Field Sales Executive

Position: Senior Backend Developer (Python + FastAPI + GCP)

Engagement Type: Remote

Location: Remote

Position Overview:

Seeking a Senior Backend Developer with 6–8 years of experience to design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems using Python and FastAPI on Google Cloud Platform, ensuring high performance, reliability, and secure deployments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and build scalable, high-performance backend systems using Python (FastAPI) with clean architecture and modular design principles.

• Architect and implement microservices and RESTful APIs ensuring reliability, security, and optimal response times.

• Own end-to-end system design from schema definition to deployment with focus on high availability, fault tolerance, and cost efficiency.

• Manage DevOps pipelines for CI/CD, containerization, and infrastructure automation using Docker, Terraform, and GitHub Actions.

• Deploy, monitor, and optimize cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) including Compute Engine, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, and Cloud Storage.

• Collaborate with frontend, AI, and data engineering teams to define robust API contracts and efficient data flows.

• Implement observability practices including logging, tracing, and alerting using Stackdriver, Prometheus, or Grafana.

• Conduct code reviews, system design sessions, and performance tuning for production-grade deployments.

Required Skills:

• Strong expertise in Python with a focus on FastAPI.

• Solid understanding of software architecture and design patterns.

• Experience with API design and authentication (OAuth2, JWT).

• Deep knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services including Compute Engine, Pub/Sub, Cloud SQL, Cloud Storage, and IAM policies.

• Proficiency in containerization (Docker) and CI/CD pipelines.

• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Cloud Build.

• Hands-on experience with databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Firestore and ORM frameworks such as SQLAlchemy or Tortoise ORM.

• Knowledge of system monitoring, alerting, and logging in distributed systems.

Preferred (Bonus) Skills:

• Experience with API Gateway, Redis, or Celery for async processing.

• Familiarity with message queues like Kafka or RabbitMQ.

• Exposure to event-driven architecture and cloud cost optimization strategies.

• Understanding of DevSecOps and cloud security best practices.

• Experience working with cross-functional product and data teams.

Selling products and services using solid arguments to prospective customers

Performing cost-benefit analyses of existing and potential customers

Maintaining positive business relationships to ensure future sales

chieve agreed upon sales targets and outcomes within schedule

Coordinate sales effort with team members and other departments

Analyze the territory/market’s potential, track sales and status reports

Supply management with reports on customer needs, problems, interests,

What you need to have:

Responsibilities

These are the responsibilities that we usually consider for an (senior) developer

• Perform (small) functional changes based on the business needs and (Law) drivers.
• Technical maintenance of the above mentioned applications
• Designs and sizes third-party integrations, being the technical point of contact.
• Responsible for the delivery on each sprint and at the end of the release, of a viable and scalable solution. Is the responsible for solution non-functional requirements (like solution performance, scalability, and security).
• Guarantees quality procedures and OutSystems behaviors.
• Supports feature delivery demos.
• Manages solution staging life-cycle, conducting QA and production deployments and supporting overall solution rollout procedures  

Required Skills

• You have at least 2-3 years of knowledge and experience with Outsystems technology
• You have basic knowledge of cloud environments
• You have demonstrable HBO work and thinking level;
• You are socially and communicatively strong;
• You have experience with SCRUM/agile working;
• You have experience with test work and test automation; BDD is a pre.
• Experience in the financial industry (Life insurance is a pre)
• You set the request for help at the right time  and  assess risks in time;
• You have a developed analytical mind.

This role is for the IT Recruiter of the company and you'll be reporting to the Senior Manager of Business Operations.

As an IT recruiter you will be working to;

1. Identify and screen the best of available talents at the shortest possible time with a focus on quality

2. Maintain and develop the pipeline of eligible candidates for future open positions

3. Develop proactive sourcing strategies to engage and increase the number of qualified applicants in the database for active and passive talent.

4. Qualify or reject candidates based on introductory calls via phone and emails

Job qualifications and requirements - A degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science is highly preferred.

1. A passion for solving problems and providing workable solutions
2. Knowledge of software terms, technology stacks, and software roles
3. Strong analytical and reasoning skills with an ability to visualize processes and outcomes
4. Outstanding all-round communication skills and ability to work collaboratively

LrnEd Technologies is a product-based company doing business as (DBA) Outdefine (www.outdefine.com). We help top software engineers work remotely for top US startups. Outdefine is founded and backed by engineers from Facebook, Google, Stanford, OnDeck, and StartX. Join our world-class team and work to reinvent the way we transform the future of work.