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This role combines hands-on backend engineering (Python, serverless, microservices, APIs, AWS) with operational ownership and close collaboration with product, data stewards, and UX. The successful ...

Concevoir, developper et optimiser des services Backend en Python, principalement pour automatiser et moderniser les processus de prevision financiere ; * Contribuer a l'evolution d'architectures ...

Design, develop, and maintain backend services and well-structured RESTful APIs using Python (Django) to support frontend applications and internal platform services. * Design and implement new ...

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How much do backend python jobs pay per year?

As of Jun 9, 2026, the average yearly pay for backend python in Montreal, QC is $136,161.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $115,174.00 and $157,056.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What are backend Python developers?

Backend Python developers are software engineers who specialize in building and maintaining the server-side components of web applications using the Python programming language. They focus on databases, application logic, APIs, and integration with front-end systems, ensuring that data is processed and served efficiently. These developers often work with frameworks like Django or Flask and collaborate with frontend developers, DevOps, and other team members to deliver robust and scalable web solutions.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Backend Python Developer, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Backend Python Developer, you need strong proficiency in Python, knowledge of backend frameworks (like Django or Flask), and experience with databases, typically supported by a degree in computer science or related fields. Familiarity with tools such as Git, RESTful APIs, Docker, and cloud platforms like AWS or Azure, as well as relevant certifications, is highly valuable. Problem-solving ability, teamwork, and effective communication are critical soft skills for collaborating with cross-functional teams and troubleshooting issues. These skills and qualifications are crucial for building scalable, reliable backend systems that power modern applications.

What is the difference between Backend Python vs Backend Java?

AspectBackend PythonBackend Java
Required CredentialsBachelor's in CS, Python certificationsBachelor's in CS, Java certifications
Work EnvironmentWeb development, data science, startupsEnterprise applications, large-scale systems
Industry UsageTech startups, data analytics, AIBanking, finance, large corporations
Common Search/ComparisonYesYes

Backend Python and Backend Java are both popular server-side roles but differ in their typical use cases and industry focus. Python is favored for rapid development, data science, and startups, while Java is preferred for large-scale, enterprise applications. Your choice depends on the industry and project requirements.

What are common challenges faced by Backend Python developers when integrating with third-party APIs?

Backend Python developers often encounter challenges such as inconsistent API documentation, unexpected data formats, and rate limiting when integrating with third-party APIs. These issues require strong debugging skills, careful error handling, and proactive communication with API providers. Additionally, developers must ensure secure authentication, maintain up-to-date dependencies, and write scalable code to handle varying loads. Collaborating closely with frontend teams is also essential to provide seamless end-to-end functionality.
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Senior Software Developer

Senior Software Developer

Autodesk

Montreal, QC • On-site

Full-time

This job post has expired today. Applications are no longer accepted.


Autodesk rating

9.5

Company rating: 9.5 out of 10

Based on 5 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

6th of 186 rated software companies


Job description

Job Requisition ID #

26WD96718

L'affichage de poste en francais suivra / The French job posting follows.

26WD96718, Senior Software Developer

Position Overview

We are seeking a passionate and experienced Senior Software Developer to join a Data Services team focused on delivering core record- and entity-management services. You will help design, build, and operate services that create and maintain canonical records for people and organizations. This role combines hands-on backend engineering (Python, serverless, microservices, APIs, AWS) with operational ownership and close collaboration with product, data stewards, and UX. The successful candidate will balance delivery of roadmap work with ongoing maintenance and reliability improvements and will help surface steward workflows through steward-facing UI or full-stack work when needed. Familiarity with master data management, data enrichment, identity resolution, or data quality practices is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, test, and operate backend services that support record management and data enrichment (microservices, serverless functions, event-driven flows, and REST/HTTP APIs)

  • Deliver reliable, observable, and cost-efficient serverless architectures (serverless functions, event buses, queueing and DLQ patterns, API Gateway, or equivalents) and microservice components

  • Take responsibility with the team for delivering features end-to-end from product requirements to production: API design, data model changes, implementation, automated tests, CI/CD, documentation, runbooks, and operational readiness

  • Improve event listener and re-processing flows (throttling, backpressure, rate-limit handling) to reduce failed messages and avoid downstream service limits

  • Integrate data services with upstream and downstream systems (CRM systems, data lakes/warehouses, search/indexing, and external enrichment vendors)

  • Collaborate closely with data stewards and product to design steward-friendly workflows and minimize duplicate records; build UI/UX features or partner with UX developers to surface steward workflows

  • Contribute to service reliability: monitoring, tracing, structured logs, alerting, incident response, and capacity/cost management

  • Mentor other developers, participate in design and code reviews, and help evolve engineering practices for record- and data-service domains

  • Help onboard and cross-train developers as the team scales and stabilizes domains

Minimum Qualifications

  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience delivering production services and APIs

  • Strong backend engineering skills in Python (service development, testing, debugging)

  • Hands-on experience with serverless architectures and event-driven microservices (serverless functions, event buses, queues, NoSQL databases, API gateways, or equivalents)

  • Proven experience building and operating services on AWS (IAM, DynamoDB, metrics/logging, tracing, throttling/backpressure strategies)

  • Experience designing and maintaining REST APIs and event-driven systems.

