Job Title:

Senior Python Backend Developer

Overview of Responsibilities:

• Main Job Functions:

  1. Create, update and optimize backend systems using Python, emphasizing robustness, scalability, and security.
     
     
  2. Collaborate closely with various teams to enhance performance, provide an exceptional user experience, ensure compliance, and safeguard sensitive data.
     
     

• Necessary Skills:

  1. Backend: Comprehensive knowledge of distributed applications and client-server architecture.
     
     
  2. Financial Applications Expertise: Experience in FinTech, Banking, or similar fields is a must.
     
     
  3. Scalability Technologies: Understanding of technologies that enable platform scaling to handle sudden spikes in user activity or transactions.
     
     
  4. High-Performance Platforms: Experience in designing, building, and optimizing high-performance systems is beneficial.
     
     
  5. Security: Familiarity with potential threats and security measures for transactional data is advantageous.
     
     

• Technical Requirements:

  1. Python: Strong expertise with Python and associated frameworks (Flask, Requests, FastAPI, REST-API, peewee, pandas).
     
     
  2. Database Proficiency: Excellent SQL knowledge (PostgreSQL).
     
     
  3. Version Control & Development Practices: Proficiency in Git Flow, Docker containerization, TDD/BDD.
     
     
  4. Operational Expertise: Understanding and hands-on experience in SDLC, Kubernetes, pipelines, CI/CD patterns and strategies, ongoing support (Grafana, Kibana).
     
     
  5. Cloud Platforms: Familiarity with Cloud Native applications principles and basic understanding of resources and use cases for public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP).
     
     
  6. Event Streaming: Understanding of event-driven architecture (Kafka or similar solutions).
     
     

• Languages:

  Business-level proficiency in English or above (equivalent to B2 or above in CEFR).
  
  

• Soft Skills:

  1. Communication: Effective communication skills, particularly with teams responsible for security, operations, and product.
     
     
  2. Analytical Thinking: Ability to tackle and investigate complex problems and convert them into actionable tasks.
     
     
  3. Adaptability to Rapid Changes: Demonstrated ability to adjust to quick technological shifts and evolving business requirements.
     
     
  4. Ownership and Accountability: Readiness to take ownership of tasks and issues as well as demonstrate accountability for results and outcomes.
     
     

Benefits Package:

• Competitive Salary

• Work-Life Balance

• Annual Performance Bonus

• Generous Time Off

• Employee Referral Program

• Comprehensive Health & Pension Benefits

• Flexible Work Environment

• Volunteer Opportunities