Remote Senior Backend Engineer - Python, Azure & Databricks

Muttdata; Argentina; Remote; ARS 139,018,000 - 200,803,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first culture

Certifications covered: AWS, GCP,Azure

Birthday off + extra vacation

Referral bonuses

Maslow credits in benefits marketplace

Annual Mutters' Trip

Job summary

Muttdata seeks an experienced Backend Engineer (Advanced) to design, build, and operate production-grade REST APIs using Python and FastAPI on Azure. You’ll work on a communications dispatch service, integrate messaging queues, external APIs, and Databricks data processes with a strong emphasis on reliability and observability.

You will collaborate with data, IT/DevOps, and development teams to ensure scalable, secure, and maintainable backend systems, with a remote-first, ownership-driven

Qualifications

• 4+ years of backend development experience with production services.
• Proven Python and REST API experience with FastAPI or similar.
• Modular, testable software design and SOLID principles.
• Experience integrating APIs and distributed systems with retries and timeouts.
• Hands-on with asynchronous processing and messaging queues.
• Strong SQL and ORM usage; prefer SQL Server/Azure SQL.
• Docker containerization experience.
• Cloud experience, preferably Microsoft Azure.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and evolve backend services and REST APIs with Python/FastAPI.
• Develop and operate a communications dispatch service with queues and external APIs.
• Integrate Azure services, databases, and Databricks data processes.
• Model data in Azure SQL, ensure migrations and integrity.
• Improve reliability with monitoring, tests, and failure recovery.
• Collaborate on CI/CD, documentation, and cross-team decisions.

Skills

4+ years backend

Python & FastAPI

Modular design

API integration

Async messaging

SQL & ORM

Docker

Azure cloud

Tools

Docker

Azure

Azure SQL

Databricks

Job description

Muttdata seeks an experienced Backend Engineer (Advanced) to design, build, and operate production-grade REST APIs using Python and FastAPI on Azure. You’ll work on a communications dispatch service, integrate messaging queues, external APIs, and Databricks data processes with a strong emphasis on reliability and observability.

You will collaborate with data, IT/DevOps, and development teams to ensure scalable, secure, and maintainable backend systems, with a remote-first, ownership-driven