  • Demonstrated operational ownership (monitoring/observability, alerting, runbooks, incident response)

  • Solid software engineering fundamentals: automated testing, CI/CD, distributed version control (Git), and infrastructure as code concepts

  • Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills (product, data stewards, UX, and other engineering teams)

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent practical experience

Preferred Qualifications

  • Prior work on master data management, entity linkage/entity resolution, data cleansing, or identity/organizational matching

  • Experience with modern data warehouse platforms (e.g., Snowflake), big-data processing, or analytics pipelines

  • Familiarity with search/indexing technologies and building pipelines to populate search indexes

  • Frontend experience (React, TypeScript, CSS, modern frontend toolchains) and ability to partner with UX or deliver steward-facing UIs when required.

  • Experience working at an enterprise scale and collaborating with product/data stewards to deliver steward-ready solution

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26WD96718, Developpeur logiciel senior

Apercu du Poste

Nous recherchons un developpeur logiciel senior passionne et experimente pour rejoindre une equipe chargee des services de donnees, dont la mission principale est de fournir des services de gestion des enregistrements et des entites. Vous contribuerez a la conception, au developpement et a l'exploitation de services permettant de creer et de maintenir des enregistrements canoniques pour les personnes et les organisations. Ce poste combine des taches pratiques d'ingenierie backend (Python, serverless, microservices, API, AWS) avec la responsabilite operationnelle et une etroite collaboration avec les equipes produit, les gestionnaires de donnees et l'equipe UX. Le candidat retenu devra trouver un equilibre entre la realisation des taches prevues dans la feuille de route, la maintenance continue et l'amelioration de la fiabilite, et contribuera a mettre en evidence les workflows des gestionnaires de donnees via une interface utilisateur dediee ou, si necessaire, par le biais de taches full-stack. Une connaissance de la gestion des donnees de reference, de l'enrichissement des donnees, de la resolution d'identite ou des pratiques en matiere de qualite des donnees est un atout.

Responsabilites

  • Concevoir, mettre en uvre, tester et exploiter des services backend qui prennent en charge la gestion des enregistrements et l'enrichissement des donnees (microservices, fonctions sans serveur, flux pilotes par les evenements et API REST/HTTP)

  • Fournir des architectures sans serveur fiables, observables et rentables (fonctions sans serveur, bus d'evenements, modeles de files d'attente et DLQ, API Gateway ou equivalents) ainsi que des composants de microservices

  • Assumer, avec l'equipe, la responsabilite de la livraison des fonctionnalites de bout en bout, depuis les exigences produit jusqu'a la mise en production : conception d'API, modifications du modele de donnees, implementation, tests automatises, CI/CD, documentation, runbooks et preparation operationnelle

  • Ameliorer les ecouteurs d'evenements et les flux de retraitement (limitation de debit, contre-pression, gestion des limites de debit) afin de reduire les messages echoues et d'eviter les limites des services en aval

  • Integrer les services de donnees aux systemes en amont et en aval (systemes CRM, lacs de donnees/entrepots de donnees, recherche/indexation et fournisseurs d'enrichissement externes)

  • Collaborer etroitement avec les gestionnaires de donnees et l'equipe produit pour concevoir des flux de travail adaptes aux gestionnaires et minimiser les doublons ; developper des fonctionnalites UI/UX ou collaborer avec les developpeurs UX pour mettre en avant les flux de travail des gestionnaires

  • Contribuer a la fiabilite des services : surveillance, tracabilite, journaux structures, alertes, reponse aux incidents et gestion des capacites/couts

  • Encadrer d'autres developpeurs, participer aux revues de conception et de code, et contribuer a faire evoluer les pratiques d'ingenierie pour les domaines des services de donnees et d'enregistrement

  • Aider a l'integration et a la formation polyvalente des developpeurs a mesure que l'equipe s'agrandit et stabilise les domaines

Qualifications Minimales

  • Plus de 5 ans d'experience professionnelle en genie logiciel dans la mise en production de services et d'API

  • Solides competences en ingenierie backend avec Python (developpement de services, tests, debogage)

  • Experience pratique des architectures sans serveur et des microservices evenementiels (fonctions sans serveur, bus d'evenements, files d'attente, bases de donnees NoSQL, passerelles API ou equivalents)

  • Experience averee dans la creation et l'exploitation de services sur AWS (IAM, DynamoDB, metriques/journalisation, tracage, strategies de limitation/contre-pression)

  • Experience dans la conception et la maintenance d'API REST et de systemes evenementiels

  • Responsabilite operationnelle averee (surveillance/observabilite, alertes, runbooks, reponse aux incidents)

  • Solides bases en genie logiciel : tests automatises, CI/CD, controle de version distribue (Git) et concepts d'infrastructure en tant que code

  • Excellentes competences en communication et en collaboration interfonctionnelle (produit, gestionnaires de donnees, UX et autres equipes d'ingenierie)

  • Licence en informatique ou dans un domaine connexe, ou experience pratique equivalente

Qualifications Souhaitees

  • Experience prealable en gestion des donnees de reference, en liaison/resolution d'entites, en nettoyage de donnees ou en mise en correspondance d'identites/d'organisations

  • Experience avec les plateformes modernes d'entrepots de donnees (par exemple, Snowflake), le traitement du big data ou les pipelines d'analyse

  • Connaissance des technologies de recherche/indexation et de la creation de pipelines pour alimenter les index de recherche

  • Experience en front-end (React, TypeScript, CSS, chaines d'outils front-end modernes) et capacite a collaborer avec l'equipe UX ou a fournir des interfaces utilisateur destinees aux gestionnaires de donnees lorsque cela est necessaire.

  • Experience de travail a l'echelle de l'entreprise et de collaboration avec les responsables produit/gestionnaires de donnees pour fournir des solutions pretes a l'emploi

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Industry

Software development

Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

San Rafael, CA, US

Year founded

1982