Senior Engineer Python/C/C++ Packaging

Who we are

Quansight has its roots in the Python data science community. Our founders have had significant involvement in creating and maintaining NumPy, SciPy, Jupyter, Spyder, Dask, Conda, Numba, and other projects, as well as PyData NumFOCUS, and Anaconda. Our mission is to connect companies to open-source communities to create sustainable solutions that benefit the whole ecosystem.

We accomplish this mission by providing various services ranging from open-source software development to training and consulting. We believe in a culture of do-ers, learners, and collaborators. We are looking for people who are motivated, humble, curious, and respectful of others.

About the Role

As a Senior Engineer Python/C/C++ Packaging, you will work on various open source and consulting projects, focusing on building & packaging complex projects with Python, C, C++ and possibly CUDA and Rust code for the PyPI and Conda ecosystems, and on Python packaging standards and tooling. 

In this position, you’ll get to:

• Work with modern build, packaging, CI, and DevOps technologies
• Actively contribute to open-source projects throughout the Python ecosystem
• Develop new features, performance enhancements, and help maintain projects with millions of users
• Maintain and extend the existing documentation for the open source projects you’ll contribute to
• Interact with clients from both industry and academia
• Collaborate with, learn from, and mentor team members and community contributors
• Be a part of the Python, PyData, and packaging communities
• Drive fruitful conversations around technical issues, engineering practices, and community processes, and suggest improvements and ideas as you encounter them
• Review code and provide thoughtful, constructive feedback during code reviews

• Familiarity with compilers like MSVC, GCC, Clang, and build tools like Make, CMake, Meson, setuptools, Bazel
• Fluency in using Git and GitHub, and experience in contributing to open source projects
• Significant experience with open source development practices such as creating and reviewing Pull Requests and issue triaging
• Experience working asynchronously on a remote, distributed team (does not have to be professional experience)
• Experience with Continuous Integration and Deployment tools

• Prior experience with packaging for PyPI, Conda or another ecosystem (e.g., a Linux distro) is highly desirable, but not required. 
• If you have expertise in languages like C, C++, and Python and can navigate large code bases, we expect you can learn about any new tool or project quickly. 
• We also highly value good communication skills. We aim to help you grow within Quansight and the Python open source community.
• Experience with shell scripting and containerization  (Docker, Ansible)

Please remember that we describe the background that we think would best fit the role. Even if you don’t meet all the requirements and are confident that you are up for the task, we want to get to know you!

Application: Once you have applied, a recruiter will review your application to determine if your work experience and skills align with the necessary competencies of this position. If they determine that you could be a good fit for Quansight, the recruiter will contact you to schedule a time to talk.

HR interview:  This is an opportunity to get to know each other.  We will tell you a little more about who we are, and we look forward to hearing about your past experiences and what you are looking for in your next role. We want to know why you are interested in joining us and what questions you have about our team and mission. This will be scheduled as a 30-minute Google Meet. 

Interview loop: If you and your recruiter still feel you could be well-suited for this position following your call, we will arrange our interview loop with some team members. This will allow you to learn more about the team and the organization and help us better understand your skills and experience.  For this particular role, the interview loop is as follows:

• 1:1 interviews: we will schedule three separate interviews. One with the hiring manager and two with Quansight team members (these can be potential teammates or cross-functional team members, i.e. designers and engineers.)

Following the completion of all interviews, our hiring team will make a final decision, and the recruiter will contact you to share the outcome of your interviews. If the team wants to move forward, the recruiter will discuss this and the details of our proposed offer with you.

Why should you join?

You'll become essential to a small, collaborative, fully distributed accessibility and engineering team. We strive to provide a working environment that gives you room to learn and grow.

Quansight draws from experience in many large open-source communities over the years. Because these communities operate remotely and strive to be as inclusive and participatory as possible, they must also strive to be more transparent and systematic in communicating, sharing information, and working. We are building a culture at Quansight that follows and builds upon these principles.

We offer flexibility in work times and locations, and vacation time is not just encouraged but celebrated and enforced.

We offer competitive compensation, a comprehensive sick policy and parental leave, and a generous amount of flexible paid time off.