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Backend Developer (Python)

On-site in Barcelona·Added 3 months ago (last checked 8 Oct)

Overview

Work mode
On-site, Barcelona
Experience
4+ years
Benefits
Private health insurance, flexible pay plan

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Skills

This job advert was originally written in Spanish.

Requirements

What we're looking for

✅ +4 years of experience developing backend applications with Python.

✅ Experience working with distributed and event-driven architectures.

✅ Solid knowledge in API design, service integration, and scalable software development.

✅ Experience with AWS and serverless services (Lambda, SQS, EventBridge, or similar).

✅ Experience working with NoSQL databases, preferably DynamoDB.

✅ Knowledge of infrastructure as code (Terraform) and CI/CD processes.

✅ Ability to write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.

✅ Analytical mindset, product orientation, and ability to solve complex problems.

✅ Good communication and teamwork skills.

Nice to have

⭐ Experience in SaaS environments or high-growth technology products.

⭐ Knowledge of observability, monitoring, and application performance.

⭐ Experience working with agile methodologies.

⭐ Interest in logistics, automation, and process optimization.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

🚀 High-impact role: Be a key point in the relationship with our clients and help define how we deliver excellence in logistics.

💡 Innovative and close company: We work in an entrepreneurial, flexible environment with a culture of collaboration.

📈 Rapid growth: Be part of a scale-up company where your work will have visible and immediate results.

🍽️ Flexible compensation: Benefits for dining, transport, and childcare through Cobee.

🏥 Health and wellbeing: Medical insurance with Adeslas included in the flexible compensation.

🎉 Team culture and wellbeing: Monthly afterworks and an environment that drives your personal and professional development.

The role

We are looking for a Backend Developer with experience in Python to join the product and technology team responsible for the evolution of Atenea.

You will participate in the design, development, and scaling of critical services that process thousands of daily logistical operations. You will work on a cloud-native, event-driven architecture, contributing to building robust, scalable, and efficient solutions that directly impact the operations of hundreds of clients.

You will have the opportunity to get involved in technical decisions, propose architectural improvements, and collaborate closely with product and other technology teams to continue taking our platform to the next level.

What you'll do

  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Python.

  • Build and evolve event-driven architectures on AWS.

  • Develop new functionalities for Atenea, ensuring quality, performance, and maintainability.

  • Participate in architectural and technical design decisions.

  • Optimize processes, integrations, and high-volume data flows.

  • Collaborate with the product team to transform business needs into technical solutions.

  • Maintain quality standards through testing, code reviews, and development best practices.

  • Contribute to the continuous improvement of infrastructure, observability, and deployment processes.

Tech stack

  • Python

  • AWS (Lambda, SQS, EventBridge, API Gateway)

  • DynamoDB

  • Serverless Architecture

  • Terraform

  • CI/CD

  • GitHub

  • Vue.js (collaboration with frontend)

Hiring process

  1. 45' online with Carlota, Talent Acquisition Specialist.

  2. 60' in-person interview with

About Amphora Logistics

Amphora Logistics is a logistics and ecommerce fulfillment provider offering warehousing, order fulfillment, distribution, and international logistics (3PL) services for fast-growing online brands. The company operates more than 100,000 m² of company-owned warehouses across Spain, Italy, Poland, and the United States, and serves more than 500 ecommerce brands.

Alongside its fulfillment operations, Amphora develops proprietary logistics technology — including a Warehouse Management System and an Order Management System — that connects warehouses, inventory, orders, carriers, and sales channels in a single platform. Each client is assigned a dedicated Account Manager who works directly from the warehouse.

Industry
Logistics

Good to know if you are moving

  • Job listings indicate working languages of English (US) and Spanish.
  • At least one role (Financial Analyst Junior) is offered in a hybrid arrangement in Barcelona.

In their own words

About the company & team

E-commerce brands are growing at an unstoppable pace, but many still face logistical challenges that hinder their expansion. At Amphora Logistics, we transform that reality.

We help independent brands scale efficiently, offering comprehensive logistical solutions that combine advanced technology, operational agility, and close service.

Since 2020, we have developed a logistics platform that supports more than 300 clients in Europe and the United States. With a team of more than 200 professionals in Barcelona, Madrid, Italy, and the USA, and using our own warehouse management system, Atenea, we offer real-time visibility, route optimization, and total inventory control.

We are driven by the energy of a young team that never tires of growing and innovating. At Amphora, we believe in moving the needle with purpose, maintaining an inexhaustible attitude, and acting as a single team of warriors. We are driven by a passion to improve, learn, and take on challenges with courage, always focused on generating real and sustainable impact.

Our project: Atenea

Atenea is an intelligent logistics management software (WMS) that connects data, operations, and technology to offer eCommerce brands fully digitized, efficient, and real-time visible logistics.

Atenea automates processes, optimizes operations, reduces times, and improves order traceability, becoming the engine that allows hundreds of brands to grow without logistical limits.

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