Yopeso has been developing a diverse range of software products, from large-scale applications to smaller solutions, for 20 years. With a growing team of over 300 employees across five locations, we are dedicated to fostering a culture of growth, transparency, and professionalism.
At Yopeso, we value authenticity, curiosity, and ambition. These values drive us to build strong connections within our community and with our partners, ensuring trust, integrity, and transparency in all our business practices. We strive to maintain the highest professional standards and continuously challenge ourselves to develop high-quality, high-performance, and secure software solutions.
Our approach is rooted in efficient collaboration among passionate professionals working in agile teams. Guided by curiosity and ambition, we strive to create products that are meaningful and impactful, while remaining true to our authentic selves.
What we offer:
Competitive remuneration
Remote work
24 days off per year and floating days
Private clinic health services Regina Maria Medical Insurance
Flexible benefits through Up multibenefits platform
Referral bonus scheme
Team events, online or at the office
Training and development opportunities with allocated budget
Professional Certifications
Knowledge sharing context
About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Python Engineer & Tech Lead to take ownership of our Python backend ecosystem and play a key role in shaping the future of our technology stack. This is a hands-on leadership role where you will build, scale, and guide a growing engineering team while remaining deeply involved in architecture, system design, and production code.
You will be the technical anchor for all Python backend services, driving architectural decisions, improving platform reliability, and leading large-scale initiatives across multiple teams and domains.
The role starts at approximately 70% hands-on development and gradually evolves toward greater technical leadership and team management as the team grows.
What You’ll Do
Technical Leadership (Primary Focus)
Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs using Python, FastAPI, and SQLAlchemy
Own the architecture of our Python backend, including a monorepo with independent REST services
Lead major technical initiatives such as platform migrations, system integrations, and infrastructure upgrades
Coordinate releases and deployments for Python services
Ensure performance, scalability, reliability, and security across the platform
Participate in cross-stack architectural decisions (Python, PHP, Go, Flutter)
Implement security, data protection, and compliance best practices
Write clean, well-documented, production-grade code
Team Leadership (Growing Responsibility)
Mentor and coach engineers through 1:1s, pair programming, and code reviews
Provide technical direction and help unblock engineers
Protect the team from ad-hoc work and unclear requirements
Lead or support agile ceremonies (planning, standups, retrospectives)
Work with Product to refine requirements and estimate initiatives
Promote knowledge sharing, documentation, and engineering excellence
Cross-Team Collaboration
Work closely with DevOps, PHP, frontend, and product teams
Act as a bridge between engineering and business stakeholders
Drive alignment on technical standards, tooling, and best practices
What We’re Looking For
Required Technical Skills
7+ years of backend development with Python in professional environments
Strong experience with FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, and ORM-based architectures
Deep knowledge of databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, DynamoDB)
Experience designing and building RESTful APIs
Solid understanding of async programming and event-driven systems
Experience with Docker, Git, CI/CD pipelines, and automated deployments
Familiarity with AWS and cloud-native development
Leadership & Delivery
Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives from planning to delivery
Experience mentoring and coaching engineers
Strong documentation and communication skills
Comfortable estimating and planning large technical projects
Ability to coordinate work across multiple teams
Soft Skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to push back constructively on unclear or unrealistic requirements
Excellent stakeholder management
Collaborative, pragmatic, and results-driven mindset
Nice to Have
Experience with Kubernetes (K8s) and container orchestration
Event-driven architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS, etc.)
Knowledge of PHP (useful for legacy systems and migrations)
Experience with microservices
Observability tools (Grafana, CloudWatch, Prometheus, etc.)
AWS services (ECS, Lambda, RDS, ElastiCache, DynamoDB)
Product-oriented mindset
German language skills (team is multilingual; German is a plus)
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