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Software Engineer - Python Junior+ [Risks Scoring]

Remote, Worldwide·Added 10 days ago

Plata Card

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Overview

Job details

Fully remote
Per the ad.

Requirements

Have the right to work in Spain
Plata Card doesn't mention sponsorship, but this role may fit the Digital nomad visa.
Work in English
English is required, per the ad.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

Relocation support to one of our hubs - Cyprus, Serbia, or Kazakhstan - with assistance for the employee and their family
Flexible work from one of our offices or remote
Healthcare Coverage
Education Budget: Language lessons, professional training and certifications
Wellness Budget: Mental health and fitness activity reimbursements
Vacation policy: 20 days of annual leave and paid sick leave

Requirements

What we're looking for

1+ year of Python experience (internship, own projects or commercial work all count)
Solid Python fundamentals: OOP, dataclasses, standard library
Confident with type hints and static type checking
Basic experience with pydantic: declaring models and validating incoming data
Docker and an understanding of containerization
Practical testing experience with pytest: unit and integration tests, parametrized cases, mocking a dependency
Comfortable with Git and working in a team branch/MR flow
Basic SQL and ability to read someone else's code before writing your own
Proactivity: raising blockers early, asking questions instead of guessing, following existing conventions
B1 or higher English level for effective communication with an international team

Nice to have

gRPC / Protobuf
Kubernetes and Helm
CI/CD pipelines, GitLab CI in particular
Kafka, Pub/Sub or any other message broker and event-driven communication
Interest in MLOps and an understanding of how ML models get to production and are kept there

The role

Risks Scoring
Risks Scoring is the team responsible for the automated decision-making behind every Plata product.
We integrate data from multiple sources, ship scoring models to production, and serve real-time credit decisions under strict SLAs - for credit cards, cash loans, POS lending and debit products across several countries.

What you'll do

Implementation of scoring features, policy rules and strategies that make real-time decisions on clients in production
Maintenance and development of an existing high-load Python service and its data contracts
Ensuring high implementation quality through comprehensive test coverage
Validating every change against real production traffic before it goes live
Rapid incident response: tracing a decision through logs and restoring correct behaviour quickly

Our ways of working

Innovative Spirit: A commitment to creativity and groundbreaking solutions
Honest Feedback: valuing open, transparent communication
Supportive Team: a strong, collaborative community
Celebrating Achievements: recognizing our wins together
High-Tech Environment: a team full of smart and revolutionary people who date to challenge the status quo of incumbent finances

About Plata Card

Plata Card is a Mexican fintech company that provides digital payment and credit solutions, primarily through a mobile app and a physical card. The company focuses on financial inclusion, offering credit products to underserved segments in Mexico. It operates with a technology-driven approach, building its own software and data infrastructure to manage risk, customer support, and product development.

In Spain, Plata Card has established a significant technology and operations hub in Madrid, where it hires for roles in engineering, data, risk, and IT support. The company's culture emphasizes automation, data-driven decision-making, and agile development. For international professionals, the Madrid office offers opportunities to work in a fast-growing fintech with a Latin American focus, often requiring Spanish language skills but also valuing diverse technical expertise.

Founded: 2018
Employees: 500–1,000
Headquarters: Mexico City, Mexico
In Spain: Madrid
Website: platacard.mx

Good to know if you are moving

Plata Card's Madrid office is a key technology hub, offering roles in engineering, data, and IT, which may provide opportunities for international professionals to work in a Spanish-speaking environment.
The company focuses on financial inclusion, which can be appealing for professionals interested in impactful fintech work.
Many roles require proficiency in Spanish, but some technical positions may be open to English speakers, depending on the team.
The company uses modern tech stacks like Golang and cloud-based data warehousing, offering exposure to current technologies.
As a growing fintech, there may be opportunities for career advancement and taking on significant responsibilities early on.

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