Associcate Python Developer- Backend (Commercialization Technology)

Career Category Information Systems Job Description As an Associate Software Engineer within our global Commercialization Technology team, this role will help build and enhance backend services, data integrations, and technology capabilities that support portfolio governance operations. Come join a team that is passionate about innovation and making life better with technology! This position will focus primarily on backend services, APIs, data integrations, and persistent data capabilities that support enterprise applications and analytics experiences. The successful candidate will work closely with product owners, experienced engineers, front-end developers, data teams, and business stakeholders to deliver solutions using evolving technologies such as Python, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, MCP, cloud services, and AI/agentic platforms. Roles & Responsibilities: Develop and enhance backend services and APIs using technologies such as Python, REST APIs, FastAPI or comparable frameworks, and appropriate supporting libraries. Design and implement service-layer capabilities that support front-end applications, embedded analytics experiences, enterprise integrations, and other downstream consumers. Translate user stories, functional requirements, and solution designs into clear, reusable, and maintainable backend services, APIs, data models, and integration components. Develop and maintain RESTful API integrations with enterprise applications, approved internal and external services, and governed data platforms. Develop and support data integrations and persistence using PostgreSQL and other relational databases, including data models, SQL queries, transformations, validation, and application data flows. Develop and contribute to unit, integration, API, contract, and data-validation testing as part of the software development lifecycle. Create prototypes and proofs of concept to validate API, integration, data, and AI/agentic technical approaches and help translate approved concepts into production-ready services. Use source control, code reviews, CI/CD practices, and established development and deployment standards appropriate to backend services and data integrations. Write clean, reusable, well-documented, secure, and maintainable backend code, APIs, data-access components, and configuration. Monitor and troubleshoot backend services, APIs, database integrations, and data-pipeline issues; support defect resolution and participate in production support activities. Create and maintain technical documentation, including API documentation, data models, integration specifications, configuration notes, and operational support procedures. Work closely with product owners, business stakeholders, front-end engineers, data engineers, QA engineers, and other technology teams. Follow Agile practices, participate in sprint planning and estimation, and provide timely status updates. Continuously build knowledge of modern backend development, APIs, data, cloud, AI, and agentic technologies as the Commercialization Technology landscape evolves. Maintain accurate documentation of services, configurations, data flows, integrations, and changes. Contribute reusable backend components, integration patterns, documentation, and continuous improvements that strengthen the broader Commercialization Technology ecosystem. What we expect of you Basic Qualifications and Experience: ·        Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field ·        Approximately 2 to 4 years of relevant software development, application development, data, or technology experience ·        Demonstrated experience developing or supporting software, data, or technology solutions in a professional environment ·        Ability to contribute to defined technical assignments while collaborating effectively with a cross-functional team ·        Ability to quickly learn unfamiliar technologies,