Python Software Engineer

Type of employment: Contractor

Salary: 220-300 Eur/ManDay (depending on the offered job level, your professional, technical skills, knowledge, education and work experience)

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

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)

Small teams. Global scale. Real responsibility from day one.

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What You’ll Help Build

At Innovatrics, we build biometric technologies that power elections, border control, digital identity, and secure onboarding systems across 80+ countries. Our algorithms have touched the lives of over a billion people. Here, your work won’t disappear into a backlog – it will shape real-world systems that matter.

Where You’ll Work

Innovatrics HQ is in Bratislava, Slovakia, with offices in: Brazil, Czech Republic, Singapore, USA, Saudi Arabia, and Taiwan (R.O.C.)

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Why You’ll Want to Work Here

From our HQ in Bratislava, we develop top-tier biometric solutions trusted by governments and businesses worldwide.

Our products solve real-world challenges like elections, border control and digital identity. No fluff, no gimmicks.

At Innovatrics, everyone is empowered to design, build, and take ownership of their work, not just implement.

Custom deployments, edge cases, tight integration – we work on complex systems, not copy-paste features.

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Principles You’ll Stand For

We build better when we build together. We actively share ideas, support each other across teams, and avoid working in silos.

We own our actions and outcomes. We’re honest about mistakes and focus on finding solutions instead of shifting blame.

We value diverse perspectives, speak up thoughtfully, and communicate with kindness and professionalism—even when it’s hard.

We pursue practical, effective solutions and welcome change that improves how we work. No unnecessary complexity, just quality that scales.

We align our individual strengths with the company’s goals. We work for collective success, not personal ego.

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