Medior Python Backend Developer

Squla; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 vacation days + 3 assigned days off + 1 skipping school day

Collective pension and health insurance

€600 annual learning budget

Unlimited coaching and training opportunities

Office snacks and healthy lunches

Fun cultural activities organized

MacBook for work

Job summary

Squla in Amsterdam is looking for a driven Medior Developer to create solutions that enhance children's learning experiences. You will work with Python and AWS in an innovative, collaborative environment, turning ideas into effective educational tools.

Join Futurewhiz to influence the future of digital learning with a team focused on making learning smarter and more fun for children. The position includes numerous benefits such as a learning budget, health insurance, and a vibrant office culture.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience building and shipping production software.
• Solid experience with Python and a passion for scalable systems.
• Comfortable working from goals and ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Turn product ideas into production-ready solutions.
• Use AI tooling to delegate tasks and review output.
• Ensure scalability, security, and maintainability across services.

Skills

Python

Relational databases (MySQL)

AI tooling

React

Tools

AWS

Job description

Are you a driven backend developer who wants to make an impact on how children learn? At Futurewhiz, you'll build Squla, the platform that helps more than 160,000 children at home and over half a million in classrooms learn through play, every day. You'll join the Primary Education team and help build the features, experiments, and systems that make learning smarter and more fun. Want to contribute to the future of digital learning?

Futurewhiz is a B Corp.

What will you do as our Medior Developer?

• Turn product ideas into production‑ready solutions, working from goals and context rather than waiting for detailed specifications
• Use AI tooling as your default way of working: delegate well‑scoped implementation to coding agents, run explorations in parallel, and review the output with strong engineering judgment
• Work across the stack where it avoids handoffs: backend first, frontend, data and infrastructure when needed
• Ensure scalability, security and maintainability across our services
• Shape solutions early together with product, design and education colleagues
• Take ownership of team results: follow whether the things you ship actually improve learning and business outcomes, and iterate when they don't
• Contribute to architectural discussions and help improve how we use AI in our engineering practice

Our stack is:

• Python back‑end
• React front‑end
• AWS

Who are you?

• 3‑5 years of experience building and shipping production software
• Solid experience with Python and a passion for scalable, secure and maintainable systems
• Your AI use goes beyond autocomplete: you hand well‑scoped tasks to coding agents, review what comes back with a critical eye, and you’re building instincts for what to delegate and what to do yourself
• Comfortable working from goals and ambiguity instead of fully specified tickets
• Curious beyond the backend: willing to work in React, data or infrastructure when the team needs it
• Solid understanding of relational databases such as MySQL
• Familiarity with AWS or other cloud platforms is a strong plus
• A collaborative mindset and eagerness to learn from and support your team

What do we offer?

• 24 vacation days + 3 assigned days off + 1 skipping school day
• Collective pension and health insurance
• A €600 annual learning budget for your professional development
• Unlimited access to external coaches through Inuka Coaching
• Unlimited access to Goodhabitz training programs for professional and personal growth
• Lifetime access to StudyGo and Squla accounts
• Office next to Bijlmer Arena station (with the possibility of getting a Swapfiets or an OV business card if you live over 7km from the office)
• A MacBook for work
• Payroll Giving option to contribute to a good cause
• Healthy lunches at the office, unlimited good coffee, fresh fruit, and snacks
• A Culture Crew that organizes fun activities like outings, pub quizzes, ski trips, and laser tag