Position: Contract Python Backend Engineer
Employment Type: Contract (B2B via Ltd/CNPJ)
Contract Length: until end of December (with potential for extension)
Location: Remote (EU/UK-based, GMT timezone)
YLD is not your typical consultancy. We’re a close-knit team of engineers, designers, and thinkers who believe software should leave a legacy—long after we’ve stepped away. With offices in London, Lisbon, and Porto, we work remotely and globally. Our mission? Empowering clients by helping them build capabilities, not just code. We pride ourselves on putting people first. That means you’ll grow here—not just professionally, but personally.
About the Project:Our client is a leading force in the media and entertainment industry. We're seeking a skilled Python backend engineer to contribute to take ownership of key initiatives for our client's streaming and media handling platforms. You’ll be part of a remote-first team building scalable backend services that support the core media infrastructure.
This is a high-impact, remote-first role within a collaborative team that values innovation, autonomy, and end-to-end ownership.
Your Role in the TeamAs a Senior Python Backend Engineer, you’ll take ownership of features and architecture, work on cloud infrastructure, and co-create in an environment that thrives on code reviews, pair programming, and test-first development. Your typical day might include:
Building and refining scalable backend systems using Python
Designing infrastructure on AWS and implementing robust CI/CD pipelines
Writing clean, tested code that supports millions of users worldwide
Collaborating closely with a global, diverse team of engineers
Advocating for best practices, continuous improvement, and thoughtful architecture
Showcasing your work in regular demos, and giving and receiving feedback
You have strong Python experience and have built backend services using Django
You’re familiar with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and tools like Terraform, CDK, or CloudFormation
You understand how to ship code with confidence—through CI/CD, testing, and monitoring
You’re comfortable with Docker, Kubernetes, and scalable system design
You know your way around relational and schema-less databases
You bring a collaborative spirit and love helping others grow
Bonus points if you’ve dabbled in Go or Node.js, or have experience with GraphQL and gRPC.
A genuinely remote-first culture with flexible hours and work-life balance
The chance to work with a supportive, ethical, and inspiring team
An opportunity to leave your mark on meaningful, high-impact projects
A place where your voice is heard—and your ideas shape the product
- 1st Interview with someone from the Talent team (30/45 mins)
- Technical Interview with our Senior Engineers (1h30)
- Meet and Discussion with a Client Partner (15/30 mins)
- Growing every day
- Including everyone
- Relationships built on honesty and ethics
- Inspiring solutions
- Winning together
We’re an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity of all kinds. We don’t discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, age, marital status, or disability status. Likewise, we also offer a remote-first working environment, meaning that flexible working and work-life balance come as standard for all employees.
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What We Do
With offices in London, Lisbon, and Porto, YLD is a product design and software engineering consultancy specialising in customer experience and disruptive technologies. We were among the first adopters of innovative technologies like Node.js, React.js, React Native, Kubernetes, and GraphQL, which are now staples for many businesses. YLD was also an early adopter of Design Systems as a service and founded Design Systems London, a non-profit community focused on design and product. We leave your teams and tech in a better space by curating bespoke teams of cross-functional experts in software engineering, architecture, DevOps, delivery, design, product and data science to work alongside your teams through close collaboration and, where needed, pair programming or technical training. We drive rapid iteration towards key business objectives, vision and chosen metrics, creating a long-standing product culture and delivery capability in each piece of work. We’ve helped companies like Bulb, Uphold, NewDay, GoDaddy, CondeNast, and many others, achieve technical product excellence. As a result, we enable organisations, regardless of industry, to become their most successful by creating and nurturing a culture that embraces experimentation and learning that lasts beyond the partnership. We are committed to the Open Source community, with almost 10,000 contributions across 500 open source projects. Collective contributions result in more robust, innovative and faster solutions, allowing open source communities to review the code and propose improvements that increase security and reliability. We are also actively engaged in numerous engineering and design communities, supporting and organising the likes of ReactJS Girls and Design Systems London with both online and in-person events and conferences
