Senior Software Engineer (Backend/Platform Focus)

Role: Senior Software Engineer (Backend/Platform Focus)

Location: Remote (F2F Technical interview needed)

Term: Contract

Core Technical Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional Python development experience
• Strong expertise with FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Pydantic, and modern Python patterns
• Production experience with Apache Kafka (producers, consumers, Schema Registry)
• Deep understanding of asynchronous programming, concurrency, and parallelism in Python
• Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL) and SQL optimization
• Container development and Docker experience
• Version control with Git and collaborative development practices

Strongly Preferred:

• Stream processing frameworks (Bytewax, Flink, Spark Streaming, or similar)
• Neo4j or other graph database experience
• Azure Data Explorer or similar analytics/OLAP databases
• Multi-tenant application design and implementation
• Experience with high-volume, low-latency distributed systems
• Message queue architecture patterns and best practices
• Performance profiling and optimization in Python

Additional Technical Knowledge:

• Kubernetes deployment and operation basics
• Vue.js or other modern JavaScript frameworks (for occasional frontend contributions)
• Redis data structures and caching patterns
• OAuth 2.0/OIDC authentication flows
• OpenAPI/Swagger specification
• CI/CD pipeline concepts
• Poetry or similar Python dependency management

### Key Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to design scalable and maintainable code architectures
• Experience with test-driven development practices
• Clear technical communication and documentation abilities
• Comfortable working in complex, evolving codebases
• Self-directed with strong time management skills
• Collaborative mindset with willingness to mentor others