Senior Python Engineer

Premier Inn Hotels LLC (UAE); Plano (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Premier Inn Hotels LLC (UAE) in Plano, TX is seeking a senior software/backend engineer to design and build scalable backend systems with Python, REST APIs, and microservices, collaborating with product and operations teams.

The role requires strong AWS expertise (Lambda, API Gateway, ECS/Fargate, RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB), Docker, Terraform/CloudFormation, and robust CI/CD pipelines, plus observability, security, and production support in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software/backend engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on Python backend development.
• Experience designing and developing REST APIs and microservices.
• Strong AWS experience with several services listed.
• Experience with Docker and containerized deployment.
• Experience with Terraform and/or CloudFormation.
• Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of AWS IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, VPC, and cloud security.
• Experience with observability, monitoring, logging, alerting.
• Experience with Git, code reviews, Agile development, and production support.
• Strong communication and technical problem-solving skills.

Skills

Python backend development

REST APIs

Microservices

AWS

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

Git & code reviews

Agile development

Observability

Tools

AWS Lambda

API Gateway

ECS/Fargate

S3

EventBridge

SQS/SNS

RDS/Aurora

DynamoDB

ElastiCache/Redis

Docker

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

Plano, United States | Posted on 09/24/2026

• 6+ years of professionalsoftware/backend engineering experience or equivalent.
  
• Strong hands-onexperience with Python backend development.
  
• Experience designing anddeveloping REST APIs and microservices.
  
• Strong AWS experiencewith several of the following:
  
• AWS Lambda
  
• API Gateway
  
• ECS/Fargate
  
• S3
  
• EventBridge
  
• SQS/SNS
  
• RDS/Aurora
  
• DynamoDB
  
• ElastiCache/Redis
  
• Experience with Dockerand containerized application deployment.
  
• Experience with Terraformand/or CloudFormation.
  
• Experience developingand maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
  
• Strong understanding of AWSIAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, VPC, and cloud security.
  
• Experience withapplication monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability.
  
• Experience withautomated testing and software quality practices.
  
• Strong understanding of Git,code reviews, Agile development, and production support.
  
• Strong communication andtechnical problem-solving skills.