Lead Software Engineer (Python, Invoice/BIlling)

About Gartner IT:

Join a world-class team of skilled engineers who build creative digital solutions to support our colleagues and clients.  We make a broad organizational impact by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions that power Gartner.  Gartner IT values its culture of nonstop innovation, an outcome-driven approach to success, and the notion that great ideas can come from anyone on the team.

What You Will Do:

Technical Leadership

• Build and Unit Test flexible, scalable, and robust integration applications for integration between Sales [SFDC], Billing [Zuora] platforms and with vendor applications to manage the invoicing cycle.
• Assist in defining software architectures while collaborating with team members
• Take leadership and responsibility for successful delivery of the solutions
• Help define and enforce technical standards, best practices, and coding guidelines for supported applications.
• Assist on architecture decisions with a strong understanding of business impact.
• Work in a fast paced Agile/SCRUM environment.
• Collaborate with global engineering teams (US, India, and others) to ensure consistent quality delivery.

Delivery, Execution & Collaboration

• Partner with Product Owners to help translate operational needs into actionable technical work.
• Lead technical planning and estimation for operational enhancements, refactors, and other enabling initiatives.

Coaching, Mentorship & Influence

• Provide technical guidance, coaching, and mentorship to junior level engineers within the support organization.
• Promote strong engineering habits, including system documentation, and knowledge sharing.

What You Will Need

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 7-10+ years of professional software development experience, with significant experience developing  in serverless architecture.
• Strong expertise in:
  • Java, Python and REST API or similar technologies
  • Modern web technologies (Angular, React, TypeScript)
  • SQL and data modeling for production systems [Postgres, Oracle, Dynamo DB]
• Deep understanding of cloud platforms (AWS or Azure), especially services used for event-based architecture.
• Experience with asynchronous processing, event‑driven systems, and microservices architectures.
• Working knowledge of Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment  [CICD] practices.
• Ability to balance short‑term operational needs with long‑term architectural improvements.
• Strong communication skills, capable of conveying technical concepts clearly to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Comfortable working in a global, distributed team environment.

Who You Are

• A deeply technical engineer who enjoys translating business intent to efficient design and owning systems end-to-end .
• Passionate about software architecture, maintainability, and operational excellence.
• Proactive in identifying risks, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement.

What you’ll receive:

• Competitive compensation.
• Limitless growth and learning opportunities.
• 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.
• 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!

What are we:

• Action Oriented - Deliver fast, get great results. We embrace the vision, roadmap to success and the action it takes to make it happen. 
• Intellectually Curious - Seek to learn, love to teach. We’re humble and embrace respectful, radical candor with a mindset of ongoing professional and personal development.
• Collaborative - One team, shared mission. We welcome feedback and understand the value of working together to accomplish more than what is possible individually.

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Who are we?

At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world.

Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective business and technology insights, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.

Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to 20,000 associates globally who support over 13,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That’s why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.

What makes Gartner a great place to work?

Our vast, virtually untapped market potential offers limitless opportunities – opportunities that may not even exist right now – for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance.

We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients.

Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations.

We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

Gartner is the world authority on AI

At Gartner, you’ll join a company at the very center of the AI revolution. Gartner has proactive, objective guidance throughout clients’ AI journeys. We set the standard for how organizations leverage artificial intelligence to drive meaningful impact. You’ll have access to unmatched resources, expertise, and technology, and play a key role in helping Gartner and our clients innovate and grow as we leverage AI to transform business and technology landscapes.

It’s an exciting time to be at Gartner, with limitless opportunities to make a real impact, grow your skills, and build a lasting, meaningful career in a field that’s reshaping the way we operate. If you’re passionate about AI and want to be part of a team that’s guiding the leaders who shape the world, Gartner is the place for you.

What do we offer?

Gartner offers world-class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers.

In our hybrid work environment, we provide the flexibility and support for you to thrive — working virtually when it's productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful, engaging and inspiring.

Ready to grow your career with Gartner? Join us.

Gartner believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is 116,000 USD - 170,000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based, uncapped sales incentive plan. Our talent acquisition team will provide the specific opportunity on our bonus or incentive programs to eligible candidates. We also offer market leading benefit programs including generous PTO, a 401k match up to $7,200 per year, the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount, and more.

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