Senior Python Engineer

At Levi9, we are passionate about what we do. We are looking for skilled team players who make change happen. As the demand for engineers is continuously growing, our teams are expanding.Our client is a leading media company in Western Europe, delivering high-quality content across various platforms, including newspapers, magazines, radio, TV, websites, apps, and podcasts. Their brands reach millions of people daily, shaping the media landscape with independent and trusted journalism. You’ll be working on a personalization engine that serves all customers of our client, across all media offerings. The customer team is a cross-functional with data engineers, ML engineers, and data scientists.Project, Teams, Requirements & Duties What you will be working on?Maintain and extend our recommendation back-end.Support operational excellence through practices like code review and pair programming.Actively monitoring different applications and their infrastructure as well as intervening to solve operational problems whenever they ariseCommunicate about technical and functional requirements with people outside of the teamWhat do we expect from you?5+ years of experience in software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experienceAbility to analyze and troubleshoot technical issuesAffinity with data analysisA natural interest in digital media productsExperience in building microservices in Python and supporting large-scale applicationsExperience building APIs with FastAPIExperience in developing applications in a Kubernetes environmentDeveloping batch jobs in Apache Spark (Pyspark or Scala)Developing streaming applications for Apache Kafka in Python (experience with Kafka is a big plus)Working with CI/CD pipelinesWriting Infrastructure as Code with TerraformAWS certification at the Associate level or higher, or willingness to obtain itCollaborative mindset with enthusiasm for teamwork and techniques like pair programmingWillingness to travel for business trips to Belgium and the NetherlandsNice To HaveMachine learning knowledgeOur Projects & StackYou will be working closely with a tech stack that includes Python, Scala, Kafka and Kubernetes.What do we offer?Top BenefitsHybrid work with flexible start time Private health insurance Vacation days loyalty program Paid sick leave Personalized wellbeing package Levi9 Academy Home office budget Sport and social activities Family Benefits And much more! You will hear more details during the interview!Levi9 is a nearshore technology service provider with around 1300 employees and 50+ customers. We specialize in custom made business IT – 95% of our work is on the revenue side of our customers. This is where time to market, high productivity, stable team velocity, and great quality through automation, agility, intensive interaction and understanding matter most.