Senior Python Engineer for Data Platforms and APIs
About the job
| Added | 1 week ago |
|---|---|
| Company | YLD |
| Salary | $50,000—$90,000 |
| Status | Contract |
| Seniority | Senior |
| Equity | No |
| Locations | Latin America, Brazil, Argentina |
| Setting | Fully-remote |
Description summary
You join a senior engineering team to build and run backend services and data pipelines for a client project. This is a 3 month B2B contract role for people based in Latin America, with a chance to extend. You design and code in Python, use modern frameworks and cloud tools, and make sure systems are fast, secure, and easy to scale. You help shape the architecture, own production support and monitoring, and work in an Agile, test-first, pair-programming culture. You need strong experience with tools like FastAPI or Express, Kafka, Spark, data lakes, and major clouds, plus very good communication and problem solving skills. You must be able to work on a B2B basis through your own Ltda company.
Technologies
- Amazon Kinesis
- Apache Airflow
- Apache Parquet
- Apache Spark
- AWS
- AWS CloudFormation
- AWS Lambda
- Databricks
- dbt
- Docker
- Express.js
- FastAPI
- Gin
- Google Cloud Platform
- GraphQL
- gRPC
- Kafka
- Kubernetes
- Microsoft Azure
- Python
- RabbitMQ
- Redis
- REST
- Terraform
Perks and benefits
Chance to work with a forward-thinking, ethical, and fun team
Opportunities to develop and grow your skills in a fast-moving business
Remote-first working environment
Flexible working arrangements
Focus on work-life balance
Agile work with Scrum, test-first development, and pair programming
Regular code reviews and knowledge sharing
Interview process
First interview with a Talent team member (30–45 minutes)
Technical interview with Senior Developers (about 1 hour 30 minutes)
Meeting with the Client Partner and Engineering Operations Manager (about 30 minutes)
What you need to know about YLD, the company
YLD is a software engineering, data and product design consultancy founded in 2013. The company is based in London and also has offices in Lisbon and Porto.
They focus on customer experience and disruptive digital products, often working with technologies such as Node.js, React, Kubernetes and GraphQL. YLD builds cross functional teams that work alongside client staff on architecture, delivery, DevOps, design and data science, using practices like pair programming, technical coaching and training so that clients are left with stronger in house capabilities.
The company is strongly involved in open source and the wider tech community, contributing to many public projects and supporting events and communities such as Design Systems London and ReactJS Girls.