Senior Python Engineer, Document App – Content Engineering Team

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Germany, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Design and enhance backend systems that facilitate real-time collaborative document editing for tens of thousands of simultaneous users.

• Take ownership of the content model and data persistence layer, encompassing schema design, migrations, compatibility, and long-term sustainability.

• Develop and manage event-driven pipelines utilizing Kafka and NATS.

• Handle substantial volumes of frontend interactions and ensure consistent document states across various services.

• Contribute to the reliability, observability, and operational excellence of Python microservices.

• Deliver product features from backend architecture through to production monitoring.

• Support the development of AI-driven capabilities, including agentic document workflows.

• Collaborate with the Content engineering team on document editing, persistence, and infrastructure for real-time collaboration.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in Python development within production environments.

• Extensive experience with relational databases, SQL, schema design, migrations, and query optimization.

• Practical experience with message queues and event-driven architectures, such as Kafka, NATS, RabbitMQ, or equivalent.

• Profound understanding of AsyncIO and concurrent systems.

• Experience in building and managing microservice architectures at scale.

• Ability to analyze distributed systems, including aspects of consistency, ordering, and failure modes.

• Knowledge of the complete development lifecycle from requirements gathering to deployment and production monitoring.

• Regular use of AI tools in daily tasks and a critical assessment of their outputs.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

• Experience with AI agents, LLM-powered workflows, or agentic systems is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work position.

• Flexible work arrangements.

• Opportunities to visit offices located in Warsaw, Lisbon, or Kyiv.

• Professional development opportunities and a clear growth trajectory within Platform Engineering.

• Agile work environment offering significant ownership.

• Strong emphasis on work-life balance.

• Supportive and distributed team culture.

• Competitive compensation package.

• Flexible contract arrangements tailored to individual location and experience.

• Virtual team-bonding events.