Software Engineer (Python)

Software Engineer (Python) | Fully Remote | Fintech & Digital Assets | B2B Contract

Join a globally distributed fintech company building secure banking, payments, and digital asset products used by customers around the world.

We're looking for a Software Engineer who thrives in backend engineering, enjoys solving complex distributed systems challenges, and wants to own services from design through production. You'll be joining a high-performing engineering team building scalable, cloud-native products at the intersection of modern banking and digital assets.

This is a fully remote opportunity with a strong engineering culture focused on ownership, autonomy, and technical excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services using Python
• Develop and support cloud-native applications running in AWS
• Build and evolve microservices-based systems serving critical customer and financial workflows
• Design and maintain REST APIs and service integrations
• Implement event-driven solutions using messaging technologies and asynchronous processing
• Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to engineering best practices
• Improve reliability, monitoring, observability, and performance across production systems
• Collaborate with distributed engineering teams in a fully remote environment
• Own services end-to-end, including development, deployment, monitoring, and incident resolution
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and continuous improvement initiatives

Skills & Experience Required:

• 4+ years of commercial Software Engineering experience
• Strong Python development experience
• Experience with FastAPI, Django, or Flask
• Hands-on AWS experience in production environments
• Experience building and supporting microservices architectures
• Strong understanding of REST APIs and distributed systems
• Experience with Docker and containerized applications
• Experience with CI/CD and automated testing
• Solid understanding of PostgreSQL or similar relational databases
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work independently in a remote team
• Kafka, RabbitMQ, SNS/SQS, or other messaging technologies
• Event-Driven Architecture experience
• Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
• Kubernetes
• Fintech, banking, payments, or digital asset experience
• Production support and incident management experience

If you're passionate about Python, AWS, microservices, distributed systems, and building highly reliable financial products, we'd love to hear from you Apply today with your CV.