Senior Python Engineer

at  Zhlke

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

If you enjoy working on a single project for an extended period, we have an exciting opportunity! Join our product development dedicated team, where you’ll work on backend environment. You’ll get to work with cutting-edge technologies. At Zühlke, you are where innovation happens!

Your talent:

• You have a technical-related degree and/or equivalent professional qualification
• You are communicative and have an open-minded personality
• You are fluent in English (both written and oral)

Required skills:

• At least 5 years of experience in Backend development with Python;
• Working experience with Javascript;
• Ability to apply architectural and design patterns with a focus on quality, readability and maintainability;
• Experience in visualizing software architecture (e.g. UML, C4) and documenting relevant technical concepts and decisions;
• Experience with automated testing frameworks;
• Working experience with mentoring, leading, or coaching to engineers;

Advantages:

• Working experience with AWS;
• Willingness to lead a team of engineers;
• Previous experience working in pairs and/or ensembles and with TDD;
• Working experience with Contentful or other content management systems;
• Experience with configuring and using CI/CD tools – e.g GitLab and Jenkins;
• Working in an agile team, with a good understanding of the concepts, practical experience;

Your role:

• Ownership of important technical and team topics
• Providing technical guidance and coaching to engineers
• Ensuring that good engineering practices are applied in daily work
• Directly communicating with customers and guiding them towards success
• Working closely with your local and remote colleagues in agile setup
• Creating high-quality solutions while adapting to customer requirements
• Being curious, open-minded, and standing by your ideas

What working at Zuhlke is all about?
You will get a chance to work in an international client-based environment along with the leading experts (50 % of our employees are seniors/consultants) in the industry. We are committed and looking for engineers who will help Zühlke bring ideas to life.

Some of our benefits:

• Possibility to reduce working hours up to 32 hours/week
• Option for condensed working week - you can condense your working hours and spread it across 4 working days
• Hybrid workplace – work from home and our office in Porto
• Time and money allocated for your upskilling
• 22 days of Annual Leave
• 3 Creative Days that you can choose to take these days off or cash them out
• Flexi-time – organize your working hours according to your daily needs
• Trusted sick leave up to 3 days of paid leave
• We offer private Health Insurance for all employees. Spouses and children (up to 25 years old)
• We’ll top-up your salary by 100% if you opt for the shared initial leave of 150 consecutive days
• Top-notch equipment & working with cutting-edge technologies
• Referral bonuses
• Various social Zühlke events

And many more!
At Zühlke you will feel included.
We welcome people from all backgrounds, regardless of their gender, personality, national origin, race, religion, colour, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status or disability.
We communicate openly with each other, assess ourselves honestly and enjoy working a team. We work in a diverse and multicultural environment with people from all over the world.
Apply to learn more about this opportunity at Zühlke!
Even if you feel you don’t meet all the requirements yet, we are still happy to get to know you, learn more about your ambitions and ideas. We look forward to receiving your application.
Permanent
80%-100%
Porto

• Ownership of important technical and team topics
• Providing technical guidance and coaching to engineers
• Ensuring that good engineering practices are applied in daily work
• Directly communicating with customers and guiding them towards success
• Working closely with your local and remote colleagues in agile setup
• Creating high-quality solutions while adapting to customer requirements
• Being curious, open-minded, and standing by your idea