Senior Software Engineer

Job Description

We are a global team of innovators and pioneers dedicated to shaping the future of observability. At New Relic, we build an intelligent platform that empowers companies to thrive in an AI-first world by giving them unparalleled insight into their complex systems. As we continue to expand our global footprint, we&aposre looking for passionate people to join our mission. If you&aposre ready to help the world&aposs best companies optimize their digital applications, we invite you to explore a career with us

Your Opportunity

New Relic is a leader in Observability industry and has been on the forefront of developing cutting edge AI/ML solutions. We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Backend Engineer (Python) to join our AI/ML team. You will develop scalable web services and APIs using Python and its extended ecosystem for our Agentic AI Platform which will be the nucleus of AI workflows at New Relic. Your responsibilities will include ideating, implementing and owning the low level design of the service, monitoring the service in production environment and innovating and optimizing the functioning of service from time-to-time. Any experience with ML techniques can come in handy for the role but is not a pre-requisite. These are exciting times for New Relic to make a significant impact on AI led Observability and even more exciting for engineers in AI team to contribute to that journey.

What will you do

Engineer well-designed, scalable, and resilient microservices in modern technologies.

Deliver high-quality, performant software with an emphasis on scalability and reliability.

Build thoughtful, high-quality code that is easy to read and maintain

Collaborate with your team, external contributors, and others to help solve problems.

Write and share proposals to improve team processes and approaches.

This role requires

- 5+ years of experience as a Python Backend Engineer, developing production grade applications.
- Proficiency in back-end frameworks such as Django, Flask, or FastAPI.
- Expertise in Pydantic for data validation, type checking and construct robust models ensuring data integrity
- Strong knowledge of Python&aposs asyncio library and hands-on experience with asynchronous request handling. Familiarity with async libraries such as aiohttp or httpx.
- Competency in using Python threading and multiprocessing modules for parallel task execution. Knowledge of Coroutines. Understand the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) and its implications on concurrency.
- Proficient in creating and consuming decorators for code reuse and abstraction. Skilled in designing and utilizing iterators and generators to manage data streams efficiently.
- Experience with testing frameworks like PyTest or Unit test to ensure code quality and reliability.
- Strong debugging skills in distributed systems.
- Proficient in using Git for version control and experience with CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins or GitLab CI. Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
- Strong knowledge of fundamental data structures such as lists, sets, dictionaries, and trees.
- Ability to implement and optimize algorithms for problem-solving and performance tuning.

Bonus points

- Masters in Computer Science discipline
- Any exposure to Machine Learning and GenAI technologies
- Familiarity with message broker systems (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- Familiarity with Postgres or similar RDBMS
- Experience with ML workflow management, like AirFlow, Sagemaker, etc.
- Experience with ORM libraries like SQLAlchemy and data serialization libraries like Marshmallow

Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Fostering a diverse, welcoming and inclusive environment is important to us. We work hard to make everyone feel comfortable bringing their best, most authentic selves to work every day. We celebrate our talented Relics different backgrounds and abilities, and recognize the different paths they took to reach us including nontraditional ones. Their experiences and perspectives inspire us to make our products and company the best they can be. Were looking for people who feel connected to our mission and values, not just candidates who check off all the boxes.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application or recruiting process, please reach out to [Confidential Information].

We believe in empowering all Relics to achieve professional and business success through a flexible workforce model. This model allows us to work in a variety of workplaces that best support our success, including fully office-based, fully remote, or hybrid.

Our hiring process

In compliance with applicable law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work and to complete employment eligibility verification. Note: Our stewardship of the data of thousands of customers means that a criminal background check is required to join New Relic.

We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records based on individual circumstances and in accordance with applicable law including, but not limited to, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

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