TL;DR

Senior Software Developer (Python): Building and maintaining highly resilient distributed backend services for a hospitality commerce platform with an accent on API design, event-driven architecture, and system reliability. Focus on solving complex scalability and performance challenges, ensuring data accuracy, and integrating microservices.

Location: Berlin, Germany. Flexible work culture with the possibility of remote work.

Company

%hirify_global% is a product company powering businesses in retail, hospitality, and golf sectors with its one-stop cloud commerce platform.

What you will do

Build and maintain backend services and APIs using Python, FastAPI, Kafka, Redis, and AWS ecosystem.
Ensure reliability, performance, and accuracy of event-driven distributed systems.
Conduct bugfixes and proactive system care, analyzing root causes of problems.
Prioritize technical debt aligning with the squad’s technical roadmaps.
Collaborate with other teams for microservice integration.
Utilize LLMs to accelerate development processes safely and robustly.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in software development with a strong focus on Python.
Strong English communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively within a team.
Hands-on experience with RESTful APIs and microservices.
Strong understanding of scalability, performance optimization, and distributed systems.
Experience with databases such as MySQL or DynamoDB.
Hands-on experience with Kafka.

Nice to have

Experience working with recommendation systems, machine learning models, or data-driven applications.
Experience in Agile development environments.
Proficiency with CI/CD systems, Docker, and Kubernetes.
Experience with cloud environments like AWS or GCP.

Culture & Benefits

Lots of autonomy, flexible work culture, and the possibility of remote work.
Development of very high-traffic products used at a global scale.
Opportunity for growth in technical or people management roles.
Excellent benefits and perks, including equity for all %hirify_global%ers.
Mental health online platform, counseling & coaching services, and health/wellness benefits.
LinkedIn Learning license and volunteer day.