Senior Python Engineer

Capgemini Engineering is seeking a Senior Python Backend Engineer to join a global digital transformation initiative focused on building scalable backend services, APIs, and cloud-based solutions. The role involves designing and maintaining microservices, REST APIs, and database solutions using Python and related frameworks.

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend applications and microservices using Python
• Build and support RESTful APIs utilizing frameworks such as FastAPI, Flask, or Django
• Develop and optimize database solutions, write complex SQL queries, and ensure data integrity
• Implement secure authentication and authorization mechanisms using modern security standards and libraries
• Integrate external systems and services through APIs and cloud-based platforms
• Develop data processing workflows for handling structured business data and file-based integrations
• Implement observability, monitoring, logging, and tracing solutions to ensure application reliability and performance
• Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to technical decision-making
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product managers, architects, DevOps engineers, and business stakeholders
• Ensure code quality through testing, code reviews, and adherence to engineering best practices

• Strong hands-on experience with Python development
• Proven experience building REST APIs using one or more of FastAPI, Flask, Django, Gunicorn
• Solid experience with SQL and relational databases
• Experience working with authentication and security libraries, including google-auth, cryptography, oauthlib, requests-oauthlib
• Experience implementing application monitoring and observability using OpenTelemetry API, OpenTelemetry SDK, OpenTelemetry Instrumentation (Flask, Requests)
• Experience with data processing and file handling using xlrd, xlwt, simplejson
• Familiarity with utility libraries such as requests, PyYAML, jsonschema
• Understanding of software design principles, API best practices, and secure coding standards
• Experience with version control systems and Agile development methodologies
• Nice to have: Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

• health insurance from the first days, regardless of the probationary period
• Christmas holidays from 25 December to 31 December
• cooperation with Superhumans center and Veteran HUB
• support of psychological counseling provided by the Veteran Hub
• internal policy making the company friendly to military and veterans