Python Engineer (Remote)

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 seeks a mid to senior Python engineer who will participate in all aspects of architecting and developing new and innovative web applications. You will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology and new product development in an established company that is rapidly growing. This is a great opportunity for an engineer looking to expand their well-established career, who is excited about search, solving complex problems, ownership, and who enjoys working with technologies like Python, Elasticsearch, GraphQL, AWS, and Frameworks like Django.

You must be based in Portugal and be eligible for employment within the EU, as Veeva does not sponsor employment visa processes for this role.

What You'll Do

• Build scalable web applications utilizing open-source tools and technologies
• Build and use REST and GraphQL APIs
• Be able to work independently while communicating progress to other members of the team
• Participate in the technical planning, user story/technical acceptance creation, and implementation
• Identify and solve complex problems
• Plan technical architectures that minimize or eliminates performance problems, complexity, or solution fragility

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional experience building scalable and reliable web applications is required
• Experience with Python and Django or another comparable Python web framework
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
• Able to create database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Unit test and debugging skills
• 3+ years work experience with RDBS such as MySQL or PostgreSQL
• Independent, self-managed and motivated
• Good command of the English language

Nice to Have

• Experience with any of the following would be a plus: GraphQL, React, Elasticsearch, Redis, Celery, AWS (or any other Cloud provider).
• Have a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Information Systems