
Senior Python Engineer – Contract
Fliff Inc
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Poland
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About the role
- Take full ownership of backend services from design through deployment, maintenance, and continuous improvement
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance distributed backend services using Python and Django
- Architect distributed systems to support millions of users with low latency and high availability
- Collaborate with product, frontend, and DevOps teams to ship reliable features on aggressive timelines
- Lead and mentor junior engineers through code reviews, architectural discussions, and knowledge sharing
- Own critical backend infrastructure components: APIs, data pipelines, message brokers (Kafka), caching
- Optimize systems for throughput, latency, fault tolerance, and resilience under heavy load
- Implement robust testing strategies: unit, integration, and performance tests
- Drive continuous improvement of development processes and system observability (monitoring, logging)
- Participate in on-call rotations and support production issues as needed
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional Python backend development experience with a proven track record of ownership and successful delivery
- Solid Django experience (not necessarily expert level), with asynchronous programming skills (asyncio)
- Production experience with Apache Kafka
- Strong experience with distributed systems (microservices or similar architecture)
- Experience deploying and managing containerized applications (Docker); Kubernetes experience is a plus
- Familiarity with any cloud provider (AWS preferred)
- Proficient with SQL databases, especially PostgreSQL; NoSQL is a plus
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and test automation
- Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, or equivalent)
- Strong problem-solving skills and comfort doing code reviews
- Prior experience working with systems supporting 1M+ users is a strong plus
- Comfortable working in Agile teams
- Strong sense of responsibility and commitment to shipping high-quality software
- Willingness to participate in on-call rotations
Benefits
- Fully remote work environment.
- Professional development opportunities in a dynamic, global setting.
- A supportive, collaborative, and knowledge-driven workplace.
- An engaging and challenging role with the freedom to innovate and develop effective solutions.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonDjangoasynchronous programmingApache Kafkadistributed systemsDockerKubernetesSQLPostgreSQLCI/CD
Soft Skills
problem-solvingleadershipmentoringcollaborationresponsibilitycommitmentcommunicationagility