Senior Python Engineer

Introduction

At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling:

To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate.

Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems? If so, let's talk.

Your role and responsibilities

We are looking for an exceptional Senior Python Engineer for a role with significant growth opportunity and technical leadership!

You will work in the domain of data observability platform for modern enterprises that's built by engineers for engineers.

Our mission is to help organizations build better data products and trust in their data. We do that by providing data teams comprehensive visibility into the health of their data pipelines using our SDK and complex monitoring and impact detection platform, powered by AI Agents. Thanks to our deep monitoring they can gain confidence in their quality data and respond proactively to new issues.

We want you to join team and help us with building a product for fellow engineers, using a cutting-edge technological stack and the highest engineering standards.

As a Senior Python Engineer you will:

• Lead the design and development of complex features and architectural components for our top-notch SaaS application for Data Engineers and Data Managers.
• Drive technical decisions and own end-to-end implementation of sophisticated solutions that monitor data reliability issues in data pipelines.
• Architect and build advanced cloud services using the latest SaaS technology, taking ownership of critical system components.
• Lead the development of our Python SDK and spearhead complex integrations with various data monitoring tools.
• Thoroughly learn and drive integrations with the most cutting-edge technologies in the data world, such as DataStage, StreamSet, Snowflake, Fivetran, Airflow, DBT, Spark, Control-M and more.
• Design and lead the implementation of our cutting-edge automatic Alerting & Notification mechanism, powered by AI Agents, that detects data issues in real-time.
• Mentor team members and share technical expertise to elevate the team's capabilities.
• Drive significant business impact by leading technical initiatives and collaborating with your team, managers, and peers in a stream-aligned team that is driven by clear business KPIs.
• Champion and maintain an awesome engineering culture that emphasizes achieving business goals in a cutting-edge technologies environment.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Minimum 6 years of experience in software development
• Strong expertise in Python development.
• Proven experience in backend engineering, working on SaaS production systems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical projects from design to delivery.
• Track record of architecting and implementing sophisticated features in production environments.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Experience with massive SQL DBs and leading solutions for hard performance issues.
• Experience in working in a high industry standard CICD, and development cycle processes.
• Deep experience with designing and implementing a microservices architecture system including different communication patterns such as REST API and event-driven messages.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers and conducting technical reviews
• Background in technical leadership roles or leading cross-functional initiatives.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Software infuses core business operations with intelligence-from machine learning to generative AI-to help make organizations more responsive, productive, and resilient. IBM Software helps clients put AI into action now to create real value with trust, speed, and confidence across digital labor, IT automation, application modernization, security, and sustainability. Critical to this is the ability to make use of all data, because AI is only as good as the data that fuels it. In most organizations data is spread across multiple clouds, on premises, in private datacenters, and at the edge. IBM's AI and data platform scales and accelerates the impact of AI with trusted data, and provides leading capabilities to train, tune and deploy AI across business. IBM's hybrid cloud platform is one of the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security, and operations across hybrid environments-a flexible foundation for leveraging data, wherever it resides, to extend AI deep into a business.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.

Client-provided location(s): Krakow, Poland

Job ID: IBM-77047

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-12-03T18:57:56