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# Backend Engineer

- **Company:** Octopus Energy
- **Location:** Barcelona, Spain (Remote available)
- **Salary:** €52,000.0 - €65,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Relational Databases, Django Web Framework, Fault Tolerance, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Software Architecture, Next.js, Systems Integration, Web Application Frameworks, Datadog, Data Logging, ReactJS, Backend, Graphql, Celery, Front End Software Development, Restful APIs, Terraform
- **Published:** July 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.es/contact-us.html

## About the Role

Fluent spoken English is absolutely essential . The team is international, so English will be the language you use on a daily basis.
On the technical side, you should have:

 + Strong professional experience building backend applications with Python.
 + Solid experience with Django (or equivalent robust web frameworks).
 + Deep understanding of Domain Modelling and software architecture.
 + Strong expertise designing and integrating GraphQL & REST APIs.
 + Proven experience writing robust, fault-tolerant, and scalable software.
 + Experience with Celery and asynchronous task processing.
 + Solid handling of relational databases, especially PostgreSQL.
 + Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to lead complex issues from concept to production., o Experience with cloud platforms and infrastructure (AWS, Terraform, Packer, or Consul).
o Familiarity or exposure to frontend technologies such as React and Next.js.
o Familiarity with logging and metric aggregation platforms (DataDog).



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