Senior Python Engineer

At Capgemini Engineering, the world leader in engineering services, we bring together a global team of engineers, scientists, and architects to help the world’s most innovative companies unleash their potential. From autonomous cars to life-saving robots, our digital and software technology experts think outside the box as they provide unique R&D and engineering services across all industries. Join us for a career full of opportunities. Where you can make a difference. Where no two days are the same.

YOUR ROLE

We are looking for a skilled Senior Python Backend Engineer to join a global digital transformation initiative focused on building and enhancing scalable backend services, APIs, and cloud-based solutions. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Python development, RESTful API design, data processing, and cloud technologies, with a passion for delivering high-quality, secure, and maintainable software.

YOUR TASKS

• •Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend applications and microservices using Python.
• •Build and support RESTful APIs utilizing frameworks such as FastAPI, Flask, or Django.
• •Develop and optimize database solutions, write complex SQL queries, and ensure data integrity.
• •Implement secure authentication and authorization mechanisms using modern security standards and libraries.
• •Integrate external systems and services through APIs and cloud-based platforms.
• •Develop data processing workflows for handling structured business data and file-based integrations.
• •Implement observability, monitoring, logging, and tracing solutions to ensure application reliability and performance.
• •Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to technical decision-making.
• •Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product managers, architects, DevOps engineers, and business stakeholders.
• •Ensure code quality through testing, code reviews, and adherence to engineering best practices.

YOUR PROFILE

• •Strong hands-on experience with Python development.
• •Proven experience building REST APIs using one or more of FastAPI, Flask, Django, Gunicorn.
• •Solid experience with SQL and relational databases.
• •Experience working with authentication and security libraries, including google-auth, cryptography, oauthlib, requests-oauthlib.
• •Experience implementing application monitoring and observability using OpenTelemetry API, OpenTelemetry SDK, OpenTelemetry Instrumentation (Flask, Requests).
• •Experience with data processing and file handling using xlrd, xlwt, simplejson.
• •Familiarity with utility libraries such as requests, PyYAML, jsonschema
• •Understanding of software design principles, API best practices, and secure coding standards.
• •Experience with version control systems and Agile development methodologies.

Nice to have:

Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

What you will love about working here?

• •We care about all our employees and want them to feel as comfortable as possible. That's why we offer them health insurance from the first days, regardless of the probationary period.
• •The gift from the company - Christmas holidays from 25 December to 31 December.
• •Сooperation with Superhumans center and Veteran HUB. Capgemini Engineering has supported the launch of psychological rehabilitation department of Superhumans. Our team also donnated over UAH 500 000 prosthetics for three Ukrainian defenders. Currently, we support psychological counseling provided by the Veteran Hub, and we have implemented a internal policy making the company friendly to military and veterans with the assistance of the Hub.

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem.