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# Staff Backend Engineer (Python)

- **Company:** Datavant
- **Location:** Barcelona, Spain
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Code Generation, Fault Tolerance, Interoperability, Python (Programming Language), Performance Tuning, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Web Application Frameworks, Backend, Build Management, Containerization, Kubernetes, Information Technology
- **Published:** August 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.buscojobs.com.es/staff-backend-engineer-python-en-barcelona-ID-366261961

## About the Role

You'll build Python-based APIs, deploy containers on Kubernetes in AWS, and improve reliability and performance for health data workflows.
This role offers impact on clinical research, real-world evidence, and data interoperability at scale, in a mission-driven, collaborative setting.Compensaciones / Beneficios - Design and implement backend services and APIs using Python frameworks - Build and deploy containerized applications on Kubernetes in AWS - Extend infrastructure as code and improve CI/CD pipelines - Optimize system performance, scalability, and fault tolerance - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define service contracts and architecture - Monitor production systems and resolve reliability and performance issuesResponsabilidades - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience - 8+ years of backend software development experience - Professional experience developing production backend services and APIs in Python - Hands on experience with Kubernetes and containerized workloads - Experience deploying and operating services in AWS -

## Description

Experteer Overview As a Staff Backend Engineer at Datavant's Life Sciences Tech Hub in Barcelona, you design scalable, secure backend services in a cloud-native environment.You own architecture and collaborate across teams to set platform standards.You'll build Python-based APIs, deploy containers on Kubernetes in AWS, and improve reliability and performance for health data workflows.This role offers impact on clinical research, real-world evidence, and data interoperability at scale, in a mission-driven, collaborative setting.Compensaciones / Beneficios - Design and implement backend services and APIs using Python frameworks - Build and deploy containerized applications on Kubernetes in AWS - Extend infrastructure as code and improve CI/CD pipelines - Optimize system performance, scalability, and fault tolerance - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define service contracts and architecture - Monitor production systems and resolve reliability and performance issuesResponsabilidades - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience - 8+ years of backend software development experience - Professional experience developing production backend services and APIs in Python - Hands on experience with Kubernetes and containerized workloads - Experience deploying and operating services in AWS - Experience integrating agentic code generation tools such as Claude Code or Codex into day to day software engineering practicesRequisitos principales - Hybrid work model - Lunch stipend and kitchen access - Private health insurance - 25 days of annual paid leave - Work from Anywhere policy - Competitive salary


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