YO HR Consultancy - Python Backend Developer - Remote

Back-End Developer is needed in Lisbon, Portugal.

Client: YO HR Consultancy

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Contract: Contractor

Job Description

A globally recognised firm is seeking a talented and experienced Senior Backend Engineer to join their Carriers team! The Carriers team is responsible for developing new features, building infrastructure and maintaining current services. As a Senior Engineer, he/she will provide leadership and oversight in technical design, systems architecture, and coding for their team and the Engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test, and deploy software services with high SLAs that can handle millions of requests a day.
• Ensure scalability and maintainability through microservices adoption, decoupling of concerns from the data model, queuing of jobs, application layering and container-based software distribution.
• Continue to build out and enhance CI/CD pipeline for smooth and safe production releases via automated testing and verification.
• Verify and ensure performance and correctness of systems in response time and throughput.
• Architect systems and refactor existing systems for optimal performance and reuse.
• Participate in peer reviews, testing and in design reviews for new features, products, and systems.
• Collaborate with business teams and provide early input to new product ideas and functionality.
• Define, implement, and monitor operational metrics to ensure performance and quality.
• Work with a sense of urgency and iterate quickly in an agile process.
• Mentor more junior engineers on engineering best practices.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills: demonstrated ability to understand business challenges and translate those into technical solutions.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in software development - (Purely backend).
• Coding experience in server-side programming languages (e.g. Python, Go, Java, Ruby) as well as database languages (SQL).
• Experience working with server-side MVC frameworks (e.g. Django, .NET, Spring, Rails, Phoenix).
• Hands-on experience with the AWS cloud.
• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Exceptional verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

Additional Information

• Total years of experience required: 6+ years.
• Contract Duration: 3-6 Months.
• Overlap Hours: 8 Hours PST time.
• Location: Latin America/Europe - Permanent Remote.
• Role Type: Contracting Full Time (40 Hrs/week).