Zego

Lead Backend Engineer

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7 months ago
Remote, PortugalStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Lead several engineers within a team or workstream toward user value and business opportunities.
  • Design, build, and own secure, observable, scalable Python microservices for the insurance platform.
  • Drive architectural discussions and decisions across multiple teams.
  • Deliver large and complex technical initiatives end to end.
  • Improve engineering excellence through testability, reliability, scalability, and clean code.
  • Coach and mentor engineers through context, feedback, and support.
  • Improve team processes, CI/CD pipelines, and incident response while investigating and resolving root causes.

Requirements

  • Deep hands-on backend expertise building cloud-native microservices, with Python preferred or strong experience in another language.
  • Experience building distributed architectures and understanding performance tuning, observability, data structures, algorithms, and system design.
  • Ability to build systems that are simple, understandable, testable, and maintainable while weighing technical trade-offs.
  • Demonstrated leadership through mentoring, clear communication, collaboration, and persistence through ambiguity or difficult technical problems.
  • Ability to engage stakeholders beyond engineering and explain technical decisions to non-technical audiences.
  • Curiosity and willingness to use AI daily, experiment quickly, and take ownership of developing AI-first working practices.

Benefits

  • €70,000–€90,000 base salary plus annual performance bonus, share options, and private medical insurance.
  • Remote work from Portugal with quarterly visits to the London office.
  • Up to 90 days per year working from anywhere.
  • €1,000 per year for travel to the office or learning something new.
  • Generous holiday allowance and access to modern systems and tools.
  • Quarterly team gatherings and an annual company-wide gathering.

Tech Stack

PythonSnowflake

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About Zego

201-500 employees

Zego is a property management automation company that simplifies cumbersome yet critical workflows for managers and associations. Our modern platform accelerates NOI growth and mitigates risk, helping clients to scale resources, build trust, and make data-backed decisions. From payments and utility management to resident engagement, Zego’s automated workflows seamlessly integrate with leading property management systems giving users real-time and accurate information at their fingertips. Since its inception in 2003, Zego (a Global Payments company) has evolved from a leading payments provider to a comprehensive property management automation platform. With more than 350 employees, Zego serves 7,000 residential real estate companies and over 15 million units nationwide. Learn more about what makes Zego one of the best workflow automation platforms for property management at gozego.com.

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