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Senior Python Engineer

The Open Home Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring privacy, choice, and sustainability in the smart home by supporting and governing open-source projects.

Open Home Foundation

Employee count: 51-200

Salary: 91k-91k USD

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We are looking for a passionate Senior Python developer to join our Home Assistant department as a full-time Software Engineer. The role involves developing the Core foundation of Home Assistant, improving and extending existing features, and collaborating with the open-source community.

Requirements

5+ years of experience working in Python back-end development
3+ years of experience working with asyncio and threading
Strong problem-solving abilities, attention to detail, and ability to work independently
Strong experience working effectively in a remote, asynchronous environment where written communication drives collaboration
Experience with Git and GitHub
Professional Fluency in English: Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
European Residency: You must be currently based and eligible to work within Europe

Benefits

Five weeks (twenty-five days) of paid time off
Fourteen days of paid sick leave
Six weeks of paid and six weeks of unpaid parental leave
A budget for work hardware
An annual smart home budget
A 50% contribution to your internet connection fee
One day every two weeks to work on personal projects

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About the job

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Jan 19, 2026

Posted on

Nov 20, 2025

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Salary: 91k-91k USD

Location requirements

Hiring timezones

Spain +/- 0 hours, and 4 other timezones

Job categories

Python Engineer Python Backend Engineer Senior Full Stack Engineer (JavaScript Python)Python AI Engineer Senior Python Developer AI ML

Skills

Python AsyncIO Git GitHub Open Source

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About Open Home Foundation

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Many smart home users feel a growing unease as their personal space becomes increasingly monitored and controlled by large technology corporations. These companies often prioritize data collection for financial gain, leaving customers with little say over their own information and limited choices in how their devices interact. This creates a frustrating environment of vendor lock-in, where products from different brands don't work together, and the constant pressure to buy new gadgets contributes to electronic waste. Customers are often forced to trade their privacy for the convenience of a connected home, a compromise that feels both invasive and unnecessary. The core of the problem is a loss of control; users want a smart home that serves their needs, not the agenda of a tech giant.

The Open Home Foundation was established to directly address these challenges by championing a user-centric smart home. We believe that everyone has a right to a private, customizable, and sustainable home environment. Our solution is to support and govern a vast ecosystem of open-source projects, ensuring that the software and standards that run your home are transparent and community-driven. By taking ownership of over 250 projects like Home Assistant, ESPHome, and Z-Wave JS, we create a bulwark against surveillance capitalism and the risk of project abandonment. We empower users by ensuring their data stays local and under their control. We foster choice by promoting open standards that allow devices from any manufacturer to work together seamlessly. And we promote sustainability by enabling users to repurpose and extend the life of their hardware. Through our work, we are building a future where the smart home is truly yours, free from prying eyes and built to last.

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Tech stack

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Node.js

Python

TypeScript

Discourse

Redis

Terraform

React

Docker

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Employee benefits

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Generous Vacation

Five weeks (twenty-five days) of paid time off.

Paid Vacation

Fourteen days of paid sick leave if your country/laws treat them as unpaid.

Paid Parental Leave

Six weeks of paid and six weeks of unpaid parental leave to be used in the first year after birth.

Open source

The Open Home Foundation owns and governs over 250 open-source projects, standards, drivers, and libraries.

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About the job

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Jan 19, 2026

Posted on

Nov 20, 2025

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Salary: 91k-91k USD

Location requirements

Hiring timezones

Spain +/- 0 hours, and 4 other timezones

Job categories

Python Engineer Python Backend Engineer Senior Full Stack Engineer (JavaScript Python)Python AI Engineer Senior Python Developer AI ML

Skills

Python AsyncIO Git GitHub Open Source

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Open Home Foundation

Company size

51-200 employees

Founded in

2024

Chief executive officer

Paulus Schoutsen

Markets

Digital Rights Advocacy Smart Home Open Source Software Privacy Technology Internet of Things (IoT)Consumer Electronics Sustainable Technology Cybersecurity Interoperability Standards home automation

Employees live in

Switzerland

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