Senior Python DeveloperDevoteam

Devoteam is a leading consulting firm focused on digital strategy, tech platforms and cybersecurity. By combining creativity, tech and data insights, we empower our customers to transform their business and unlock the future. With 25 years’ experience and 10,000 employees across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Devoteam promotes responsible tech for people and works to create better change.

Join our global community of exceptional talents at Devoteam, where you’ll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of data specialists, business consultants, solution architects, security experts, cloud engineers, developers, and more across over 20 countries in the EMEA region. As a member of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to work with the world’s leading partners, including AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft, and ServiceNow, driving innovation and advancing your career.

Mission

• Take on a prominent role in the architecture and design of web solutions.
• Work with the wider development team to scope out and develop new web applications for existing services.
• Develop a flexible and well-structured back end architecture.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and quality assurance processes to ensure high-quality code
• Help identify, escalate, resolve any technical issues and problems that might occur.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and quality assurance to meet project goals and timelines.
• Provide technical guidance to junior developers and communicate effectively with clients and stakeholders.

Profile

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good understanding of software design patterns and principles
• Good understanding of software development lifecycle management.
• Good understanding of security concepts.
• Good understanding of software testing principles.
• Strong communication skills and ability to clearly explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Willingness to keep up to date on innovative development frameworks and cloud technologies by following trainings, courses and certifications
• Fluency in Dutch or French and English

Technical Requirements

• Strong knowledge of the Python programming language and its core concepts such as object-oriented programming, functional programming and data structures.
• Experience with popular Python web frameworks such as Django, Flask, or Pyramid.
• Experience with web frameworks such as Django REST framework or Flask-RESTful.
• Familiarity with databases and SQL, as well as ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) libraries such as SQLAlchemy or Peewee.
• Experience with version control systems such as Git, SVN, or Mercurial
• Experience with unit testing and end-to-end testing frameworks such as unittest or pytest.
• Understanding of security best practices and implementing security features such as authentication and authorization.
• Understanding of web services, such as REST or SOAP and related technologies like JSON or XML.
• Experience with managing and optimizing performance and scalability of the backend systems.

Assets

• Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience in multi-threaded, distributed, N-Tier applications.
• Experience with frontend development in Angular, React or VueJS.

• Knowledge of API specification standards like OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, or GraphQL.
• Understanding of message queueing systems such as RabbitMQ or Kafka.
• Knowledge of caching and search engines like Redis, Memcached or Elasticsearch.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies such as Scrum.
• Knowledge of CI/CD setup such as Jenkins or Gitlab CI.
• Understanding of software design patterns and architecture principles, such as Clean Software Architecture, Data Structures, Microservices, Event-Driven, MVC, and SOA
• Experience with CI/CD/DevOps/DevSecOps principles
• Understanding of software testing and quality assurance processes
• Understanding of security and compliance standards
• Familiarity with containerization and container orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with data analysis and visualization libraries such as pandas, numpy and matplotlib.
• Knowledge of other languages such as C++, Java or C#.