Senior Back-end Python Engineer
Hyperion360 is hiring a Senior Backend Python Engineer to join a remote-first team based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The role offers the opportunity to work on a large-scale, high-performance platform supporting massive data flows across hundreds of thousands of connected devices for a project centered around critical infrastructure in the energy sector. This is a full-time position aimed at Vietnamese candidates, offering a chance to collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize backend systems, build new features, and ensure ongoing system reliability. The successful hire will contribute to a mission-driven initiative to improve electrical grid safety and resilience, backed by proven deployments with major utility companies.
Candidates should bring at least 5+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong focus on Python backend development. A deep understanding of object-oriented programming, database systems (like PostgreSQL or MySQL), and RESTful API design is essential. Familiarity with microservices architectures, secure communication protocols (SSL/TLS), and tools such as Kafka, Terraform, ArgoCD, and Kubernetes will be highly valued. Prior experience with CI/CD pipelines, protobuf, and application security or load testing is a plus. Full professional English proficiency is required to effectively communicate in a global team environment.
This role provides a unique opportunity to contribute to advanced monitoring technologies that help transform energy infrastructure, offering meaningful impact and personal growth. Hyperion360 specializes in building elite technical teams for high-impact companies, ensuring their team members gain exposure to top-tier projects and cutting-edge technology. Work is fully remote within Vietnam, ideally with a collaborative and agile environment that promotes innovation and long-term career development.
Summary
We are looking for a Senior Backend Python Engineer (Vietnamese only), you will be responsible for architecting and developing a scalable platform designed to support high data transfer rates and seamless connectivity across hundreds of thousands of devices. Your work will ensure that our backend infrastructure can handle massive data flows while maintaining stability, reliability, and superior performance.
Our client is at the forefront of innovating solutions to safeguard one of the most critical infrastructures — the electrical grid. Recognizing its pivotal role in daily lives, their mission is to enhance grid reliability and safety through advanced monitoring and analysis systems. The cutting-edge technology uses high-precision sensor arrays to continuously assess the electrical and mechanical behavior of grid assets, enabling the preemptive identification and mitigation of potential faults.
By bringing together top-tier expertise in data science, engineering, and technology development, they have created a system that has been proven with major utilities to reduce customer outage durations and bolster safety measures. As the demand for power grows, their commitment is to protect today's grid while we build the grid of tomorrow.
What you’ll do:
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and enhance the ingestion backend, ensuring its scalability and robust resilience.
- Implement comprehensive monitoring and analytics tools to continuously assess system performance and quickly identify issues.
- Develop new features and services to expand the capabilities and flexibility of the platform.
- Optimize existing backend processes for efficient data handling, aligning with evolving business needs.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives through rigorous testing and performance tuning to support long-term system reliability.
Your background and skills will include:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- 5+ years of experience as a software engineer, building and operating production systems at scale.
- Proven experience as a senior Python engineer with a strong focus on backend development.
- Solid understanding of OOP, design pattern, clean code.
- Familiarity with databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.) and data storage solutions.
- Experience building RESTful APIs.
- Knowledge of microservices architecture, event-driven programming.
- Knowledge of TCP/IP networking and secure communications protocols such as SSL and TLS.
- Knowledge of protobuf.
- Experience with CI/CD tools and infrastructure management, particularly with Terraform, ArgoCD, and Kubernetes.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent communication skills to effectively work with cross-functional teams.
- Full professional proficiency in English.
- Experience with Kafka is a plus.
- Experience with application security is a plus.
- Experience with load/performance testing is a plus.
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