Backend Engineer (Python)

TL;DR

Backend Engineer (Python): Developing scalable product features and high-volume transaction systems for an online services marketplace with an accent on API design and datastore management. Focus on migrating the platform to a full marketplace model, optimizing system efficiency at scale, and enhancing AI-assisted analytics.

Location: Remote (Spain)

Company

hirify.global is an online services marketplace connecting customers with professionals across over 1,000 categories globally.

What you will do

• Conceptualize and implement software solutions in collaboration with product managers.
• Build elegant and performant APIs and event handlers.
• Develop and manage scalable datastores and services.
• Proactively propose and implement improvements to the codebase.
• Mentor other engineers to support their professional growth.
• Design and code solutions for systems with a high volume of transactions per second.

Requirements

• Expertise and extensive experience using Python in a production environment.
• Proficiency in defining, implementing, and testing APIs, event handlers, and business logic.
• Hands-on experience with production SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience using Docker in production, ideally with Kubernetes, Fargate, ECS, or EKS.
• Must be based in Spain

Nice to have

• Familiarity with the AWS ecosystem.
• Experience with cloud monitoring systems, such as Datadog.
• Experience with ElasticSearch, MongoDB, or similar technologies.
• Interest in AI as a tool for increasing developer efficiency.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to work in a profitable, PE-backed scale-up combining agility with financial stability.
• Genuine ownership and responsibility to shape commercial strategy during a pivotal transformation.
• Fully remote work arrangement.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB).

Hiring process

• Screening call with Talent Partner (30 mins).
• Hiring Manager interview (30 mins).
• Technical task (60 mins).
• Values interview (30 mins).