1013 Python Engineer Senior Remote LATAM
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Job Summary
- Location: Anywhere in LATAM
- Job Type: 100% Remote
- Contract Type: Contractor USD
- Project: AI & Data Intelligence Platform for Life Sciences
- Industry: Life Sciences / Healthtech
- Time Zone: Availability to collaborate with US-based teams
- English Level: B2 / C1
- Seniority: Senior
At Darwoft we create software that drives real change. But were more than just tech were people first.
Were a Latin American technology company partnering with organizations around the world to build impactful human-centered digital products. Our remote-first culture is based on trust collaboration continuous learning and technical excellence.
We work closely with international product and engineering teams giving our developers the opportunity to contribute directly to complex products while maintaining a strong sense of ownership and autonomy.
Youll join an international technology company building an AI and data intelligence platform for the Life Sciences industry.
The platform helps organizations work with large volumes of complex medical and scientific information combining structured and unstructured data to support research analysis knowledge management and evidence-driven decision-making.
This is a mature product environment where backend services data processing APIs integrations scalability reliability and software quality play a central role.
Youll work within a distributed engineering team building and evolving the backend services that power these data-intensive and AI-enabled workflows.
Were looking for an experienced Python Backend Developer with strong software engineering fundamentals and hands-on experience building production-grade APIs and backend services.
The core stack includes Python FastAPI PostgreSQL REST APIs and Docker.
Youll be responsible for designing developing and evolving backend components used by a sophisticated SaaS platform working closely with engineers product teams and other technical stakeholders.
This role is particularly suited for someone who enjoys solving backend problems beyond simply implementing endpoints: API architecture data modeling query optimization maintainability testing integrations and scalability will all be part of the challenge.
- Design develop and maintain backend applications and services using Python.
- Build robust scalable and well-structured RESTful APIs using FastAPI.
- Design and evolve backend architectures that support complex data-intensive product workflows.
- Create and optimize PostgreSQL data models schemas and queries.
- Improve database performance and identify opportunities for query and data-access optimization.
- Build and maintain containerized services using Docker.
- Develop integrations between internal services external APIs and third-party platforms.
- Collaborate with product frontend data and engineering teams to translate product requirements into maintainable technical solutions.
- Participate in architectural discussions and contribute to technical decision-making.
- Write clean modular maintainable and testable Python code.
- Implement unit integration and API testing strategies.
- Review code and contribute to engineering standards and development best practices.
- Troubleshoot production issues and investigate backend performance or reliability problems.
- Help improve existing services as the platform and its data-processing needs continue to scale.
- Contribute to CI/CD and modern software delivery practices.
- Document APIs technical decisions integrations and backend components.
- Communicate effectively with engineers and stakeholders working across distributed international teams.
- 5 years of professional software development experience using Python.
- Strong understanding of Python fundamentals and backend application design.
- Hands-on experience building production REST APIs.
- Experience with FastAPI or strong experience with comparable Python frameworks such as Flask or Django.
- Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL and relational database concepts.
- Experience designing database schemas and data models.
- Ability to write and optimize complex SQL queries.
- Experience working with Docker and containerized development environments.
- Solid understanding of HTTP REST authentication API design and backend integrations.
- Experience writing automated tests for backend applications.
- Familiarity with Git pull requests branching strategies and collaborative development workflows.
- Understanding of software engineering principles including maintainability separation of concerns modularity and code quality.
- Experience working in distributed or remote engineering teams.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to investigate complex technical issues independently.
- Good written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Previous experience contributing to full-stack features.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows.
- Familiarity with cloud-based application architectures.
- Experience working with high-volume or data-intensive applications.
- Knowledge of asynchronous processing background jobs queues or event-driven architectures.
- Experience with API performance monitoring and observability.
- Previous exposure to AI-powered data intelligence NLP or machine-learning products.
- Experience working in Life Sciences Healthtech MedTech or other regulated industries.
- Familiarity with systems where data accuracy traceability security and reliability are particularly important.
Beyond technical expertise were looking for someone who brings strong engineering judgment and ownership.
Youll be a great fit if you:
- Care deeply about code quality and maintainability.
- Think critically before implementing a solution.
- Can move independently while keeping the team informed.
- Enjoy collaborating and exchanging technical ideas.
- Are comfortable navigating an evolving product environment.
- Look for opportunities to improve existing systems instead of only implementing assigned tasks.
- Can balance pragmatic delivery with long-term engineering quality.
- Are curious about how AI and modern data products are changing software development.
- Contractor agreement with payment in USD
- 100% remote work
- Argentinas public holidays
- English classes
- Referral program
- Access to learning platforms
- Long-term collaboration with an international product
- Direct interaction with distributed engineering and product teams
