Senior Python Developer

Location: Remote

Company

hirify.global offers a backend development contract supporting client software projects.

What you will do

• Own architectural decisions and backend software implementation as a senior technical authority.
• Manage the full delivery lifecycle, including design, development, testing, debugging, deployment, and continuous improvement.
• Mentor engineers and provide hands-on technical guidance.
• Collaborate with product, business analysis, marketing, and engineering stakeholders to deliver software products.
• Improve legacy code, maintain engineering standards, and produce technical documentation.
• Support technical escalations and participate in design reviews, progress meetings, and troubleshooting.

Requirements

• 10+ years of general programming experience, including at least 7+ years of professional Python 3 development.
• Strong experience building web-oriented APIs and backend systems.
• Solid Linux experience in development and production environments.
• Hands-on AWS infrastructure experience, including infrastructure as code and delivery tooling such as Terraform and pipelines.
• Strong PostgreSQL and Redis knowledge.
• Experience with Python web frameworks such as Django, Flask, FastAPI, or similar.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, service-oriented architecture, and messaging patterns.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote backend contract.
• Work includes collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders, mentoring, and technical decision-making.

Hiring process

• Brief non-technical conversation about background, career aspirations, communication, teamwork, and decision-making.
• 60- to 90-minute technical interview with challenges relevant to the client’s requirements.
• Client interview followed by an offer and recommendation to the client after successful completion.