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Python Backend Developer

Portugal🌐 Remote💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-24 → 2026-09-26

Core

Building and improving scalable backend services for internal and customer-facing payment and banking products.

Role type

Senior IC Python Backend Engineer

Builds

Scalable microservices, RESTful APIs, and cloud-based applications for global payments and multi-currency banking

Domain

Fintech / Payments / Banking

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Python, Microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, FastAPI or Django, AWS (Lambda, cloud services), Docker, CI/CD pipelines, Third-party API integration, Distributed systems fundamentals, Event-driven architectures, High-load system handling

Preferred skills

Kafka, Message queues, Fintech domain experience, Trading platforms experience

Technologies

Python, FastAPI, Django, AWS, Lambda, GitLab, Docker, Kafka

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain Python-based microservices in a distributed environment, Design and build scalable backend services with a focus on performance and reliability, Integrate third-party APIs and external services into existing systems, Collaborate with product, engineering, and DevOps teams to deliver new features and improvements, Work with AWS services to build and deploy applications, Support deployments and system operations through CI/CD pipelines, Troubleshoot and resolve issues in production environments, Contribute to improving system performance and handling increasing system load

Seniority

Mid-Senior, hands-on IC

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