Senior backend engineer, PHP, Python & PostgreSQL, Praha

outfindo.devJobsTeamContacton August 01, 2024Senior backend engineer, PHP, Python & PostgreSQL, PrahaTL;DR We want you with your experience to take care of our backend, data processes, internal tools and primary data structure. Non-boring, actaully usefull, satisfying work with creative freedom. We will get you challenge, opportunity and help. We believe we are a great team, there is no stress, good money and/or stock options. We write maintainable code and architecture and stable infrastructure.We have a reasonable tech team already. We build an API and internal tools in PHP and data-oriented services using LLMs in Python. But there is still a lot to do to connect all the components and make the processes work for the company to benefit from them.Join our awesome team! We have a lot of work with onboarding new customers, but our main goal is total automation of all processes. We have a plan and need some fresh blood to be able to deliver the innovations.This is an opportunity to do things the way you want, to learn a lot, and to be part of the exciting period of our company. If you help us to make it, there’s a lot in it for you as well. There is a challenge here waiting for you.What we doOutfindo guides a customer through the process of choosing a complex product online - be it a bike or a bra. Our core know-how is guidance, building a coversation-like flow for the end customer. Weonboard our customer (an e-shop), process their inventorybuild a guidance flow for them using our custom AI techenhance product data to gain insights, using autonomous scrapers and LLMsbuild a guide that helps the end-customers and embed that into our partners’ websites See outfindo.com.Read About Us HereEU-StartupsThe RecursiveHospodářské noviny (czech language)What will you dotake care of our primary data structuresoptimize processes, automate, integratebuild internal tools, APIs and customer-facing portal as wellthink out-of-the box about how to make things smarter!maintain infrastructure - linux servers, Postgre DB etc.It may sound a little boring, but actually I think it is anything but! When you invest your energy into the right thing, you can finish your work in the afternoon with immediate results helping our customers. Which is satisifying, or always has been for me.How we do itWe Use This TechPostgreSQL 15 database, mixed relational/non-relational approach (json)PHP 8.3 with SymfonyElasticsearchPython 3.11, Scrapy, Numpy, Pytorch, Tensorflow, Polars, Seaborn, Jupyter notebookAirflow, Linux-based servers, Docker, automated CI/CDWe write tests, do code reviews or pair-programming, champion trunk-based development. Divide and conquer - make small things work as fast as possible. Think about the bigger picture. We do a lot of experiments to confirm hypotheses. When successful, we integrate the proof-of-concept into existing processes. We are agile, and by that I do not mean scrum.This may be one of the topics for you to start thinking about when you join us.automating and wiring services togetherusing AI for small tasks to classify data, suggest configuration etc.high-level architecture - splitting various functionality into separate and meaningful (micro)serviceshow to design data flows? S3? Queues? APIs?scalability, maintainability (developer UX), stabilityWhat do we expect from youYou should have quite a bit of experienceanalysing a problem, splitting it into smaller chunks and designing a processmaintaining a larger system such as oursmaintaining infrastructure - database, linux serverswriting maintainable code, making development process better In a nutshell, I think you should be an experienced developer with 5-10 years of experience at least, focused on effectivity and delivering value for the company.We will get along if we share team values.Our team is open-minded, inclusive, passionate.We help each other and trust each other to do the best job possible.We are always learning and trying to stay ahead.We respect each other and listen to one another.Creativity, passion, ambition and Outfindo goals drive us forward. We depend on each other’s reliability.What do we offermoney - not garage-startup money, not corporate-level money either, but we want you to be comfortable (CZK 150k+)stock options for you to get what is yours when Outfindo gets successfulall the help we can provide to get you going - let us knowregular mentoring and leadership by Ondřej, can go both ways - we can all learn from each otherstress-free work environment - there are no “crunches”, no time estimates, no hard commitments to deliver changes at certain timemonthly team events - bike in summer, climbing in winter, off-sitesWe are based in Prague with office in Žižkov. Remote work is alright, but we prefer to see each other regularly to be effective and have some fun. We have good-enough office, we make good filtered coffee and we love cookies.If this resonates with you let us know!Write an email to ondrej.bouda@outfindo.com or grab a phone and call Ondřej directly: +420724532118.Top© 2025 Outfindo. 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