Sr. Python Developer @ Emerson Career Site

WHY EMERSON

Our Commitment to Our People

At Emerson, we are motivated by a spirit of collaboration that helps our diverse, multicultural teams across the world drive innovation that makes the world healthier, safer, smarter, and more sustainable. And we want you to join us in our bold aspiration.

We have built an engaged community of inquisitive, dedicated people who thrive knowing they are welcomed, trusted, celebrated, and empowered to solve the world’s most complex problems — for our customers, our communities, and the planet. You’ll contribute to this vital work while further developing your skills through our award-winning employee development programs. We are a proud corporate citizen in every city where we operate and are committed to our people, our communities, and the world at large. We take this responsibility seriously and strive to make a positive impact through every endeavor.

At Emerson, you’ll see firsthand that our people are at the center of everything we do. So, let’s go. Let’s think differently. Learn, collaborate, and grow. Seek opportunity. Push boundaries. Be empowered to make things better. Speed up to break through. Let’s go, together.

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ABOUT EMERSON

Emerson is a global leader in automation technology and software. Through our deep domain expertise and legacy of flawless execution, Emerson helps customers in critical industries like life sciences, energy, power and renewables, chemical and advanced factory automation operate more sustainably while improving productivity, energy security and reliability.

With global operations and a comprehensive portfolio of software and technology, we are helping companies implement digital transformation to measurably improve their operations, conserve valuable resources and enhance their safety.

We offer equitable opportunities, celebrate diversity, and embrace challenges with confidence that, together, we can make an impact across a broad spectrum of countries and industries. Whether you’re an established professional looking for a career change, an undergraduate student exploring possibilities, or a recent graduate with an advanced degree, you’ll find your chance to make a difference with Emerson. Join our team – let’s go!

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In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Lead the design and development of RESTful and GraphQL APIs using Python frameworks such as FastAPI, Django, and Flask.
• Architect scalable backend systems, microservices, and asynchronous workloads using Redis, RabbitMQ.
• Build data models and implement business logic across SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and building knowledge graph using Neo4j, Postgre AGE, Handling vector databases like pgvector, qdrant.
• Integrate third‑party APIs, cloud services, and secure authentication/authorization mechanisms including OAuth2 and JWT.
• Develop responsive, scalable, and user‑friendly web interfaces using modern JavaScript frameworks (preferred: React).
• Implement reusable UI components, state management, and seamless API integrations.
• Translate UI/UX designs and wireframes into production‑ready code in collaboration with design teams.
• Utilize Docker, Kubernetes, Nginx, Terraform, and related technologies for scalable infrastructure and deployment automation.
• Ensure system observability using advanced logging, monitoring, alerting, and error‑tracking tools such as Prometheus, Grafana.
• Optimize code performance, debug complex system issues, and enhance overall application reliability and security.
• Apply microservices and API gateway best practices to build resilient, fault‑tolerant architectures.
• Implement secure coding practices and adhere to compliance standards.
• Work closely with data scientists and ML engineers to integrate machine learning models into enterprise applications.
• Utilize ML frameworks including TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit‑learn, XGBoost for model development and experimentation.
• Contribute to LLM integration, prompt engineering, model orchestration patterns, and high‑performance inference pipelines.
• Process and engineer data using Pandas, NumPy, Polars, supporting ML workflows and feature engineering.
• Work with model interpretability tools (SHAP, LIME) and A/B testing frameworks to evaluate model performance.
• Hands-on experience on agentic AI using frameworks like AutoGen, CrewAI
• Hands-on experience of development and deployment of MCP servers
• Partner with product owners and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical designs and implementation plans.
• Participate actively in architectural discussions, contribute to long‑term technical roadmaps, and influence engineering best practices.
• Conduct code reviews, ensure high coding standards, and promote best‑practice development patterns.
• Mentor junior and mid‑level engineers, providing technical leadership and fostering strong engineering culture.

Who You Are

• You are a quick learner, willingness to improve and have a problem solving and collaborative approach. Having User centric approach, good analytical skills to understand topics in broader perspective. You always keep the end in sight; puts in extra effort to meet deadlines. You are inter-personal savvy and have excellent verbal and written Communications Skills.

For This Role, You Will Need

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, IT, or equivalent (MSc/MCA preferred).
• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including substantial production Python development. Avoid requiring eight years of AI/LLM experience, since the field is newer.
• Strong Python fundamentals: typing, async/concurrency, API design, error handling, testing, profiling, and maintainable package/service architecture.
• Production experience with FastAPI or a comparable Python API framework, relational databases, and automated testing/CI.
• Applied experience building or operating LLM-backed applications, preferably RAG systems using embeddings, vector or hybrid retrieval, and reranking.
• Understanding of how to evaluate LLM features with representative datasets, measurable acceptance criteria, and regression tests rather than relying on prompt review alone.
• Experience securing APIs and distributed services, including authentication, authorization, secrets, and safe handling of sensitive data.
• Experience operating containerized services in Kubernetes or a comparable production platform.
• Strong communication and technical leadership: can explain tradeoffs, review designs, mentor engineers, and own work through production support.

Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart

• Experience working in Agile development methodology.
• Experience with industrial automation, process control, engineering documentation, or other safety- or reliability-sensitive domains.
• Experience with on-premises or air-gapped deployments, private registries, customer-managed certificates, and local inference.
• Familiarity with inference serving and optimization such as batching, concurrency limits, quantization, GPU memory management, or model capacity planning.
• Experience with tools such as PostgreSQL/pgvector, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Experience with agents or MCP servers, especially permissioned tools, auditability, and robust failure behavior.
• React/TypeScript experience if this role is expected to contribute substantially to the UI.

Our Culture & Commitment to You

• At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.
• We recognize the importance of employee well-being. We prioritize providing competitive benefits plans, a variety of medical insurance plans, an Employee Assistance Program, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation, and holiday leave.