Lead Backend Python Developer Remote

About Us At Digital Forms, we are a dedicated partner in digital transformation, empowering businesses to thrive in the digital age. We build for the long term, focusing on scalable, future-focused architecture that delivers lasting value.
As our Lead Back-End Engineer, you will be the technical cornerstone of our custom development practice. Your mission will be to lead the architecture and development of the sophisticated back-end systems that power our clients' transformations. You will be instrumental in defining the technical standards and best practices that ensure our solutions are scalable, secure, and of the highest quality.
Set the Standard: Define and implement our core back-end technology standards, coding best practices, and code review processes to ensure quality and consistency across all projects.
Design and implement robust cloud infrastructure on AWS for our client projects. Guide the strategy for serverless and container-based solutions, championing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices in collaboration with client technical teams.
Write clean, maintainable, and high-quality code for the most critical modules across our key projects, leading by example.
Lead & Mentor: Mentor and guide other engineers, fostering their growth and ensuring high technical performance.
Collaborate Effectively: Work closely with business analysts, subject matter experts, and external partners to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
Foster a strong engineering culture where clear, comprehensive technical documentation is standard practice.
Expertise in Python: Extensive, senior-level experience in Python, with a deep understanding of web frameworks like Django and FastAPI .
Advanced AWS Knowledge: Proven experience designing, deploying, and managing applications on AWS, with specific expertise in serverless patterns ( AWS Lambda ) and containerization ( Docker , ECS/EKS ).
A strong portfolio of designing and building scalable, distributed systems and microservices architectures.
AWS CDK) in a production environment.
Prior experience in a technical leadership or mentorship role, with excellent communication skills and the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
Experience building event-driven systems using message brokers like RabbitMQ , Kafka , or AWS SQS/SNS .
Practical experience implementing and using monitoring and logging stacks (e.g., A solid understanding of container orchestration with Kubernetes.
Database Diversity: Experience with NoSQL databases ( MongoDB ) and in-memory stores ( Redis ) in addition to relational databases ( PostgreSQL , MySQL ).
Broader Enterprise Experience: Familiarity with other enterprise ecosystems like Java/Spring, NodeJS, GO, Rust is a plus.
CI/CD: Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.

Competitive salary based on your experience and skills.
Flexible working hours and the option for fully remote work within Poland.
The opportunity to work on diverse and meaningful projects that solve real-world business problems.