Apex Systems has a client with an immediate opening for a Python Developer for a 12 Month Contract to work for a client based in Cupertino CA. If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity please send a copy of your most up to date resume directly to Brian McCann at

Position: Python Developer

Location: Cupertino CA

Length: 12 Month Contract

• You have strong Python coding skills
• You are able to read, generate and work with csv, tab separated, and json files
• You are interested in working with images and videos
• You can manipulate textual data and replace text in the text file in Python
• You care about proper software architecture and you are interested to learn more about modern software architecture and implement ideas using the client's large scale infrastructure tools
• You are able to define atomic components that can be chained together to perform large scale data transformation
• You are able to perform data validation and transformation and build scripts to automate these verification tasks
• You are not scared of manually exploring and examining the data using Jupyter Notebooks or other tools.
• You also have the habit of looking at the data to create intuition and lead your next steps
• You are able to handle small programming tasks without losing the big picture
• You have strong written and verbal communications skills
• Experience with Spark, Hadoop and Hive and other large scale data processing systems is a plus
• Prior knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, Airflow, Splunk and Kafka is a plus
• Knowledge of Data Science and familiarity with Machine Learning is a big plus

Example Task sand Duties

• Manipulate visual assets (images/videos) - rotation, resizing, color conversion
• Use internal REST API to retrieve data
• JSON file generation
• Prepare compressed files of data (tar, zip)
• Upload and download data files to and from client systems
• Convert image and video files to different formats
• Work with EXIF data
• Perform QA on created datasets (eg deduplication of incoming assets)
• Transform datasets from one schema to another
• Run ML models on images
• Perform various data preparation
• Produce analytics reports

Description

• This position focuses on working with internal systems, calling various APIs, producing data and validating the data all through Python.
• You will get to expand your Python skills and work with the machine learning experts on some of the most exciting projects on earth.

Education

• Bachelor of Science in a technical field or equivalent industry experience

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