Python Software Engineering Manager

If you are an elite Software Engineering Manager with Python expertise eager to gain unprecedented visibility to the top technology companies throughout the globe, employ your technical and managerial skills to oversee cutting-edge software in a high-intensity environment, and earn $100,000 USD per year while working from virtually anywhere on the planet, this job is for you.

Brick and mortar offices are history. The future of our global workforce will consist of teams collaborating from every corner of the world. Our platform connects customers to the world’s best talent for both technical and non-technical contracting. But we don’t just find the best; we also provide the software tools, training, and expert management to ensure success for long-term growth.

Job Description:

Crossover is looking for Software Engineering Managers with Python experience who demonstrate outstanding managerial skills as well as the technical background to deeply understand the code their teams are developing. You will be expected to demonstrate both a mastery of the technical skills associated with the projects at hand, as well as the managerial ability to motivate, build, and monitor your team. Specifically, you will be responsible for overseeing a team of 3 to 4 individuals. You will own the process of breaking specifications created by the product management team into clear tasks and timelines, as well as assembling the results into high value, reusable components. Under your leadership, we expect to see consistent improvement in quality and weekly production.

The Project

• You must be a Python EXPERT with additional solid skills.

• Your Python expertise rotates around Python development and familiarity with PEP standards, especially PEP-8.

• You will be writing components that integrate into OpenStack.  

• Required skills and knowledge include: Linux, Horizon, Django 1.9, REST, rabbitMQ, Jenkins, sphynx

• Important project notes:

  • You will be writing components that integrate into OpenStack.

  • This result will be a datacenter orchestration platform that runs on Linux

  • Unlike the typical Django implementations where Django is used solely as a view, through this all data is fetched via a custom  client. Models are not used.

  • The server backend consists of a wsgi application that gets its data from backend services via RPC calls over rabbitMQ.

  • The service tier interacts with the database via sqlalchemy.

  • Database changes are managed using albemic database migrations.

  • Jenkins is used for CI and tests are run against python2.7 and python 3.4.

  • Jenkins is also used to deploy releases and to run functional tests.

  • Git is used for source control.

  • Code is written to the PEP-8 standard and custom rules are added as needed,  Jenkins jobs exist for PEP8 as well.

  • Documentation is generated using sphynx from docstrings.

  • Other background documentation is maintained as .rst files and rendered into html

Required Skills and Experience:

A successful Python Software Engineering Manager at Crossover will demonstrate the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering

• Proven managerial skills with at least 8 years of experience

• You must be a Python EXPERT with additional solid skills.

• Your Python expertise rotates around Python development and familiarity with PEP standards, especially PEP-8.

• Required skills and knowledge include: Linux, Horizon, Django 1.9, REST, rabbitMQ, Jenkins, sphynx

• Outstanding English communication skills

Total compensation: $50/hr for 40 productive hours per week

Location: Global (remote)

We’re one of the few legitimate companies offering high-paying jobs that are 100% remote, work from home. You never have to fight traffic to the office again and you have the freedom to choose when and where you put in your 40 hours to be most effective each week.

To qualify, please provide a resume/CV demonstrating the required experience and skills. From there, to help us find the top 1% of talent, there will be a series of interviews and online examinations. We realize these are challenging and can require a decent amount of time so we thank you in advance for your efforts.