Lead Software Engineer, Python, LLM

Gartner

Lead Engineer on the AskGartner core platform team shaping chat and embedded AI experiences. Work independently on complex initiatives to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions.

Posted 5/19/2026full-timeIrving • Connecticut, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $116,000 - $170,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDockerETLJMeterKubernetesPandasPostgresPySparkPythonSplunkSQLTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Drive technical initiatives end-to-end — from requirements and design through delivery and post-launch iteration — with minimal guidance.
Own architecture and design decisions for complex systems, demonstrating strong judgment on scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
Communicate and collaborate effectively across engineering teams, product managers, and stakeholders to align on technical direction.
Mentor and elevate fellow engineers through thoughtful code reviews, design discussions, and knowledge sharing.
Lead solutioning sessions and proactively surface technical risks, trade-offs, and recommendations.
Serve as a technical point of contact for cross-functional teams, articulating complex engineering decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Self-motivated and hands on professional — operates independently, completes work without follow-ups, and navigates ambiguity and challenges with minimal assistance.
Proactively picks up design, development tasks, drives them to completion, and communicates progress and blockers without prompting.
Participates actively in solutioning, contributes ideas, and raises issues early.
Adaptable and eager to learn — our team uses a wide array of technologies and the right candidate embraces new tools with confidence.
Thrives in a fast-paced environment and is comfortable supporting production releases.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Python — expert-level proficiency.
Python backend services: development, APIs, deployment, and scaling.
Python FastAPI and asynchronous programming.
Cloud technologies: AWS (primary), Azure.
AWS SageMaker Pipelines (end-to-end ML workflows).
Python unit testing (pytest).
Git.
AWS S3 and data formats (Parquet, JSON, CSV).
PostgreSQL / SQL.
Pandas.
LangGraph / LangChain (preferred).
Large language models (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Google) (preferred).
Load testing frameworks (e.g., Locust, JMeter) (preferred).
AWS Athena (preferred).
AWS S3 (bucket policies), IAM roles and policies (preferred).
Splunk (preferred).
AWS Secrets Manager and Parameter Store (preferred).
AWS EMR (PySpark-based ETL) (preferred).
Docker (preferred).
Kubernetes (preferred).
Terraform (preferred).
OpenSearch / Search Engine indexing, retrieval (RAG systems) (preferred).
Cache technologies (preferred).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation.
Limitless growth and learning opportunities.
Ongoing mentorship and apprenticeship; Leadership courses, development programs, technical courses, certification opportunities and more!
A collaborative and positive culture - join a diverse team of professionals that are as smart and driven as you.
A chance to make an impact – your work will contribute directly to our strategy.
Hybrid Work Environment - enjoy the flexibility of working from home and the energy of collaborating with peers in our dynamic offices.
20+ PTO days plus holidays and floating holidays in your first year.
Extensive medical, dental insurance and vision plan.
401K with corporate match, immediate vesting.
Health-and-wellness-related allowance programs.
Parental leave.
Tuition reimbursement.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Employee Assistance Program.
Gartner Gives Charity Match.
And much more!

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonFastAPIasynchronous programmingAWSAzurePostgreSQLSQLPandasunit testingload testing

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationmentoringproblem-solvingadaptabilityself-motivationindependenceproactivityleadershipcritical thinking