Sr. Python Developer/Team Lead

Location: Can be Hybrid OR Remote; Office located in Downtown Pittsburgh (free parking)

Job Type: Full time

Work Authorization: U.S. Citizen or Green Card

A.C.Coy is currently seeking candidates for a Sr. Python Developer/Team Lead role. This individual will lead the development of next-generation applications that combine robust backend systems, intuitive front-end experiences, and comprehensive visibility

Our ideal candidate will have 5+ years of full stack Python experience, deep expertise in Monitoring and Observability across application, infrastructure, and network layers, and hands-on experience using AI-assisted coding tools and agentic workflows.

This stable, growing company offers an attractive salary, along with a comprehensive benefits package, generous paid time off, company-paid holidays, and a 401K plan. Remote employees will work EST hours and travel to the Pittsburgh office occasionally. (with expenses paid)

• Design and develop full-stack applications using Python (Django) and modern front-end frameworks
• Build and evolve observability and telemetry capabilities across application and network layers (metrics, logs, traces/events)
• Develop resilient ingestion and processing services that transform raw operational signals into actionable insights for Network Operations and Engineering
• Implement alerting, dashboards, and SLO/SLA reporting practices that reduce noise and accelerate incident response
• Lead incident response support, root cause analysis, and performance tuning using observability data
• Deliver production-ready software using GitHub-based SDLC practices (code reviews, CI/CD, automated validation, safe releases)
• AI-assisted development focus: leverage AI-assisted coding tools and agentic workflows to accelerate delivery while ensuring correctness, security, and full observability of system behavior and outputs
• Mentor developers and promote a culture of observability-driven development and operational excellence
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Network Engineering, Operations/NOC, Product/Business) to align solutions with service reliability, performance, and business goals

Required:

• 7+ years of experience in software development; 5+ years in full-stack Python development
• Strong proficiency in Python and Django; experience delivering and supporting production web applications
• 1+ years of experience steering/leading development efforts as a Team Lead, Project Manager, Product Owner, or similar
• Solid front-end experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (React or Vue) and building user-friendly operational UIs
• Demonstrated experience implementing observability for production systems (metrics, logs, traces/events, alerting)
• Proven experience with Claude Code, Replit Agent, or similar AI-assisted coding tools
• Strong experience with AWS services (or equivalent) and operating services in production environments.
• Familiarity with asynchronous/background processing and event-driven patterns (queues/workers/caches)
• Hands-on experience using AI-assisted coding tools and/or agentic workflows in real development (with guardrails, testing, and observability)

Preferred:

• Proven experience building or integrating with network monitoring and observability platforms
• Ability to design scalable data pipelines for ingestion, normalization, storage, and retrieval of telemetry
• Experience integrating with infrastructure/network telemetry sources and/or monitoring platforms
• Strong SDLC discipline: GitHub workflows, CI/CD, automated testing, and operational readiness practices