Full-Stack Developer DevOps

The Full Stack Developer & DevOps is primarily responsible for the technical development of part of the AREA42 applications and services by:

• Supporting the lead in the tech build, including APIs / user experience, front and backend systems, data platforms, and overall architecture in close collaboration with the IT Lead.
• Acting as senior advisor to the AREA42 teams to define the best technologies, tools and architectures for each project and venture.
• Support business analysis with technical input.
• Identifying and systematically deploying best practices to ensure sustainable scalability of the applications, in particular making each module an asset for the following ones, ensuring our developers work like craftsmen and documenting the code produced.
• AI based regression testing

Task deliverables & milestones

• Maintenance/development of python web services.
• Maintenance, development and improvement of CI/CD pipelines.
• Work in collaboration with other IT team members for service communication.
• Support other teams like risk and data analytics by creating custom solutions and automate some of their tasks.
• Co-create processes and workflow by giving a technical insight and advising for the best long term solution.

Requirements & Skills

Desired hard skills

Backend

• Python ^3.10
• FastAPI
• Celery
• SQLModel and Pydantic
• Pydantic AI
• sqlalchemy
• black
• flake8
• Git
• Alembic
• Postgresql
• JWT
• REST API
• Programmatical usage of AI models
• Wordpress administration, plugin/theme development

DevOps

• Gitlab CI/CD
• ArgoCD
• Kubernetes
• Helm
• Docker

Cloud Architect / Sysadmin

• Google cloud platform
• NGO
• Compute engine
• IAM
• Secret Manager
• Monitoring
• Bigquery
• Storage
• Cloud SQL
• Error reporting / Logging
• VPC network
• Vertex AI
• Linux
• Nginx
• Wireguard
• ufw / iptables

FrontEnd (nice to have)

• Typescript
• Nextjs
• NPM
• ESLint
• Prettier
• Husky
• Git

Atypical profiles often work better for atypical jobs, and it is hard to predict the multiple winning skill combinations of the best candidates for the job. Moreover, we prefer team culture over individual performance. This being said, here are a few qualities we may be looking for:

• Successful experience as full-stack developer in a startup environment. Very good Python, cloud architecture and deployment skills.
• Team player.
• Outstanding execution across frontend & backend environments. Experience with data architecture is a plus.
• Highest level of professional and intellectual integrity. Trust matters.
• Can handle success and failure, positive feedback as well as critique.
• 80/20, structured self-starter with strong drive.
• Can perform independently (we do not micromanage our developers) and deliver consistent quality work according to established best practices.
• Understanding of B2B trade is a plus, of trade credit insurance is a nice-to-have.
• We prioritize selecting the best technology for each project and are keen to learn new skills accordingly., * Skill - ArgoCD: Level: Expert (Most recent experience: Any time)
• Skill - Fastapi: Level: Expert (Most recent experience: Any time)
• Skill - Google cloud platform: Level: Expert (Most recent experience: Any time)
• Skill - Kubernetes: Level: Expert (Most recent experience: Any time)
• Skill - PostgreSQL: Level: Expert (Most recent experience: Any time)
• Skill - Python: Level: Expert (Most recent experience: Any time)
• Language - Dutch or French: Level: Nice to have
• Language - English: Level: Full professional proficien