Senior Python Developer

Senior Python Developer
Travelshift is looking for a senior python developer to join its outstanding team in Reykjavík, Iceland.
Travelshift is the builder of Guide to Iceland, the most popular website in the world for Icelandic tourism and travel services.

Guide to Iceland has received various official recognitions, such as for fast growth, and is commonly referred to as the most successful collaboration in the history of Icelandic tourism. The company is developing cutting-edge data-driven technology, starting with the recently launched site Guide To Europe, which is a groundbreaking Europe-wide travel platform offering complete vacations in one booking.

Our new team member will work collaboratively with stakeholders and teams to understand end-user requirements and participate directly in developing new features.

Our team member would as well be responsible for the following:

Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code.
Designing and implementing low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications.
Performance tuning, improvement, balancing, usability, automation.

What our new team member must have is…

Solid and demonstrable Python experience in an enterprise setting.
Experience with GCP or other cloud providers.
Knowledge of PostgreSQL and MongoDB databases.
Good collaboration skills.

and it’s really nice if the team member has some or all of the following skills:

Experience with infrastructure as code frameworks (e.g. Terraform, Pulumi).
Experience with typed Python development
Experience working with APIs (and creating their own).
Experience working in a fast-paced, iterative software development environment.
Familiarity with networking for micros-service architectures.
Cybersecurity awareness.

Why work for Travelshift?

#1 Travel tech company in Iceland
Massive learning opportunities
Regular team events with amazing coworkers
Competitive salary and travel perks
Lunch providers on-site and free parking

Check out our websites:

guidetoiceland.is
guidetoeurope.com
travelshift.com