VantageScore

VantageScore

Production Engineer (Contract)

San Francisco, CA · Contract

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 19 days ago
PythonData StructuresAlgorithmsGitNoSQLPostgreSQLMySQLMongoDBCI/CDData EngineeringSAS

About the role

  • We are seeking a Production Engineer with solid Python experience to join our growing engineering team.
  • This role is ideal for an early-career engineer who is comfortable working in fast-moving environments and is passionate about keeping systems running reliably.
  • This is a 3-month contract position with the option to convert to full-time.

Responsibilities

  • Support the migration and conversion of existing SAS code to Python, ensuring functionality and performance parity.
  • Develop and maintain scripts, tooling, and automation with Python to reduce manual toil and improve operational workflows.
  • Collaborate with software engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to diagnose issues and implement fixes.
  • Perform root-cause analysis and drive follow-up remediation to prevent recurring issues.
  • Maintain and improve monitoring, alerting, and observability across services.
  • Document systems, runbooks, incident procedures, and workflows.
  • You will monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot production systems and services, respond to incidents, and help drive reliability, automation, and operational excellence across our platform.
  • 1-2 years of professional software development or production support experience.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree.
  • Candidates must be based within 1 Hr. commuting proximity to our office in the San Francisco Peninsula.
  • Proficiency in Python and comfort writing scripts for automation and tooling.
  • Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB).
  • Familiarity with version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines.

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