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VantageScore® · 2 months ago

Contract Software Engineer

San Francisco Bay Area

Contract

Onsite

Senior Level

$70/hr - $80/hr

5+ years exp

VantageScore is a leading credit modeling company focused on financial inclusion and predictive power. They are seeking a mid-level Software Engineer with strong Python experience to design, build, and maintain scalable applications and services while collaborating cross-functionally.

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H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain backend services, APIs, and data pipelines using Python

Migrate and convert existing SAS code to Python, ensuring functionality and performance parity

Collaborate with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to define requirements and deliver solutions

Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code

Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback

Debug, troubleshoot, and improve application performance and reliability

Contribute to architectural discussions and implementation strategies

Help automate workflows and improve development processes

Maintain documentation of systems, workflows, and features

Support production systems and participate in on-call rotations (if applicable)

Qualification

PythonRESTful APIsSoftware engineering fundamentalsDjangoFlaskFastAPIRelational databasesNoSQL databasesGitCI/CD pipelinesCloud platformsUnit testingAWS servicesContainerizationData pipelineTerraformMonitoring toolsSASAgile methodologiesProblem-solvingCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's Degree

Candidates must be based within 1 Hr. commuting proximity to our office in the San Francisco Peninsula or Washington D.C. Office

5+ years of professional software development experience

Strong proficiency in Python and familiarity with frameworks such as Django, Flask, or FastAPI

Experience building RESTful or GraphQL APIs

Solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, OOP

Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB)

Familiarity with version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines

Working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)

Ability to write unit/integration tests

Excellent problem-solving and communication skills

Preferred

Experience with AWS services (Lambda, EC2, DynamoDB, S3, API Gateway, etc.)

Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Data pipeline or ETL experience

Experience with Terraform for infrastructure as code

Experience with monitoring and observability tools

Experience with SAS

Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodologies

Company

VantageScore®

VantageScore empowers financial institutions to make smarter lending decisions.

Founded in 2006

Stamford, Connecticut, USA

51-200 employees

https://www.vantagescore.com/

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