Hybrid Senior Python Backend Engineer: Financial Systems Senior Python Backend Engineer: Financial Systems

Who We Are

At BriteCore, we believe insurance can be smarter, faster, and more efficient. We’re on a mission to empower Property & Casualty (P&C) insurers to innovate, thrive, and grow their business with modern software solutions. Our cloud-native platform is mission-critical for customers, enabling them to manage policies, billing, claims, and real-time analytics in one centralized location. While others rely on outdated or on-prem solutions, we’re leading the shift towards end-to-end cloud technology.

With a commitment to continuous innovation, BriteCore ensures our customers benefit from new capabilities, enhancements, and a flexible and scalable core insurance platform designed to meet their evolving needs. We create solutions that meet today’s needs and anticipate tomorrow’s challenges.

We value flexibility, innovation, and the pursuit of excellence. Our distributed team is united by a shared passion for transforming the insurance industry and delivering exceptional service. We believe in creating an inclusive and collaborative work environment where team members are encouraged to share ideas, challenge the status quo, and grow both personally and professionally.

Join us at BriteCore and be part of a company that’s shaping the future of insurance technology. You’ll have the opportunity to work with talented individuals and make an impact. Your ideas will shape our future and your contributions will make a difference. If you’re ready to create something different, let’s build the future of insurance software together.

Summary

Our team is growing, and we’re looking for a Senior Python Backend Engineer to help shape the future of financial systems for Property & Casualty (P&C) carriers. You’ll be hands-on in modernizing and scaling critical platforms for billing, payments, and commissions using Python, Django, JavaScript, and Vue.js. This is your chance to work on cutting-edge tech that powers the backbone of P&C insurance operations, ensuring these platforms are reliable and built for the future.

If you love solving complex problems, thrive in tech-driven environments, and have a knack for building secure, precise solutions to manage high-impact transactions, we’d like to chat with you.

This is a fully remote based role, however candidates must be located in Argentina, Brazil or Colombia. Note: this is a long-term Independent Contractor position.

What you'll do

• Lead the development and scaling of financial modules like billing, payments, and commissions, ensuring every calculation is spot-on
• Shape the architecture to deliver lightning-fast performance, seamless scalability, and robust reliability for our financial platform
• Partner with product management to launch secure, user-friendly features that tackle complex models and calculations head-on
• Thrive in an Agile environment with Scrum, automated testing, continuous integration, code reviews, and version control
• Own the creation and maintenance of unit tests, focused on ensuring accuracy in financial formulas and transactions
• Solve performance, scalability, and reliability challenges that keep our systems running at peak efficiency
• Stay sharp on the latest trends in financial app development and share your insights to keep the team at the cutting edge
  
  
  

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in Python web development, particularly with financial systems or modules
• 3+ years of SaaS product development experience, including cloud-based solutions
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Django or another Python framework
• 3+ years of experience with relational databases (e.g., MySQL) and solid SQL skills for financial data management
• 2+ years of proven experience building and consuming APIs for financial transactions
• Advanced mathematical skills in financial modeling, algorithms, and data processing
• Hands-on experience with frontend frameworks like Vue.js or React
• Professional experience working with Docker for containerization and AWS services such as EC2, API Gateway, and Lambda
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  
  
  

Bonus points

• 2+ years of experience working at a scaling startup
• Experience working in the fintech or financial services vertical
• Experience in the Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance space
• Strong understanding of database design, performance optimization for financial data, and testing techniques for financial modules
  
  
  

Life at BriteCore

We take pride in our dynamic, diverse team, unified by shared values of community, integrity, grit and impact. We love what we do and the people we do it with, which is why we welcome every individual, provide them with equal opportunity irrespective of their race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran, disability or any other legally protected rights that one has.

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