Python Developer

Archer Recruitment; Galway; Hybrid; EUR 96,000 - 144,000; Full time

Job summary

Archer Recruitment in Ireland is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and develop scalable Python backends and APIs, running on Linux with PostgreSQL.

You will own key components of a cloud-native SaaS platform, contribute to DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and ensure secure, high-performance services for global financial clients. Hybrid work requires 2 days on-site per month.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• 3+ years of commercial Python backend development.
• Excellent SQL and relational database design skills.
• Experience working with Linux environments.

Responsibilities

• Build secure, high-performance web application backends.
• Own key components of a cloud-based SaaS platform throughout the full software development lifecycle.
• Build resilient, fault-tolerant software designed for scale.
• Contribute to DevOps processes, deployment automation, and CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Python backend development

SQL / relational design

Linux

Azure cloud

DevOps / CI-CD

Tools

Azure

Job description

• Hybrid (Once / twice on-site attendance per month)
• Daily Rate Contract

Join a fast-growing technology company that is transforming how financial institutions navigate an increasingly complex regulatory landscape.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll design and develop scalable backend services and APIs using Python, PostgreSQL and Linux, building secure, high-performance web applications that process complex regulatory data at scale.

Why You'll Love It

• Hybrid Opportunity: Work from the comfort of your own home while collaborating with expert engineers globally once or twice per month.
• Build Mission-Critical Software: Develop a cloud-native SaaS platform relied upon by market-leading, global financial institutions to manage regulatory risk and compliance across multiple markets.
• Own Technical Decisions: Own the design and delivery of key platform concepts, influencing architecture, solution design, and engineering direction.
• Work with Modern Cloud Technology: Build scalable backend services using Python within an Azure cloud environment, leveraging modern DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native architecture.
• Visibility & Ownership: Contribute tosolution design and prototyping through development, testing, deployment, and ongoing optimization to facilitate the global success of a fast-growing SaaS and AI company.

What You'll Do

• Build secure, high-performance web application backends.
• Own key components of a cloud-based SaaS platform throughout the full software development lifecycle.
• Build resilient, fault-tolerant software designed for scale.
• Contribute to DevOps processes, deployment automation, and CI/CD pipelines.

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• At least 3 years of commercial Python backend development.
• Excellent SQL and relational database design skills.
• Experience working with Linux environments.

Contract Terms

• 6 months (likelihood for extension)
• 2 days on-site per month