Python Backend Engineer

Job Title: Python Backend Engineer
Job Location: Remote
Job Type: Contract

Job Description:

Minimum of 5 years of experience in software engineering, including designing, building, deploying, scaling, and maintaining modern, cloud-based production services, with knowledge of service-oriented architecture.

Proven experience designing and building backend financial or payments system flows (e.g., APIs workflows supporting core banking, payment rails, ledgers, settlement, or digital asset transaction processing).

Proficiency writing high-quality, well-tested code using one or more languages (e.g., Python, Next.js, React, Golang, C#), building APIs, and building/using databases (e.g., Postgres, DynamoDB).

Demonstrated ability to gather and translate business requirements into technical specifications

Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to create clear, detailed technical and functional documentation.

Leadership and influencing skills - comfortable guiding and developing other engineers and driving alignment across teams without formal direct-report authority.

Self-directed work style with the ability to manage multiple priorities and make sound independent decisions.

Creativity, organization, and troubleshooting skills.

Experience with Blockchain technology (e.g., Bitcoin, Ethereum) or crypto-forward experience, including familiarity with onchain activity and dApps or blockchain-based services is a nice to have.