Senior Python Developer (Remote)

Who We Are

At YOUVERSE, we’re preparing for the next authentication revolution: anytime, anywhere, in full privacy. We believe every authentication process should be seamless, private and secure. We’re strongly committed to making authentication easier and more secure in industries such as Banking, Web3, Hospitality, Retail, and Digital Workplace. Our purpose is to empower individuals and organizations to securely and confidently authenticate their identities online and we’re fully determined to be a leader in the field of privacy-first authentication. ✨ No cards, no passwords, just people!😌

💼 Job title: Senior Python Developer

🌍 Location: Portugal

🏢 Workplace type: Remote, based in Portugal*

🚀 Your mission: craft efficient, scalable, and secure biometric software solutions that solve complex identity and authentication challenges while driving innovation through clean, high-quality code

✅ What You Will Be Doing:

• Design and develop robust, scalable, and high-performance Python-based APIs
• Write clean, testable, and efficient code following best practices
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Debug and troubleshoot issues, and optimize application performance
• Work with multiple AWS services for application deployment
• Develop back-end components to improve responsiveness and overall performance
• Build unit and integration tests
• Perform code reviews
• Stay updated on the latest industry trends and technologies, particularly in Python development and ML/Computer Vision
• Actively contribute with insights to enhance company products

📝 Your background:

• Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Proven experience (+5 years) as a Python Developer, with a strong portfolio of successful projects
• In-depth knowedge of Python Web frameworks: FastAPI and Flask
• Experience in developing scalable Computer Vision and Machine Learning Web APIs
• Solid experience with OOP
• Experience with CI/CD processes
• Proven ability with unit testting and code reviews
• Skilled with Agile software development and Gitflow
• Experience with cloud development: AWS (preferable), Azure, GCP
• Experience with database technology: MongoDB, DynamoDB, PostgresSQL
• Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes

👤In a nutshell, YOU:

• Thrive in a team environment and understand how colleagues collaborate effectively, working together towards shared goals.
• Apply best practices to problem-solving, leveraging critical thinking and strong analytical skills.
• Are pragmatic and solution-focused, with a “get it done” attitude.
• Open to new ideas and approaches, embracing creativity and innovation when tackling challenges or exploring new opportunities.
• Consistently deliver high-quality results, ensuring services or products meet agreed-upon standards and expectations.

🏆 Our Offer:

• The opportunity to develop the brain behind the next generation of authentication services – you will learn a lot!
• Have a bright future at a rising star deep-tech startup where you can add real value to our innovative solutions – your opinion will be heard!
• Informal work culture – you are allowed to be yourself!
• Autonomy – you will have a say in what you work on and how you work on it!
• Remote work from Portugal
• Good compensation package based on experience and great career growth opportunities
• Company stock options plan for top performers
• Health insurance
• + 3 time-off days: Birthday, Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve

[Youverse is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to promoting inclusion and we encourage diversity. Feel free to submit your application regardless of your race/colour, national origin/ethnicity, religion, age, sex/gender/sexual orientation or medical history. Just be yourself!]

*You must be eligibility to work in Portugal. Unfortunately, we do not support relocation packages or sponsorship visas.