Python Backend Developer (f/m/x)

• Architect, develop, and maintain microservices in Python, ensuring scalability, reliability, and adherence to best practices in security and performance.
• Implement and maintain REST APIs, incorporating concepts such as rate limiting to manage load and maintain service availability.
• Utilize cloud services to construct a robust infrastructure that supports scalable and resilient application deployment.
• Collaborate with front-end developers, utilizing frameworks like React or Angular, to facilitate the creation of cohesive and user-friendly interfaces when necessary.
• Automate deployment, implement continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, and conduct testing to enable smooth and reliable releases.
• Identify system bottlenecks and apply engineering solutions to enhance system reliability and efficiency.
• Embrace an ownership culture, assuming full responsibility for the development lifecycle of the backend services, from conception to deployment and beyond.

Your core competencies

• Strong experience with Python programming and microservice architecture, including frameworks such as Django and Fast API.
• Demonstrated understanding of system design concepts like inter-service communication, scalability, reliability, and rate limiting.
• Proven track record of implementing RESTful APIs and integrating complex systems.
• Experience with deploying and managing Kubernetes-based systems.
• Practical knowledge of cloud services (ideally AWS) and experience with cloud-based architectures.
• Familiarity with deployment automation, testing practices, and CI/CD methodologies.

What's in it for you

• Work Life Balance: flexible working hours (no core time), extensive hybrid working options / work from home, 30 days / year remote work from any EU-country outside Austria
• Easy Moving: work permit support
• Top-notch Equipment: modern tools & technologies
• International Spirit: multi-cultural teams, English as company language, team building events
• Learning & Agile Working: as part of our DNA & culture 
• Canteen: healthy, tasty, and heavily subsidized
• Saving: with vouchers / discounts from our staffs' council (eg. supermarket)
• Further Goodies: free public transport pass, salary account & credit card (optional), reduced gym membership, gender-neutral parental leave, bilingual company kindergarten, child care during holidays etc. 
• Salary: the offered gross yearly salary ranges starting 60.000 Euro (basis full-time)  including overtime, depending on qualification and experience.)