Python Developer

We are looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to join Mobile Apps Team and bring live to new features and support the evolution of our services and products. You will be working closely with Product Owner, Area Architect and your team members clarifying business needs and technical requirements and defining how to support them in the best way. In close collaboration with other teams, your team will introduce new features and improvements to the mobile apps to provide an even better experience for more than 11 million of our customers!

As our Senior Backend Software Engineer:

• with your Team and Product Owner, you will be working in a challenging Agile environment in close collaboration with other teams.
• you will participate in the team’s technical/architectural discussions and decisions.
• you will develop and continuously deliver applications for one of the most successful pet e-commerce platforms in Europe.
• you will participate in the complete software development life cycle from discovery through coding, testing, deployment and maintenance.
• daily, you will learn and grow your skills, striving for mastery using state-of-the-art technologies and practices such as AWS, Microservices, Docker, and much more.

At the Mobile Apps, our primary responsibility are the iOS and Android apps, including the services that power them. This includes all aspects of the customer journey, from onboarding, personalized home feed, wish list, search and catalog to cart and checkout. As a rapidly growing channel, the Mobile Apps play a crucial role in the company success.

MUST HAVE Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with Python development
• Strong expertise in Flask or Django
• Experience with DevOps tools and practices (container orchestration, CI, monitoring and alerting, Terraform)
• You understand the full architectural landscape and are technically able to investigate and implement new features independently.
• Being responsible for the quality of the solution you deliver is natural for you.
• You have experience with unit-testing
• Interested in growing as a software engineer participating in the whole development cycle (frontend, backend, testing, DevOps)
• Experience working within Agile practices and knowledge of Agile values & principles
• You are able mentor less experience colleagues, structure and clarify requirements together
• Empathetic and able to easily build relationships
• Good verbal and written communication skills

Nice to have

• Experience with Java and Spring framework
• Experience working with Microservices
• Cloud expertise (AWS, Lambda, RDS, SNS, SQS)
• Experience with TDD approach
• Experience in e-commerce domain

Your responsibilities

• Participate in solution investigation, estimations, planning, alignment with other teams
• Design, implement, deliver and support backend solutions (restful webservices) using micro-services architecture
• Work in close collaboration with other teams to integrate their solutions in the mobile apps
• Promote and implement tests automation (mainly unit tests and integration tests with opportunity to contribute into e2e tests and performance tests)
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration, development, and deployment.
• Deploy applications on the cloud, using technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, AWS and Terraform.
• Work closely with the team in an agile and collaborative environment. This will involve activities such as code reviews, pair programming, knowledge sharing, and incident coordination.
• Maintain existing applications and reduce technical debt