Senior Python Backend Engineer – Data Platform

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

International projects

Travel opportunities

Informal atmosphere

Language classes access

Knowledge-sharing initiatives

Private healthcare

Multisport card

Job summary

Software Mind is seeking a Senior Python Software Engineer to design and build scalable backend services for a data‑intensive platform. You will collaborate with experienced engineers to shape technical solutions, ensure reliability, and advance the platform and engineering practices.

You will work with Python, REST APIs, SQL databases, and cloud services (Azure/AWS), participating in CI/CD, testing, and mentoring junior developers while leveraging AI-assisted tools to boost productivity.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial Python backend development.
• Strong experience building backend apps and REST APIs.
• Solid knowledge of SQL and PostgreSQL or similar relational DB.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience building data-intensive applications and data pipelines.
• Strong practices around testing and clean code.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain backend services and REST APIs using Python.
• Build scalable ingestion/processing pipelines for large datasets.
• Work with Microsoft Azure, including containerized workloads, batch processing, PostgreSQL and event-driven architectures.
• Contribute to cloud-native architecture, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Work with Databricks and modern data processing approaches.
• Collaborate with engineers on system design, data modelling and platform improvements.
• Improve software quality through code reviews, automated testing and mentoring juniors.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity and problem solving.

Skills

Python backend

REST APIs

PostgreSQL

Cloud services AWS/Azure

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

Data processing

Testing and clean code

Tools

Databricks

Azure DevOps

Terraform

Azure Container Apps

Job description

Software Mind is seeking a Senior Python Software Engineer to design and build scalable backend services for a data‑intensive platform. You will collaborate with experienced engineers to shape technical solutions, ensure reliability, and advance the platform and engineering practices.

You will work with Python, REST APIs, SQL databases, and cloud services (Azure/AWS), participating in CI/CD, testing, and mentoring junior developers while leveraging AI-assisted tools to boost productivity.