Senior Backend Python Engineer (APM Gateway)

1 week, 3 days ago
Contract
Senior
Software Development
payabl.

payabl.

payabl. empowers merchants to handle payments on a global scale by offering a comprehensive solution that includes card acquiring, alternative payment methods, payment accounts, and prepaid cards.

Diversified Financial Services
51-250
Founded 2011

Description

  • Extend and support the existing Perl-based payment gateway while developing Python microservices.
  • Architect and implement scalable distributed services for high-load production environments.
  • Integrate third-party APIs and payment services, including robust error handling.
  • Lead code reviews, promote engineering best practices, and identify performance bottlenecks.
  • Collaborate with DevOps to improve GitLab CI/CD pipelines and AWS-based deployments.
  • Apply product-focused thinking to understand business logic and user impact.
  • Troubleshoot complex distributed-system production issues and maintain zero-downtime operations.
  • Own features from design through production and mentor other engineers.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of backend engineering experience with deep Python expertise; FastAPI and AsyncIO preferred.
  • Experience building and scaling microservices and high-throughput systems, preferably in payments, trading, or real-time processing.
  • Strong understanding of third-party API integrations, webhooks, callbacks, idempotency, and retry policies.
  • Strong Docker/containerization experience and knowledge of AWS, including Lambda, SQS/SNS, and cloud networking.
  • Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging systems such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.
  • Willingness to learn and work with Perl production code; Perl experience is a major advantage.
  • Strong engineering judgment, clean coding practices, and the ability to explain technical decisions.
  • Experience owning features end-to-end and mentoring engineers.
  • Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
  • Willingness to work remotely from Portugal or Poland under a contractor arrangement.

Benefits

  • Annual professional development budget after probation.
  • Company celebrations bringing colleagues together across offices.
  • Opportunities to attend international company events and initiatives.
  • Remote work from Portugal or Poland.

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