Python Engineer

Staff Python Engineer

Berlin, onsite – Join a fast‑moving startup aiming to become Germany’s second bootstrapped unicorn. Almedia is Europe’s #3 fastest‑growing company in 2025 (FT1000) and powers the future of marketing by rewarding a community of over 50 million users for engaging with advertisers’ products.

• Own end‑to‑end design and development of backend systems that power Almedia’s payout automation and growth experiments.
• Set coding standards, provide technical leadership for Python development, and collaborate with ML engineers, data scientists, and product teams.
• Build frameworks for experiment setup, versioning, and evaluation while refining system architecture to reduce complexity and improve efficiency.

• Build automated payout structure generation and transformation systems.
• Design dynamic, personalised payout algorithms based on user behaviour.
• Implement continuous split‑testing infrastructure for payouts.
• Develop scalable, high‑performance Python systems integrated with data and ML pipelines.
• Improve system reliability, performance, and maintainability.

• Proven experience building large‑scale backend systems in Python.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, system design, and clean code.
• Experience with data pipelines, A/B testing, or algorithmic personalisation.
• Strong SQL and cloud (AWS/GCP) skills.

• Experience with ML pipelines, model deployment, or adtech systems.
• Optimising payout, reward, or incentive systems at scale.
• Passion for gaming, data‑driven experimentation, and automation.

• Own Our Growth – All Berlin‑based employees receive equity in Almedia.
• Scale With Almedia – Grow alongside a profitable startup from day one.
• Central Berlin Office – Work from a modern, fully‑stocked office built for collaboration.
• Other Benefits – Transport subsidy, breakfasts and lunches, language learning, Urban Sports Club, and more.

Almedia is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace and celebrate diversity, and encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply.