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# Backend or Fullstack Software Developer

- **Company:** Optimile
- **Location:** Gent, Belgium
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** HTML, Agile Methodology, Advanced Message Queuing Protocol, Cloud Engineering, Software Quality, Code Review, Relational Databases, Distributed Systems, Django Web Framework, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Scrum Methodology, Query Optimization, RabbitMQ, Message Oriented Middleware, TypeScript, Stylesheet Language, Technical Debt, Backend, Event Driven Architecture
- **Published:** July 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.be/details/5810791060

## About the Role

* You live and work in Belgium
 * Bachelor's or Master's degree, or equivalent experience
 * Professional proficiency in English, Dutch is a bonus.
 * Strong experience with Python and Django
 * Experience building distributed systems, including asynchronous messaging (RabbitMQ/AMQP), failure handling and idempotency
 * Solid experience with relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL, including schema design, migrations and query optimization
 * A strong interest in building scalable backend systems
 * A proactive mindset with a passion for solving technical challenges and continuous learning.

Nice to have

 * Experience with HTML, CSS and JavaScript/ TypeScript
 * Experience working in modern Agile product teams
 * Experience with cloud-native or event-driven architectures

## Description

1. Engineering & technical craft
 * Deliver high-quality software from analysis to production.
 * Write clean, maintainable and well-tested Python code.
 * Design solutions that are scalable, reliable and easy to extend.
 * Contribute actively to technical design discussions by proposing solutions, identifying risks and challenging assumptions where appropriate.
 * Monitor and support the software you build, taking ownership when issues arise.
 * Consistently uphold the team's engineering standards and Definition of Done.

 2. Quality & Continuous Improvement
 * Identify technical debt and propose improvements with clear context on impact, effort and priority.
 * Distinguish between acceptable technical compromises and debt that actively slows down the product.
 * Perform thoughtful code reviews that improve both code quality and team knowledge.
 * Apply and promote the Boy Scout Rule by leaving the codebase in a better state than you found it.
 * Continuously look for opportunities to improve engineering practices and maintainability.

 3. Collaboration & Mentoring
 * Mentor fellow engineers through pairing, coaching and constructive feedback.
 * Work closely with the Product Owner to translate product requirements into sustainable technical solutions.
 * Participate actively in refinements, sprint planning, stand-ups and retrospectives.
 * Communicate progress, risks and blockers proactively.
 * Foster a collaborative engineering culture where knowledge sharing and continuous learning are encouraged.


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