Remote Senior Backend Engineer - Payments & Microservices

payabl.; Portugal; À distance; EUR 70 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Annual learning budget

Global company events

Remote-first teams

Résumé du poste

payabl. is seeking an experienced backend engineer to join the Gateway Related Projects team. You will evolve a Perl gateway while building scalable Python microservices in a high‑throughput, remote‑first environment.

You will own design decisions, improve CI/CD with GitLab, and deploy on AWS, including Lambda and ECS. Strong English communication and mentoring capabilities are essential for collaboration across global teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years backend Python experience with FastAPI/AsyncIO.
• Perl experience or eagerness to learn production Perl is mandatory.
• Experience building and scaling microservices with high throughput.
• Deep API integration experience with third‑party services and webhooks.
• Cloud & containerization with AWS and Docker.
• Advocate for clean, intentional code and design.
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures (Kafka/RabbitMQ).
• Proven ownership and mentoring of teammates.
• Strong English communication across remote teams.

Responsabilités

• Dual-Track Engineering: extend Perl gateway while building Python microservices.
• System Modernization: design scalable Python services for reliability under load.
• High-Stakes Integrations: manage third‑party APIs, webhooks, retries.
• Technical Leadership: lead code reviews and improve performance.
• Architecture & Deployment: collaborate with DevOps on CI/CD and AWS solutions.
• Product-Focused Delivery: align features with business impact and reasoning.
• Production Ownership: troubleshoot complex distributed systems with zero-downtime mindset.

Connaissances

Python mastery

FastAPI

AsyncIO

Perl familiarity

Distributed systems

APIs & reliability

AWS

Docker

GitLab CI/CD

English communication

Outils

Docker

AWS

Kafka

RabbitMQ

GitLab

Description du poste

payabl. is seeking an experienced backend engineer to join the Gateway Related Projects team. You will evolve a Perl gateway while building scalable Python microservices in a high‑throughput, remote‑first environment.

You will own design decisions, improve CI/CD with GitLab, and deploy on AWS, including Lambda and ECS. Strong English communication and mentoring capabilities are essential for collaboration across global teams.