Backend Developer Lisboa

Backend Developer
Lisboa
Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Devexperts works with respected financial institutions, delivering products and
- made solutions for retail and brokerage houses, exchanges, and
- side firms. The company focuses on trading platforms and brokerage automation, complex software development projects, market data products, and IT consulting services.

Job Description

We are looking for a Mid-Senior Backend Developer more focused on Python to join the Research & Development Team. Our current project involves developing one of the leading trading platforms in the USA, serving a user base of over 200, 000 online users daily across desktops, mobile devices, and the web.

The technology stack includes Python (with frameworks such as Django, Flask, and Fast
API), databases and streaming technologies like Postgre
SQL, Kafka, Dynamo
DB, and Redis, as well as tools such as Docker, Airflow, Kubernetes, and Terraform, with AWS as the cloud environment, and requires experience in building and maintaining scalable services with a strong focus on
- functional requirements.

The responsibilities of the platform's backend services include handling all business processes related to trading, such as order issuance, validation, routing, execution, option price calculation, and reconciliation. We prioritize high performance, low latency, and fault tolerance in our
-
- day tasks. We ensure code quality by performing careful code reviews and various types of testing.

Qualifications

We expect the Backend Developer to:

Design and develop robust, scalable, and efficient finance services using Python,

Implement versatile finance reporting pipelines,

Implement integrations for internal and external finance services,

Troubleshoot, debug, and enhance an existing system,

Research and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency,

Collaborate with
- functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.

Must-have skills:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field,

4+ years of proven experience as a Python Developer (experience in the Fin
Tech sector is a plus),

Strong understanding of at least one of these frameworks: Django, Flask, Fast
API,

Passion for coding,

Knowledge in computer science data structures, algorithms, and their complexities,

Desire to optimise, document, and maintain code, and also carefully cover it with tests,

Willingness and energy to take your ideas all the way from proof of concept to
- ready code,

General responsibility and a
- oriented mindset,

Desire to achieve goals as a team, willingness to help colleagues, and ability to provide/accept constructive feedback,

B2+ English to be able to communicate with multicultural teams and a US customer,

Excellent
- solving skills and ability to work under pressure,

Substantial communication and teamwork skills,

Upper-intermediate English.

Nice-to-have skills:

rading and capital markets background,

Hands-on experience in concurrent programming and understanding of thread synchronization approaches,

Exposure to distributed systems, following strong performance and reliability requirements, ,

Solid Unix/Linux knowledge,

Data engineering technologies (Apache Spark, Py
Spark, Airflow, and Presto),

Experience with cloud services (preferably AWS) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

Additional Information

Care for the employees is one of Devexperts' core values. For the suggested position, we offer a benefits package that will guarantee the comfort of our new teammate.

Work Regime Flexibility benefits:

Possibility of hybrid/remote work mode,

Flexible working hours,

Health and recreation benefits:

Fully paid additional wellness days (3 unwell days per year),

Medical insurance for the employees and children,

Reimbursement of fitness / Urban Sports Club Membership,

Meal allowance (Coverflex Card),

Flexpay system (Coverflex).

Facility benefits:

Modern office with new equipment,

Play
Station, table football, and musical instruments in the office,

Parking spaces,

Free drinks and snacks.

Community benefits:

Teambuilding activities,

Corporate parties,

Football Club,

Music club,

Speakers' club,

Free admission to corporate external events,

Possibility of joining conferences and professional fairs,

Personal branding development support.

Professional training benefits:

Local language courses for foreign employees,

Unlimited access to
- learning platforms,

Certification opportunities,

Mentorship Program.

Social benefits:

Parental bonus,

Pension plan (Coverflex),

Referral bonus,

Blood donation paid leave.