanaOpenTelemetryElasticsearchRabbitMQ

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer ScienceBachelor's Degree in Information Technology

Industry Keywords

TelecommunicationsNetwork ObservabilityProduction ReadinessEvent-Driven ArchitectureHigh-Volume Operational Telemetry

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

DockerElasticSearchGrafanaGRPCKafkaKubernetesLinuxPrometheusPythonRabbitMQRedisSQLTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the architecture, design, implementation, and operation of complex backend Python services, APIs, and data-processing workflows
Design asynchronous and event-driven integrations and scalable patterns for API and event contracts, schema evolution, validation, error handling, database migrations, backward compatibility, and distributed-system reliability
Document technical decisions and contribute to technical roadmaps and modernization efforts
Lead design and code reviews, establish engineering standards, and mentor engineers
Improve CI/CD practices and partner with SRE and DevOps on container images, Kubernetes deployments, infrastructure as code, secrets management, environment configuration, deployment verification, and rollback
Define production-readiness expectations through service-level indicators, metrics, dashboards, alerts, performance testing, capacity analysis, and resilience testing
Lead complex incident investigations, address root causes and corrective actions, and resolve systemic risks
Coordinate technical dependencies across internal projects and platforms with Network Operations and other users
Build, deploy, and support software services powering network observability across Zayo

Requirements

What you’ll need

Advanced Python development experience, including structuring, testing, packaging, and operating long-lived backend applications
Experience leading the design or delivery of distributed services, APIs, data platforms, network tools, or automation systems, including asynchronous or event-driven integrations
Strong knowledge of relational databases, SQL, data modeling, transaction behavior, indexing, and controlled schema migrations
Hands-on experience with Linux, Docker, containerized services, CI/CD pipelines, and automated software-quality and security controls
Experience implementing production observability and diagnosing complex problems across application code, infrastructure, databases, messaging systems, and external dependencies
Demonstrated ownership of production software through delivery, deployment, monitoring, incident response, and continual improvement
Demonstrated technical leadership through architecture, mentoring, project leadership, design reviews, code reviews, or cross-team influence, with the ability to communicate technical decisions and tradeoffs clearly
Minimum of seven (7) years of professional software development experience, or equivalent demonstrated experience designing and operating complex production systems
Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology OR equivalent relevant professional experience
Preferred: experience in telecommunications, FastAPI, Pydantic, SQLAlchemy, Alembic, gRPC, Protobuf, NATS, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Redis, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, GitLab CI, GitOps, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Elasticsearch, Loki, VictoriaMetrics, network telemetry protocols, and high-volume operational telemetry

Benefits

Comp & perks

Non-sales roles may be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive plan
Health insurance
Life insurance
Disability retirement plans
Paid time off
Excellent Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
Retirement 401(k) Savings Plan
Generous paid time off policy including paid parental leave