Senior Backend Engineer (Python)

StairwaySoft Ltd; United Arab Emirates; Remote; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

StairwaySoft is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join a product team building a compliance platform for fintech clients. You will design and implement robust Python services, REST APIs, and scalable data pipelines in a remote-friendly setup.

We value a strong product mindset, experience with distributed systems, and bringing production-grade software to market. Join a global engineering provider delivering innovative software solutions to SMBs and startups.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial backend engineering experience.
• Strong Python development with REST API design.
• Experience owning backend systems in production.
• Knowledge of distributed systems and asynchronous processing.
• Proficiency with relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL).

Responsibilities

• Design and develop customer-facing REST APIs and supporting documentation.
• Build and own backend services from architecture through implementation and production support.
• Develop secure and reliable data ingestion and processing pipelines.
• Build scraping and parsing components for collecting and structuring external data.
• Design backend systems with scalability, resilience, and performance in mind.
• Work with asynchronous processing, queues, pub/sub, retries, idempotency, and eventual consistency.
• Monitor feature performance in production and iterate from usage data.
• Collaborate with product and stakeholders to deliver practical solutions.

Skills

Backend engineering

Python

REST APIs

Distributed systems

PostgreSQL/MySQL

Cloud environments

CI/CD

English proficiency

Tools

Kafka

Pub/Sub

Dataflow

Flink

Job description

Senior Backend Engineer (Python)

StairwaySoft is an Israeli-Ukrainian engineering provider of custom software solutions for SMBs and startups. We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join a product team building a compliance and business verification platform for financial institutions and fintech companies.
The product helps regulated businesses verify companies, process business data, and automate compliance workflows using real-time data and AI-driven automation. The platform operates in a security-sensitive environment where reliability, performance, and data quality are critical.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop customer-facing REST APIs and supporting documentation
• Build and own backend services from architecture through implementation and production supportDevelop secure and reliable data ingestion and processing pipelines
• Build scraping and parsing components for collecting and structuring external data
• Design backend systems with scalability, resilience, and performance in mind
• Work with asynchronous processing, queues, pub/sub, retries, idempotency, and eventual consistency
• Monitor how features perform in production and improve them based on real usage and customer feedback
• Contribute to engineering standards, technical decisions, and development practices
• Work closely with product and other stakeholders to understand problems and deliver practical solutions

Requirements

• 5+ years of commercial backend engineering experience
• 3+ years of experience with Python, or strong experience with a similar backend language and willingness to work primarily in Python
• Strong experience designing and maintaining REST APIs
• Experience owning backend systems end-to-end in production
• Good understanding of distributed systems and asynchronous processing
• Strong experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL
• Solid knowledge of data modelling, indexing, query optimization, and schema evolution
• Experience working with cloud environments such as GCP, AWS, or Azure
• Experience with CI/CD and production deployments
• Strong product mindset and ability to understand the business problem behind a technical task
• Upper-Intermediate English proficiency

Would be a strong advantage

• Experience building web scrapers at scale
• Experience in fintech, KYC/AML, fraud, compliance, or other regulated domains
• Experience with high-throughput data pipelines or stream processing
• Experience with Kafka, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, or Flink
• Experience with Rust, Go, or C++ for performance-critical components

Type of employment: Remote

Project: Fintech/RegTech/Compliance

Specialization: Python

StairwaySoft is a global engineering provider of innovative software development services with a team of expert engineers.

We service various businesses internationally to create solutions
and help companies achieve their technology goals.

We build software solutions through an ever-expanding
UNIQUE HYBRID of Eastern European, Middle East
and Central Asia Engineering matched with Israeli Innovation