Senior Backend Developer - Python

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain Back-end services in Python
• Develop and evolve REST APIs and microservices
• Participate in integration with databases, message queues and cloud services
• Fix defects and contribute to release stabilization
• Implement unit tests and integration tests
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Document services, interfaces and technical decisions
• Collaborate with architects, analysts and Front-end developers

Requirements

• Minimum 8 years' experience in information technology
• Significant experience in Python development
• Experience developing APIs and microservices
• Experience working in Agile/DevOps environments
• Cloud experience is a major asset
• Strong analytical skills for complex technical problems
• Python, REST APIs and Back-end services
• Microservices architecture
• Git or equivalent version control tool
• Unit testing, integration testing and software quality
• CI/CD, DevOps and technical documentation
• Python 3.11 or later, FastAPI or a comparable framework
• Azure Functions, Azure API Management, Azure Service Bus
• Cosmos DB, distributed NoSQL databases or graph databases
• OpenSearch, Elasticsearch or a comparable distributed search engine
• Experience with event-driven architectures
• Contract assignment or resource bench, depending on client needs
• Primarily remote work; availability to coordinate on-site as required

Hard Skills

• Python
• REST APIs
• microservices
• unit testing
• integration testing
• CI/CD
• DevOps
• FastAPI
• Azure Functions
• Cosmos DB

Soft Skills

• analytical skills
• collaboration