
About this role
The Senior Python Backend Engineer will join a global digital transformation initiative to build and enhance scalable backend services, APIs, and cloud-based solutions. Responsibilities include designing and maintaining microservices using Python and frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, or Django. The role involves developing database solutions, implementing secure authentication mechanisms, and integrating external systems via APIs. The engineer will work within a cross-functional team including product managers, architects, and DevOps engineers, ensuring code quality through testing and code reviews. The technical environment focuses on observability, monitoring, and data processing workflows.
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YOUR ROLE
We are looking for a skilled Senior Python Backend Engineer to join a global digital transformation initiative focused on building and enhancing scalable backend services, APIs, and cloud-based solutions. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Python development, RESTful API design, data processing, and cloud technologies, with a passion for delivering high-quality, secure, and maintainable software.
YOUR TASKS
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend applications and microservices using Python.
- Build and support RESTful APIs utilizing frameworks such as FastAPI, Flask, or Django.
- Develop and optimize database solutions, write complex SQL queries, and ensure data integrity.
- Implement secure authentication and authorization mechanisms using modern security standards and libraries.
- Integrate external systems and services through APIs and cloud-based platforms.
- Develop data processing workflows for handling structured business data and file-based integrations.
- Implement observability, monitoring, logging, and tracing solutions to ensure application reliability and performance.
- Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to technical decision-making.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product managers, architects, DevOps engineers, and business stakeholders.
- Ensure code quality through testing, code reviews, and adherence to engineering best practices.
- Strong hands-on experience with Python development.
- Proven experience building REST APIs using one or more of FastAPI, Flask, Django, Gunicorn.
- Solid experience with SQL and relational databases.
- Experience working with authentication and security libraries, including google-auth, cryptography, oauthlib, requests-oauthlib.
- Experience implementing application monitoring and observability using OpenTelemetry API, OpenTelemetry SDK, OpenTelemetry Instrumentation (Flask, Requests).
- Experience with data processing and file handling using xlrd, xlwt, simplejson.
- Familiarity with utility libraries such as requests, PyYAML, jsonschema
- Understanding of software design principles, API best practices, and secure coding standards.
- Experience with version control systems and Agile development methodologies.
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- We care about all our employees and want them to feel as comfortable as possible. That's why we offer them health insurance from the first days, regardless of the probationary period.
- The gift from the company - Christmas holidays from 25 December to 31 December.
- Сooperation with Superhumans center and Veteran HUB. Capgemini Engineering has supported the launch of psychological rehabilitation department of Superhumans. Our team also donnated over UAH 500 000 prosthetics for three Ukrainian defenders. Currently, we support psychological counseling provided by the Veteran Hub, and we have implemented a internal policy making the company friendly to military and veterans with the assistance of the Hub.