Backend Engineer: Python for IoT Kitchen Platform (Remote/Hybrid)

Frescocooks; Ireland; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Fresco seeks a Backend Engineer to work on the Fresco KitchenOS platform, delivering reliable backend services for IoT devices and mobile clients. You will join a team reporting to the Platform & Firmware Engineering Manager, building scalable capabilities and supporting production operations.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years of Python backend experience, strong event-driven architecture skills, and hands-on AWS Lambda + CDK experience.

Qualifications

• 3+ years building backend services in Python.
• Strong grasp of event-driven architecture: EventBridge, SQS/SNS, async patterns.
• AWS Lambda + CDK in production — not just familiarity.
• Observability: structured logging, distributed tracing (Datadog or equivalent).
• Fluent in English; clear communicator with both technical peers and less-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop reliable and scalable backend services on Python for our IoT devices and mobile clients across ~20 Lambda-based microservices (Python 3.14, AWS CDK, aws-lambda-powertools).
• Be involved and participate in the overall application lifecycle.
• Execute cloud to cloud integrations with new partners.
• Be on shift looking after the platform, frequency: 1 week every 4-5 weeks (Remunerated).
• Stay up-to-date with innovations and changes in the industry.

Skills

Python

Event-driven architecture

AWS Lambda

CDK

Observability

AI-assisted development

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Pydantic v2

SQLModel/Alembic

DynamoDB/PynamoDB

OpenSearch/Elasticsearch

Valkey

Job description

Fresco seeks a Backend Engineer to work on the Fresco KitchenOS platform, delivering reliable backend services for IoT devices and mobile clients. You will join a team reporting to the Platform & Firmware Engineering Manager, building scalable capabilities and supporting production operations.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years of Python backend experience, strong event-driven architecture skills, and hands-on AWS Lambda + CDK experience.