Python Backend Developer - Veeva Link

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Hiring Remotely in Lisbon
In-Office or Remote
Mid level
Big Data • Cloud • Healthtech • Software • Big Data Analytics
The software company powering the path to the world’s new medicines.
The Role
Develops and maintains Python-based web services for Veeva Link, focusing on data curation, performance optimization, and integration within a data platform. Collaborative in product development and software deployment with agile practices.
Summary Generated by Built In
Veeva Systems is a mission-driven organization and pioneer in industry cloud, helping life sciences companies bring therapies to patients faster. As one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in history, we surpassed $2B in revenue in our last fiscal year with extensive growth potential ahead.

At the heart of Veeva are our values: Do the Right Thing, Customer Success, Employee Success, and Speed. We're not just any public company – we made history in 2021 by becoming a public benefit corporation (PBC), legally bound to balancing the interests of customers, employees, society, and investors.

As a Work Anywhere company, we support your flexibility to work from home or in the office, so you can thrive in your ideal environment.

Join us in transforming the life sciences industry, committed to making a positive impact on its customers, employees, and communities.

The Role

Veeva Link supports the life sciences industry by building connected data applications to improve research and patient outcomes. It helps professionals find the right people for activities such as clinical trials, education programs, or advisory boards. This streamlined access helps reduce the time-to-market of essential drugs, conduct trials with the most relevant experts in their respective fields, and spread information about new treatments to key people in the life sciences community. You can read more about Veeva Link on our product pages athttps://www.veeva.com/products/veeva-link/.

As a member of our team, you will contribute to creating and maintaining an enterprise data platform that is one of the key elements for data curation at Veeva Link and is deeply connected to the general data platform.
Our mission is to empower and optimize manual data curation by building an intuitive web application with scalable and generic components, enabling thousands of data curators to achieve their throughput, efficiency, and quality goals.

We value end-to-end ownership, rational thinking, and an analytical mindset. You will take responsibility for features and innovation using SOLID and clean software principles, participate in the architectural enhancement process, and ensure the quality of the outcome. Monitoring, metrics, and general observability are part of the feature design process.

What You'll Do

  • Develop new functionality for the data curation platform.
  • Implement improvements to existing functionality.
  • Integrate software components into a fully functional solution.
  • Work with very large data sets.
  • Focus on application performance.
  • Analyze feature requirements, provide technical feedback, and create estimations.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of professional experience developing web services with Python.
  • Very strong understanding of Python and its core libraries, with experience in at least one major Python framework (FastAPI, Django, or Flask).
  • Very good understanding of data modeling and storage using SQL and/or NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or similar).
  • Experience with end-to-end product development in an agile company.
  • Experience deploying software and managing infrastructure.
  • Strong knowledge of software design patterns (MVC, microservices, Hexagonal/Onion architectures).
  • Proficiency in designing and developing APIs and building data-intensive applications.
  • Excellent testing, debugging, and documentation skills.
  • Excellent communication skills in English.
  • Proactive and autonomous, with an ability to communicate progress and delays effectively and take ownership of technical issues outside of your direct expertise.
  • Located in Spain, Portugal, or Germany.

Nice to Have

  • Hands-on experience with cloud technology stacks (AWS, GCP).
  • Advanced knowledge of MongoDB (e.g., complex aggregations, performance tuning).
  • Experience with modern web front-end frameworks like React.
  • Applied experience with event-streaming platforms like Apache Kafka.

Perks & Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Annual allocations for charitable contributions
  • Fitness reimbursement
  • Veeva Work-Anywhere

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Veeva’s headquarters is located in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in more than 15 countries around the world.

As an equal opportunity employer, Veeva is committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and growing a diverse workforce. Diversity makes us stronger. It comes in many forms. Gender, race, ethnicity, religion, politics, sexual orientation, age, disability and life experience shape us all into unique individuals. We value people for the individuals they are and the contributions they can bring to our teams.

If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need when applying for a role or in our recruitment process, please contact us at [email protected].

Top Skills

Apache Kafka
AWS
Django
Fastapi
Flask
GCP
MongoDB
MySQL
NoSQL
Postgres
Python
React
SQL
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The Company
HQ: Pleasanton, CA
6,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2007

What We Do

Veeva is the global leader in cloud software for the life sciences industry. Committed to innovation, product excellence, and customer success, Veeva serves more than 1,000 customers, ranging from the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies to emerging biotechs. As a Public Benefit Corporation, Veeva is committed to balancing the interests of all stakeholders, including customers, employees, shareholders, and the industries it serves.

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