Senior Python Engineer, AWS

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

📋 Description

• Take ownership of and achieve quarterly goals for the team.

• Guide engineers through uncertainty to address intricate, open-ended challenges.

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

• Engage in ideation, establish technical constraints, and assess risks and trade-offs.

• Recognize project, process, technology, and business obstacles and drive effective solutions.

• Enhance service reliability and availability by establishing and tracking key performance indicators.

• Participate in incident management, uphold operational excellence, and engage in on-call responsibilities.

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

• Cultivate a culture of quality, engineering excellence, and accountability.

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

• Design, develop, and implement scalable backend systems for a fintech client's cloud-native platforms.

⛳️ Requirements

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

• Demonstrated experience in building and maintaining highly available distributed systems in cloud environments.

• Proficient with AWS, MySQL, Spark, or equivalent platforms.

• Ability to define and implement technical plans for significant features or system components.

• Experience navigating large codebases and safely implementing substantial changes.

• Familiarity with engineering best practices, automation, testing, and deployment processes.

• Ownership mindset with a commitment to continuous learning, professional development, and proactive feedback.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.

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

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

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

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

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance from the first day, regardless of the probationary period.

• Christmas holidays from December 25 to December 31.

• Psychological counseling provided by the Veteran Hub.

• Internal policy fostering a company culture supportive of military and veterans.

• Collaboration with Superhumans center and Veteran HUB.

• Support for psychological rehabilitation initiatives.

• Support for military and veterans.