Lead Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Beyond, a technology consultancy, as a Lead Backend Engineer and contribute to the delivery of transformative products for our clients. Actively participate in the growth of Beyond's engineering team, build soft skills in collaboration and client management, and co-create with diverse team members. Gain knowledge in new business domains and help build teams to design and deliver impactful solutions. Beyond offers a remote-first work environment with hubs in Lisbon and Porto, along with various benefits including generous paid time off, health insurance, a learning and development budget, and a strong company culture.

Requirements

• At least 7+ years of experience with Python, Flask, FastAPI, and other related tech
• Understanding of OO and MVC patterns, relational and non-relational databases, Test-driven development, data structure, and design patterns
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (App Engine, Firestore, BigQuery, APIs, etc)
• Experience developing CI/CD pipelines
• CMS integration development
• Docker knowledge (usage, management, and deployment)
• Experience with Kubernetes
• Caching (Redis/Memcached)
• Experience with message queue architecture (RabbitMQ, Celery)
• Knowledge of security principles and how they apply to web applications
• Customer focus with the ability to translate technical language to a broader audience
• Experience working in an agency environment with agile teams

Responsibilities

• Actively contribute to the growth of Beyond's highly diverse and skilled engineering team
• Build your soft skills in collaboration, communication, and client relationship management
• Co-create and work with different team members across the project, program, and agency to ensure quality is embedded at both the process and program levels
• Gain knowledge in new business domains by helping build teams to design, develop, and deliver impactful solutions

Benefits

• 25 days’ annual leave, Juneteenth, your birthday off, and a paid office closure between Christmas and New Year's
• Health insurance
• 15 days of paid sickness and wellness days
• A generous learning and development budget and an annual leadership development programme