Senior Python Developer

BMC empowers nearly 80% of the Forbes Global 100 to accelerate business value, faster than humanly possible. Our industry-leading portfolio unlocks human and machine potential to drive business growth, innovation, and sustainable success. BMC does this in a simple and optimized way by connecting people, systems, and data that power the world's largest organizations so they can seize a competitive advantage.

Data Innovation Team – Sr. Python Backend Developer (with Java )

BMC powers the mission critical infrastructure & applications of the Global 2000 with hybrid cloud, AI and data solutions to drive hyper automation & innovation.

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We help our customers free up time and space to become an Autonomous Digital Enterprise that conquers the opportunities ahead - and are relentless in the pursuit of innovation

Position Description:

The Data Innovation team is seeking a Senior Innovator—a highly skilled backend developer with a passion for creativity and innovation. In this role, you will play a key part in our high-performing development team, driving the design and implementation of our next-generation Data Observability platform. This position offers the opportunity to blend strong technical expertise with innovative problem-solving, helping shape the future of data reliability and insights within our organization.

Primary Roles and Responsibilities:

• Design and implementation of new features for our Data Observability platform, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Perform ongoing maintenance, bug fixes, and optimizations to ensure reliability.
• Investigate and evaluate existing market solutions and third-party tools to identify opportunities for integration and enhancement of platform capabilities.
• Work with a globally distributed team, collaborate with product owners and architects to understand requirements, present options, and design solutions.
• Working on an Agile team, contribute to Agile ceremonies, including participating in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Analyze project progress and technical issues, providing clear, concise, and timely updates—both written and verbal—on status, risks, and solution options to teammates and stakeholders.

Qualifications & Skillset:

• Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 6+ years of hands-on experience as a backend software developer with Python as a primary language and solid knowledge of Java.
• Excellent grasp of OOP principles, design patterns, and clean coding practices.
• Experience with modern storage solutions, including both relational (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL), NoSQL databases (e.g. Elasticsearch, MongoDB, DynamoDB) and cloud platforms (e.g. Snowflake, Big Query)
• Exposure to distributed systems, messaging platforms (like Kafka or similar), and microservices architectures.
• Experience with container technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Helm Charts, etc.
• Preferably, experience working with data-centric applications, e.g., data pipelines, data quality, or monitoring systems.
• Exposure to cloud services such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Familiarity with AI/ML-enabled systems, including design of APIs or microservices that integrate machine-learning or LLM components is a plus.

The ideal candidate should have these characteristics:

• Thrives in dynamic, fast-paced environments and readily adapts to change.
• Communicates effectively in English (both verbally and writing) across all levels of the organization.
• Champions continuous innovation and actively seek new ways to improve.
• Driven by results and focused on achieving measurable outcomes.
• Motivates team members through a shared sense of purpose.

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If after reading the above, You're unsure if you meet the qualifications of this role but are deeply excited about BMC and this team, we still encourage you to apply We want to attract talents from diverse backgrounds and experience to ensure we face the world together with the best ideas

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