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Python Scheduling

What this posting asks for

Level: Senior — The title says "Senior".

Main responsibilities

• Improve our planning and scheduling products to help planners explore new concepts, make informed decisions with data, and deliver better service to their ri…
• Build, scale, and improve the optimization and backend systems behind those products, and make sure they run fast and reliably in production.
• Collaborate with designers, data scientists, algorithm researchers, product managers, our in-house transit planners and schedulers, and our customers.
• Work with a variety of technologies across our stack for different projects, all to deliver great end-to-end user experience.
• Contribute to discussions about engineering best practices and architecture within your relevant area of expertise.
• Build and maintain our processes and tools, to keep our productivity and code quality high.

Competencies an interviewer will look for

• Technical skill Core
  In the posting: “As a Senior Software Engineer on the Remix engineering team, you’ll build software cities rely on to design and improve public transportation systems with a …” · “Our stack includes Python, Ruby, TypeScript, and React, but we care most about strong engineering fundamentals and a user-centered approach to building produ…” · “Contribute to discussions about engineering best practices and architecture within your relevant area of expertise.”
  Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off.
• Customer focus Core
  In the posting: “Collaborate with designers, data scientists, algorithm researchers, product managers, our in-house transit planners and schedulers, and our customers.” · “Work with a variety of technologies across our stack for different projects, all to deliver great end-to-end user experience.” · “User-centric: you find value in talking to customers and addressing core customer needs.”
  Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company.
• Data and analysis Core
  In the posting: “Our platform serves as the technology backbone for modern transit networks, transforming antiquated and siloed public transportation systems into smart, data…” · “Improve our planning and scheduling products to help planners explore new concepts, make informed decisions with data, and deliver better service to their ri…” · “Collaborate with designers, data scientists, algorithm researchers, product managers, our in-house transit planners and schedulers, and our customers.”
  Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it.
• Teamwork and collaboration Core
  In the posting: “Collaborate with designers, data scientists, algorithm researchers, product managers, our in-house transit planners and schedulers, and our customers.” · “Collaborative, humble, empathetic, and feedback-driven.”
  Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled.
• Ownership and accountability Core
  In the posting: “You’ll own features end to end from concept to production while shaping what we build and how we build it.” · “Work with a variety of technologies across our stack for different projects, all to deliver great end-to-end user experience.”
  Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it.
• Planning and organisation Core
  In the posting: “Improve our planning and scheduling products to help planners explore new concepts, make informed decisions with data, and deliver better service to their ri…” · “Collaborate with designers, data scientists, algorithm researchers, product managers, our in-house transit planners and schedulers, and our customers.”
  Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how.
• Attention to detail and quality Supporting
  In the posting: “Build and maintain our processes and tools, to keep our productivity and code quality high.”
  Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used.
• Stakeholder management Supporting
  In the posting: “With hundreds of agency partners around the world, Via is recognized as the leading transportation technology and service provider globally.”
  Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior.

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