About the role

At Hercules AI (http://www.hercules.ai) by Zero Systems we are seeking a talented and proactive Senior Python Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will exhibit a solution-oriented mindset, adept at swiftly tackling tasks and leveraging existing tools to address challenges effectively. Your primary responsibility will involve architecting and implementing Python-based solutions within the ML-based domain, with a focus on scalability and performance. One of these products: Artemis – Document Smart Extraction, a microservices application with AI components deployed on-premise. You will work on creating new functionality and improving existing features.

What you'll do

• Implement robust, scalable, and efficient Python-based solutions to meet business requirements, ensuring high code quality and adherence to best practices
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks in existing codebases, optimize algorithms, improve resource utilization, and implement caching strategies to enhance system performance
• Conduct thorough code reviews to ensure adherence to coding standards, best practices, and architectural guidelines, as well as performing testing and debugging to identify and resolve issues
• Create and maintain documentation for implemented solutions and share knowledge with the team.

Qualifications

• Independence, responsibility and reliability
• Demonstrated programming skills in Python3, using efficient algorithms and software design patterns. Experience with Python3 frameworks (e.g. Django, Flask, FastAPI)
• Practical skills with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Redis), including experience in data manipulation and query optimization
• Knowledge of DevOps principles and practices, including continuous integration, continuous deployment, infrastructure as code, and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with version control systems such as Git
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities, with the capacity to work effectively in a dynamic, cross-functional setting.

Nice to haves

• Experience with cloud platforms, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
• Technical PR (victories in competitions/hackathons, open-source projects on GitHub)
• Participation in early-stage startups, involvement in accelerators, or working in their own startup.