Senior Software Developer

Zinkworks

. Build a prioritisation and impact scoring engine that ranks incidents by affected customers, revenue at risk, likely refunds and remedy cost .

Posted 10/15/2026full-timeAthlone • IrelandSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building production backend services using Python frameworks such as FastAPI, Flask, or Django, with a strong focus on API design, integration, and reliability patterns. Proficient in deploying services on cloud platforms like Google Cloud, utilizing CI/CD practices and infrastructure as code.

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Python Backend DevelopmentAPI Design and IntegrationWorkflow State-Machine DesignCloud Deployment on Google CloudCI/CD and Infrastructure as Code

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Hard Skills

PythonFastAPIFlaskDjangoAPI IntegrationContract TestingIdempotencyRate LimitingCircuit BreakersUnit Testing

Tools & Technologies

JiraGitCI/CDSlackIntercom

Industry Keywords

TelecomsTelemetry DataManaged Delivery

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AssemblyCloudDjangoFlaskPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build a prioritisation and impact scoring engine that ranks incidents by affected customers, revenue at risk, likely refunds and remedy cost
Integrate with internal and third-party APIs through discovery, sandbox integration and contract tests
Build batch remediation actions behind an approval gate
Implement cohort assembly with eligibility rules, guardrails and idempotency
Build the incident workflow state machine with full logging and an audit trail
Implement automated recovery verification to close incidents once service is restored
Integrate Slack for the internal incident lifecycle and Intercom for targeted proactive customer messaging
Extend remediation capabilities with cost caps, blast-radius limits and operator preview
Build safety controls for autonomous operation, including rate limits, circuit breakers, a global kill switch and escalation logic
Expose clean APIs for the incident console and dashboards
Contribute to code review and engineering standards across the squad
Work in a cross-functional squad of approximately nine people using Jira, Git and CI/CD

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong commercial experience building production backend services in Python (e.g. FastAPI, Flask or Django)
Solid API design and integration experience with third-party systems, including contract testing
Experience designing workflow or state-machine driven systems with auditability
Good grasp of reliability patterns: idempotency, retries, rate limiting and circuit breakers
Experience deploying and operating services on a cloud platform, ideally Google Cloud, with CI/CD and infrastructure as code
Strong testing discipline across unit, integration and end-to-end levels
Nice to have: experience building feature pipelines for ML models
Nice to have: tools such as dbt, or experience working with high-volume device or telemetry data
Nice to have: background in telecoms or telemetry data
Nice to have: experience in client-facing consultancy or managed delivery environments

Benefits

Comp & perks

Diversity, inclusion, and belonging initiatives
Support and engagement with local communities through meaningful initiatives promoting equity and opportunity