Python Engineer for Finance Tribe

About Kiwi.com

Kiwi.com provides innovative travel tech solutions for customers and businesses.

Founded by Oliver Dlouhý and Jozef Képesi in 2012, Kiwi.com is an online search engine allowing users to combine transportation from non-cooperating carriers. Self-connect travel itineraries allow users to combine flights and ground transportation from over 800 carriers. Kiwi.com ranked seventh in the 2017 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA list, becoming the highest-ever rated Czech company. Following the previous success, Kiwi.com ranked fifth in the very same program in 2018. In November 2019, the company announced a change in its vision of becoming the first Virtual Global Supercarrier and won the People’s Choice Award at Phocuswright Conference in Miami.

Position

No, don’t worry, we are not accountants, but developers. More precisely we are the developers Tribe inside Kiwi.com in charge of building the pillars of everything that is directly related to money, and because of that the services we build have a specific set or rules that might not be as mandatory in other areas. We can’t fail, even in streaks of high and unexpected demand.

What are we doing?

Do not think that because we are working with finance we will be using COBOL – we are passionate about new technologies and we like our stack to be modern, we are using Python 3.6/3.7. With that mindset we are developing services and applications that are directly related to finances, highly available and with a little to no room for errors:

• Payment gateways communication and negotiation
• Fraud detection and ways to minimize it
• Invoicing
• Tools for claims and finance departments 
• We are even building a duck robot

What can you learn here?

Cool new technologies and how to take a new service from idea to production, including software design and testing. We can extend your knowledge with business logic from finance domain by:

• Worldwide payment acquiring
• How credit cards (virtual), alternative payment methods, 3DS work
• Fraud detection
• What is behind invoicing and payment reconciliation

Your qualification

• Write stable, maintainable, and well-tested code (trust us, it takes much longer to fix consequences than write actual tests)
• Fluent in Python
• Comfortable with Linux
• Knowledge of Docker, CI/CD, and AWS or GCP
• Experience with relational databases and Redis
• Code design patterns
• Microservices best practices
• Self, quick and deep learning – not being afraid to experiment, fail, learn and eventually succeed

Will be a plus

• Experience with static analysis tools
• Familiarity with some of our technologies: Flask, SQLAlchemy, AWS, PostgreSQL, coala, Datadog
• Awareness of serverless technologies
• Passion for ducks tests and typing

What we offer

• We deploy immediately after a job is completed, not after months of QA
• Do, fail, learn – repeat! We understand that mistakes happen and we learn fast
• We decide which cutting-edge technologies are appropriate for the task
• We code at hackathons and other competitions
• We support the local technological community 
• We visit and speak at conferences and technological events worldwide 
• We use our work time wisely with a friendly vacation policy and work schedule
• We also like to party and hang out together
• We work, play, relax, workout and even nap in our offices
• We’re a great team of passionate and fun-loving people from across the globe who you’ll love working with. We look forward to you joining our team-buildings and parties!

Salary starting from 2 000 EUR gross depending on relevant experience and skills.

• Besides a motivating salary, we offer quarterly bonuses dependent on your performance and the company’s results
• The opportunity to join our Phantom Stock scheme (for positions from level 5 upwards) 
• We also enjoy benefits, such as meal vouchers, 20+5 days vacation, Cafeteria program, sick days, Multisport card
• Flight vouchers to celebrate your kiwi anniversaries
• Work from home and/or our modern office located in Zuckermandel where you can enjoy sleeping spots, chillout zones, free refreshments, parking for car/bicycle/motorbike
• Hardware from Apple or Microsoft based on your preferences
• Relocation package (including visa support)
• We offer unlimited contracts within a forward-thinking and ambitious company
• Dogs, kids, and parties are welcome in our offices