Job title: Senior Python Engineer
Type: Full-time, Permanent
Location: Bulgaria with flexible home, office, or hybrid working
Office location: Sofia

About the role

Join our cross-functional team to design and build high-performance, scalable Python solutions using modern frameworks and cloud-native practices.

What you'll do

• Develop RESTful APIs with Django REST Framework
• Implement real-time and async processing (Celery, Redis, SSE).
• Manage AWS or Azure infrastructure: containers, CI/CD, IaC (Terraform / CloudFormation).
• Ensure scalability, reliability and clean architecture across projects.
  

Who are hedgehog lab

We’re an outcome-driven product consultancy where product, design and research sit side by side.

You’ll join a team that values curiosity, collaboration and impact, building products that truly matter.

hedgehog lab benefits

• 28 days holidays + bank holidays
• 5 Impact Days per year to spend on L&D, volunteering or innovation
• Flexible working environment
• Enhanced parental policy
• Financial wellbeing services
• Annual wellbeing budget + two days wellbeing
• Mental health support
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Company-supplied Apple Mac

Required experience

• Proven experience building production Python backends and APIs.
• Strong knowledge of Django REST Framework, PostgreSQL, Celery and Redis.
• Ability to own technical decisions and deliver high-quality, maintainable code.

Ready to apply?

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