Back-end Engineer (Python)
At Doist, we strive to build not only amazing products but amazing groups of people. Our multidisciplinary teams are passionate about creating products like Todoist and Twist that improve people’s lives. They thrive on innovating new solutions to old productivity challenges and seek to change how productivity tools are made.
Doist is a global, remote-first company and we believe that our way of working– independent of borders and time zones– is the future. As part of our web team, you’ll play a key role in helping us inspire the workplace of the future.
Your role
We’re searching for an engineer who will join our back-end team. The ideal candidate is a solid Python developer with a deep understanding of Internet technologies, experience in designing APIs, a strong engineering intuition, and good communication skills. In this role, you’ll help us improve Todoist by adding useful, innovative features and you’ll work to make the service faster, more stable, and more convenient. It’s a challenging task since Todoist is constantly evolving and is available on 10+ platforms with over 50 partners integrations which continue to grow weekly.
You’ll collaborate closely between Todoist’s development team, partner companies, and independent developers to turn Todoist into a true productivity hub.
As a back-end Python engineer you’ll:
- Contribute code to multiple projects and initiatives that make our back-end better
- Propose, design, develop, and deploy new features
- Assume a role in planning the evolution of Todoist API, adding new features and optimizing the code.
- Build more language SDKs for our API Design and build integrations between Todoist and third-party platforms
- Be a responsible team member: do code reviews, mentor others, refactor code, share knowledge
The ideal candidate will have:
- 3+ years of professional experience developing for the web
- Expert level knowledge of Python
- A background in designing and refactoring large-scale systems
- Experience with Git and GitHub
- Fluency in written and spoken English
- Proven ability to work autonomously and stay self-motivated, or previous experience working in remote teams
We’re bootstrapped, profitable, and committed to building a sustainable company that will continue to grow for decades to come. That means we value work-life balance and invest in our employees’ long-term growth.
We offer:
- Competitive compensation
- Generous paid vacation + national holidays
- Education stipends
- Flexible schedule and location
- Home office perks
- And much more
This is a remote position, so you will be free to work from wherever you please on whatever schedule works best for you. You’ll also have the option to work from our offices in Porto, Portugal, Barcelona, Spain, or rent a co-working space in the city where you live.
Desired Skills
Contact Info
- Company Website: https://doist.com/
