Yopeso

Senior Python Engineer – Tech Lead

Yopeso

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Romania

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AWSCloudDockerDynamoDBFlutterGoMySQLPHPPostgresPythonRedis

About the role

  • Take ownership of our Python backend ecosystem and play a key role in shaping the future of our technology stack
  • Build, scale, and guide a growing engineering team while remaining deeply involved in architecture, system design, and production code
  • Be the technical anchor for all Python backend services, drive architectural decisions, improve platform reliability, and lead large-scale initiatives across multiple teams and domains
  • Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs using Python, FastAPI, and SQLAlchemy
  • Own the architecture of our Python backend, including a monorepo with independent REST services
  • Lead major technical initiatives such as platform migrations, system integrations, and infrastructure upgrades
  • Coordinate releases and deployments for Python services
  • Ensure performance, scalability, reliability, and security across the platform
  • Participate in cross-stack architectural decisions (Python, PHP, Go, Flutter)
  • Implement security, data protection, and compliance best practices
  • Mentor and coach engineers through 1:1s, pair programming, and code reviews
  • Provide technical direction and help unblock engineers
  • Protect the team from ad-hoc work and unclear requirements
  • Lead or support agile ceremonies (planning, standups, retrospectives)
  • Work with Product to refine requirements and estimate initiatives
  • Promote knowledge sharing, documentation, and engineering excellence
  • Act as a bridge between engineering and business stakeholders
  • Drive alignment on technical standards, tooling, and best practices

Requirements

  • 7+ years of backend development with Python in professional environments
  • Strong experience with FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, and ORM-based architectures
  • Deep knowledge of databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, DynamoDB)
  • Experience designing and building RESTful APIs
  • Solid understanding of async programming and event-driven systems
  • Experience with Docker, Git, CI/CD pipelines, and automated deployments
  • Familiarity with AWS and cloud-native development
  • Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives from planning to delivery
  • Experience mentoring and coaching engineers
  • Strong documentation and communication skills
  • Comfortable estimating and planning large technical projects
  • Ability to coordinate work across multiple teams
Benefits
  • Competitive remuneration
  • Remote work
  • 24 days off per year and floating days
  • Private clinic health services Regina Maria Medical Insurance
  • Flexible benefits through Up multibenefits platform
  • Referral bonus scheme
  • Team events, online or at the office
  • Training and development opportunities with allocated budget
  • Professional Certifications
  • Knowledge sharing context

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
PythonFastAPISQLAlchemyRESTful APIsasync programmingevent-driven systemsDockerGitCI/CD pipelinescloud-native development
Soft skills
mentoringcoachingdocumentationcommunicationplanningtechnical directionteam alignmentknowledge sharingengineering excellencestakeholder engagement