Python Developer

Signicat is a pioneering Pan-European Digital Identity Service Provider, supporting over 170 data sources for seamless identity verification. Trusted by governments, financial institutions, and businesses worldwide. Such as General Financing, Compensa Life, Telia, Rimi, Volvo, and many more.

Signicat are present all over Europe, with 16 offices in major cities across the continent. Our team of 520+ professionals are driven by an impactful mission - to build technology for people to trust each other in a digital world.

Technology at Signicat:

At Signicat, our platform engineering approach fosters a culture where each product team operates as a mini-company, empowering individuals with the freedom of a startup while enjoying the support of an entire organisation.

We encourage our engineers to explore tech innovations, experiment freely, and share their expertise with each other. The digital space is our playground, and we are making it safer together, one day at a time.

As a Python Developer you will join our multinational team of experienced developers who work across a wide range of technologies and disciplines. You will contribute to building and improving our VIZ Extraction and Recognition (Vizer) service. It is a server-side solution for data extraction from the visual inspection zone of identity documents. Collaboration and teamwork are at the heart of what we do, and you will play a key part in shaping a reliable and innovative product used by customers worldwide.

• Develop and maintain Python-based machine learning application built in FastAPI.
• Design, build, and document RESTful APIs, using best practices for security, scalability and maintainability.
• Improve application performance, response times, and throughput.
• Work with event-driven architectures, messaging systems (SQS), and caching technologies (S3).
• Configure application observability using ELK stack.
• Work in our growing Machine Learning & Data Science team, with a.o. ML & Data Science engineers and backend developers, all with MSc, BSc or PhD degree.
• Work closely with other teams in the company such as the cloud team (AWS/GCP, Kubernetes) and server team (Java Enterprise) to integrate services.
• You work at least 2-3 days from our office in Enschede (Netherlands) or Valencia (Spain).

• You have a university (MSc) or applied university/college (HBO/BSc) degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or similar.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience, with a proven track record of deploying scalable solutions in a production environment.
• Strong programming skills in Python and experience with containerisation (e.g., Docker).
• Experience with backend development and frameworks such as FastAPI, Django REST Framework or Flask.
• Strong background in microservices architecture, distributed systems, and service scaling.
• Experience with CI/CD tools, code collaboration tools (like Gitlab) and best practices (like merge requests and code reviews).
• Familiar with cloud platforms like AWS/GCP and cloud agnostic principles.
• Knowledge on machine learning and computer vision technology is not a prerequisite but is appreciated.
• You can speak and write English fluently.
• You are security minded.

• Tailored benefits package by location - we aim to empower our employees by offering customised benefits suited to each market
• Hybrid work style - collaborate with the team in-office several days a week and embrace the flexible work model
• Work-life balance - enjoy extra paid days off during the summer and Christmas season annually. Also, we will celebrate your work anniversaries with additional days off to recognise and reward your milestones
• Health & Wellness - we prioritise your physical and mental well-being by providing designated packs and access to the Headspace app
• Continuous growth - quarterly development talks, a dedicated time during working hours each week for training and development, unlimited access to Udemy courses, defined career paths and internal mentorship opportunities
• Customised onboarding - we will prepare an Onboarding Plan to ensure an easy and smooth beginning
• Give back to the community - option to use 16 hours of paid volunteer time each year to support a charity or cause you are passionate about
• Be part of an international team - the opportunity to work from any other Signicat office for 2 months per year and 3 weeks per year from any European country
• Empowering feedback culture - by using employee engagement tools, we ensure that every voice is heard, empowering us to grow together
• Meet-ups - frequent office gatherings and biennial Kick-off event to bring every Signicat under one roof that you don’t want to miss