Fliff Inc

Senior Python Engineer – Contract

Fliff Inc

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Netherlands

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

ApacheAWSCloudDistributed SystemsDjangoDockerGrafanaKafkaKubernetesMicroservicesNoSQLPostgresPrometheusPythonSQL

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.
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonDjangoasynchronous programmingApache Kafkadistributed systemsDockerKubernetesSQLPostgreSQLCI/CD
Soft Skills
problem-solvingleadershipmentoringcollaborationresponsibilitycommitmentcommunicationagility