Senior Python Backend Engineer — Remote (EU/EEA)

Scalera; Zürich; Remote; CHF 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Direct decision-making with a small team

Remote work opportunity

Job summary

Scalera, based in Zürich, is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer specializing in Python to join our agile team. The role involves developing backend services and APIs for our innovative AI-powered platform and requires 4+ years of backend experience.

We value engineers who thrive in ambiguous environments and have a solid understanding of CI/CD, API design, and data modeling. This is a remote position, competitive salary, and offers an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI techniques.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of backend engineering experience, with Python as your primary language.
• Strong API design skills and experience with RESTful systems.
• Hands-on experience with FastAPI or Django in production.
• Solid understanding of databases, data modeling, and query optimization.
• Experience with CI/CD and a strong focus on code quality and maintainability.

Responsibilities

• Own problems end-to-end: talk to users, understand their needs, and ship solutions.
• Build and maintain Python backend services that bring AI capabilities into production.
• Design and implement APIs and integrations connecting our AI systems.
• Develop data pipelines to ingest, normalize, and process large volumes of data.
• Collaborate with teammates on code reviews, testing, and CI/CD practices.

Skills

Backend engineering experience

Python programming

API design skills

Experience with FastAPI or Django

CI/CD experience

Data modeling

Tools

GCP (Cloud Run, BigQuery, Pub/Sub)

Job description

Scalera, based in Zürich, is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer specializing in Python to join our agile team. The role involves developing backend services and APIs for our innovative AI-powered platform and requires 4+ years of backend experience.

We value engineers who thrive in ambiguous environments and have a solid understanding of CI/CD, API design, and data modeling. This is a remote position, competitive salary, and offers an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI techniques.