Senior Python Engineer

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Responsibilities

• ▹Engineer high-performance Python microservices for real-time data processing with sub-second responsiveness
• ▹Design modular, resilient services that integrate into the data processing system architecture
• ▹Identify and resolve systemic bottlenecks through analysis and load testing
• ▹Implement robust monitoring and tracing for troubleshooting production
• ▹Partner with Software, Data and AI Engineering teams and Poker SMEs to turn game logic into production features
• ▹Work with DevOps to automate CI/CD for zero-downtime, high-frequency releases
• ▹Raise code quality through mentorship and code reviews
• ▹Identify and implement modern engineering practices to improve the development lifecycle

Requirements

• ▹10+ years of software development experience with mastery of Python, including FastAPI for modular, resilient, highly available microservices
• ▹Proven track record of distributed, data-intensive systems using Kafka and stream-processing frameworks such as Quix, Kafka Streams or Flink
• ▹Strong NoSQL proficiency: MongoDB for document storage and Redis for state management and caching
• ▹Hands-on experience with AWS and container orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes
• ▹Experience implementing observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Tempo, Loki)
• ▹Performance optimization and troubleshooting of complex bottlenecks in production distributed systems and NoSQL databases
• ▹Automating deployment workflows and CI/CD with Bitbucket Pipelines and ArgoCD
• ▹Defining, securing and integrating performant, scalable RESTful APIs
• ▹Clean code practices and automated testing with Pytest or Unittest
• ▹Proficiency in English for collaboration across international teams

Soft skills

About the company

A5 Labs is the advanced technology hub behind prominent mobile gaming companies, developing security technology and game design innovations for the online gambling industry.