Senior Python Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Ukraine.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of and achieve quarterly goals for the team, guiding engineers through uncertainty to address complex, open-ended challenges and ensuring successful implementation.

• Work in partnership with Product Management, Design, and Analytics throughout the entire product development cycle.

• Engage in brainstorming sessions, outline technical limitations, and assist in assessing risks and trade-offs.

• Recognize project, process, technology, and business obstacles and spearhead solutions.

• Enhance service reliability and availability by establishing and tracking essential metrics.

• Be involved in incident management, operational excellence, and on-call responsibilities.

• Create and advocate for best practices in software design, architecture, and code evaluations.

• Cultivate a culture centered on quality, engineering excellence, and ownership.

• Mentor and assist engineers through constructive feedback, knowledge sharing, and leading by example.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 4 years of experience in designing, developing, and delivering scalable backend systems utilizing Python, Kotlin, or similar programming languages.

• Proven experience in building and sustaining highly available distributed systems within cloud environments.

• Familiarity with AWS, MySQL, Spark, or equivalent technologies.

• Capability to define and implement technical plans for major features or system components.

• Emphasis on designing systems that are scalable, maintainable, and extensible.

• Experience in navigating large codebases and safely implementing significant changes.

• Knowledge of engineering best practices, automation, testing, and deployment methodologies.

• A mindset of ownership and dedication to continuous learning, professional development, and proactive feedback.

• Strong verbal and written communication abilities.

• Capacity to collaborate with distributed and global engineering teams.

• Nice to have: experience with high-scale customer-facing platforms.

• Nice to have: understanding of microservices architecture and event-driven systems.

• Nice to have: familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and contemporary DevOps practices.

• Nice to have: experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction across teams.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance from day one, irrespective of the probationary period.

• Christmas holidays observed from December 25 to December 31.

• Collaboration with Superhumans center and Veteran HUB.

• Access to psychological counseling provided by the Veteran Hub.

• Internal policies that support a friendly environment for military personnel and veterans.