Type of employment: Contractor
Salary: 220-300 Eur/ManDay (depending on the offered job level, your professional, technical skills, knowledge, education and work experience)
Why This Job Is Exciting:
At Innovatrics, we equip you with the tools, context, and trust to thrive. Our opportunity-driven roadmap highlights how you can grow, contribute, and make a meaningful impact throughout your journey with us.
In your first months, you’ll explore...
- We exclusively use FastAPI in all our Python-based systems
- Deliver initial improvements and small-scale features across services.
As you settle into the role, you’ll start contributing by...
- Actively participating in enhancing core Python components and optimizing system architecture and performance.
- Contributing to the design of APIs and the implementation of integrations.
Within your first year, you’ll have the opportunity to...
- Influence technical strategy and architecture decisions.
- Contribute knowledge and guidance on Python and API-related topics across teams.
- Mentoring junior developers and shaping coding standards.
Requirements
About You:
You are a senior backend engineer with strong experience in Python and FastAPI. You care about system design, code quality, and team collaboration. You thrive in a culture of trust, ownership, and iterative progress.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of professional experience with Python.
- Strong understanding of architecture and design patterns.
- Experience with FastAPI and building scalable web APIs.
- Familiarity with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL) and SQL.
- Experience integrating and consuming RESTful APIs.
- Strong debugging, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Comfortable working in a collaborative Agile environment (Kanban).
Nice-to-have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- Knowledge of asynchronous programming (e.g., asyncio).
- Exposure to Docker and containerization.
- Basic knowledge of AWS services.
- Some experience with React.js or front-end collaboration (HTML, CSS, JS).
Techstack:
- Python, FastAPI, SQL (PostgreSQL)
- Git, Docker, REST APIs
- Asyncio, React.js (basic), HTML/CSS/JS (for frontend collaboration)
- Agile (Kanban), AWS (basic familiarity)
Working Hours & Location:
🌍 Location: Bratislava (Hybrid)
✈️ Travel: Minimal travel may be required
Level:
📊 This role is Medior / Senior level.
Compensation:
At Innovatrics, we offer highly competitive salaries because we value top talent who share our values and goals. Compensation is determined based on your level, skills, experience, qualifications, and location.
💶 Salary gross range: €2500 – €4,700, tied to competency and technical evaluation.
📈 Beyond base pay, we provide an attractive benefits package. You can learn more at.
Interview Process:
Here is the typical interview process for this role:
👋 Introduction Stage (~30 min.)
- Recruiter Screen
🧑💻 Team Interview Stage (~120 min.)
We have a one single interview round that takes approximately 2 - 2,5 hours and is divided into two stages:
- Stage 1: Technical Interview (60 min)
An interactive session with our technical team, focusing on your problem-solving approach and technical knowledge relevant to the role. - Stage 2: Practical Collaboration (60~90 min)
A hands-on session where you will work directly with our Software Engineers and Hiring Manager on a real-world problem. This is a practical, collaborative exercise designed to see how you approach challenges, communicate your reasoning, and co-create solutions in real time.
🎯 Final Stage (~30 min.)
- CARES Interview: Final conversation with our CARES committee to ensure alignment with our core values—Collaboration, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Shared Mission.
- Reference checks and background verification
We encourage candidates to request additional conversations with anyone they would like to meet.
Benefits
Learn more about our culture, values, and what it’s like to work at Innovatrics: https://careers.innovatrics.com/
