Responsibilities
- Take full ownership of backend services from design through deployment, maintenance, and continuous improvement
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance distributed backend services using Python and Django
- Architect distributed systems to support millions of users with low latency and high availability
- Collaborate with product, frontend, and DevOps teams to ship reliable features on aggressive timelines
- Lead and mentor junior engineers through code reviews, architectural discussions, and knowledge sharing
- Own critical backend infrastructure components: APIs, data pipelines, message brokers (Kafka), caching
- Optimize systems for throughput, latency, fault tolerance, and resilience under heavy load
- Implement robust testing strategies: unit, integration, and performance tests
- Drive continuous improvement of development processes and system observability (monitoring, logging)
- Participate in on-call rotations and support production issues as needed
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional Python backend development experience with a proven track record of ownership and successful delivery
- Solid Django experience (not necessarily expert level), with asynchronous programming skills (asyncio)
- Production experience with Apache Kafka
- Strong experience with distributed systems (microservices or similar architecture)
- Experience deploying and managing containerized applications (Docker); Kubernetes experience is a plus
- Familiarity with any cloud provider (AWS preferred)
- Proficient with SQL databases, especially PostgreSQL; NoSQL is a plus
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and test automation
- Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, or equivalent)
- Strong problem-solving skills and comfort doing code reviews
- Prior experience working with systems supporting 1M+ users is a strong plus
- Comfortable working in Agile teams
- Strong sense of responsibility and commitment to shipping high-quality software
- Willingness to participate in on-call rotations
Nice to Have
- Exposure to event sourcing or CQRS patterns
- Familiarity with frontend technologies (React)
- Knowledge of big data tools (Flink, NiFi)
- Exposure to infrastructure as code tools like Terraform
- Practical knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience in sports/betting industries
Benefits
- Fully remote work environment.
- Professional development opportunities in a dynamic, global setting.
- A supportive, collaborative, and knowledge-driven workplace.
- An engaging and challenging role with the freedom to innovate and develop effective solutions.
Work Arrangement
Remote (Worldwide)
Additional Information
- Full working-hour alignment with Central European Time (CET ±2 hours) to enable daily, real-time collaboration with our Sofia-based team. We are only considering candidates located within this time zone range. Applicants outside CET ±2 hours will not be considered.
