Python Backend Developer

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Location: Remote / EU-based

Start Date: Q2 2025

Contract Type: Freelance / Full-time

Languages: English (Fluent)

Role Overview

We are seeking a skilled Python Backend Developer to extend and improve our permission management application backend. You will work within a small team of operations engineers and developers to evolve the product, focusing on database optimization, API development, and ensuring high-quality, maintainable code.

Key Responsibilities

• Extend and improve the backend for an application designed to approve and check permissions across IT systems
• Work closely with operations engineers and developers to evolve the product
• Extend database schemas for new features and optimize existing schemas and queries
• Make features accessible to the front-end via REST/JSON API
• Write testable and maintainable code
• Expand the existing test suite and write tests for new code
• Integrate Python programs to distribute workload onto multiple Linux servers

Required Skills & Experience

• Multiple years of Python experience including type annotations and object-oriented programming
• Database modeling experience and solid SQL skills, preferably PL/SQL with JSON experience
• Experience with larger database migrations and data-heavy applications is a plus
• Experience writing REST web services with Python; Flask experience is a plus
• Familiarity with design patterns for larger applications
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to work in cross-functional teams

If you are a Python expert with strong database skills ready to enhance our permission management system in a collaborative environment, we\’d love to hear from you.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Part-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• IT System Data Services

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