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Lead Software Engineer (Python, AWS) - AskGartner

Gartner

Irving, TX | Stamford, UShybrid

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About this role

About the Role AskGartner is building toward becoming the AI-powered strategic advisor for enterprise clients — a product that puts the full depth of Gartner's research, proprietary data, and expert knowledge at clients' fingertips. As a Lead Engineer on the AskGartner core platform team, you will be a key technical force shaping the chat and embedded AI experiences that serve as the product's primary surface. This role demands an engineer who can independently drive complex initiatives end-to-end, make sound architecture decisions, and collaborate across teams to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions.   Leadership & Collaboration • 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.

Core Expectations • 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.

Technical Skills Core / Must Have (All Required) • 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

Strong Preferred (Should Have Most) • LangGraph / LangChain

• Large language models (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Google)

• Load testing frameworks (e.g., Locust, JMeter)

• AWS Athena

• AWS S3 (bucket policies), IAM roles and policies

• Splunk

• AWS Secrets Manager and Parameter Store

• AWS EMR (PySpark-based ETL)

• Docker

• Kubernetes

• Terraform

• OpenSearch / Search Engine indexing, retrieval (RAG systems)

• Cache technologies

Nice to Have (Willing to Learn) • AWS Kinesis (live structured log ingestion to S3)

• AWS SQS

• AWS Glue (data catalog, crawlers)

• AWS QuickSight

• SonarQube

• Jenkins / Groovy

• Argo CI/CD

• Snyk

What you will get: • 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!

#LI-Hybrid #LI-AL2 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

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