Senior Python Engineer — Connectors & Performance
Trifacta
We’re looking for problem solvers, innovators, and dreamers who are searching for anything but business as usual. Like us, you’re a high performer who’s an expert at your craft, constantly challenging the status quo. You value inclusivity and want to join a culture that empowers you to show up as your authentic self. You know that success hinges on commitment, that our differences make us stronger, and that the finish line is always sweeter when the whole team crosses together.
You’ll build small, highly performant components that integrate with external services reliably at scale. These connectors are critical infrastructure — when they fail, customers notice. When they’re fast and stable, everything just works.
This role is ideal for someone who cares deeply about correctness, performance, and clean architecture — and who enjoys solving tricky integration problems.
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement high-performance Python connectors used in both desktop and cloud environments
- Make architectural decisions that prioritize performance, reliability, and maintainability
- Integrate complex third-party APIs (rate limits, retries, authentication flows, pagination, edge cases)
- Diagnose and resolve production issues that require deep system understanding
- Improve internal standards around code quality, testing, and performance benchmarking
- Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver robust end-to-end solutions
- You’ve spent 5+ years writing Python in production systems
- You understand API integration beyond “it works locally”
- You think about retries, idempotency, observability, and backoff strategies
- You care about performance at both code and system levels
- You’re comfortable working across desktop and cloud environments
- You value clarity over cleverness
Nice to have:
- Experience with gRPC and protobuf
- Experience with Microsoft Graph APIs
- Familiarity with Docker and GitLab CI
- Experience building systems that run in both desktop and cloud contexts
Find yourself checking a lot of these boxes but doubting whether you should apply? At Alteryx, we support a growth mindset for our associates through all stages of their careers. If you meet some of the requirements and you share our values, we encourage you to apply. As part of our ongoing commitment to a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace, we’re invested in building teams with a wide variety of backgrounds, identities, and experiences.
This position involves access to software/technology that is subject to U.S. export controls. Any job offer made will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to serve in compliance with U.S. export controls.