Backend Engineer – Dublin

Responsibilities

• Develop reliable and scalable backend services on Python for our IoT devices and mobile clients across ~20 Lambda-based microservices (Python 3.14, AWS CDK, aws-lambda-power tools).
• Be involved and participate in the overall application lifecycle.
• Execute cloud-to-cloud integrations with new partners.
• Stay up-to-date with innovations and changes in the industry.

• 3+ years building backend services in Python.
• Strong grasp of event‑driven architecture:
  Event Bridge, SQS/SNS, async patterns.
• AWS Lambda + CDK in production — not just familiarity.
• Observability: structured logging, distributed tracing (Datadog or equivalent).
• Must be fluent in English; clear communicator with both technical peers and less‑technical stakeholders.
• Nice to have comfortable with:
  Pydantic v2, SQLModel/Alembic, DynamoDB/PynamoDB, Valkey, Open Search/Elasticsearch.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.