Staff Python Engineer - Portugal Full Remote

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY This is a rare opportunity to join a mission-driven health technology company at a pivotal stage of growth. The organization is building critical data infrastructure that sits at the intersection of real-world evidence, patient outcomes, and AI-enabled healthcare — working with hospitals, life sciences organizations, and a global network of clinical partners. As a Staff Software Engineer , you won't just be shipping features. You'll be shaping the technical foundation of a platform that directly influences how healthcare decisions are made at scale. The work is complex, the data is sensitive, and the stakes are real. If you've been looking for a role where engineering craftsmanship genuinely matters — and where what you build has a measurable human impact — this is it. The position is fully remote and open globally to candidates with strong communication skills in English (required). PROJECT & CONTEXT The engineering team is tackling some of the hardest problems in health data: harmonizing fragmented datasets, enabling privacy-preserving data sharing, and building reliable pipelines that power longitudinal patient research and real-world evidence generation. You'll operate across a modern, evolving stack — Python 3.x , Django , TypeScript , JavaScript , React , Node.js , Kafka , and cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure) — and will be expected to lead across the full lifecycle: architecture, design, implementation, review, observability, and production ownership. AI-assisted development is embedded in the team's workflow. Engineers are expected to use coding agents, copilots, and AI-assisted tooling as standard practice — with full accountability for what they ship. Generated code is reviewed, tested, secured, and understood. If you can't maintain it, you don't merge it. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR (Required) 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a track record of building and operating production systems at scale Strong full-stack or backend-leaning engineering fundamentals — you design, write, review, and debug production-quality code Deep experience with modern web application stacks; familiarity with Python/Django, TypeScript/React, Node.js and related tooling Deep fluency with AI-assisted software development — you use coding agents and copilots as part of your everyday workflow, not as a novelty Demonstrated ability to guide, constrain, and review AI-generated code : setting context, defining acceptance criteria, keeping diffs reviewable, catching plausible-but-wrong output Experience applying AI tools across the software lifecycle: exploration, planning, implementation, refactoring, test generation, documentation, debugging, and operational investigation Proven experience leading complex technical initiatives across teams, systems, or product areas Strong system design skills : APIs, distributed systems, data flows, integrations, reliability, observability, performance, and security Experience with large or evolving codebases where maintainability, migration paths, and incremental delivery are first-class concerns Strong product judgment — you connect technical decisions to user value, customer needs, and business outcomes High agency in ambiguous environments — you create clarity, make sensible trade-offs, and move work forward without waiting for perfect requirements Strong ownership of production outcomes — you care deeply about how systems behave after they ship Excellent written and verbal communication in English — you can explain complex technical trade-offs to engineers, product managers, and leadership alike Collaborative, low-ego working style — you help teams make better decisions without introducing unnecessary process NICE TO HAVE (Preferred) Experience in healthcare, health technology, life sciences, clinical data, real-world evidence , or another regulated enterprise domain Background with data-intensive platforms , interoperability, healthcare integrations, analytics products, or privacy-preserving data systems Experience building or deploying AI/LLM-enabled workflows, agents, evaluation systems, or production automation Experience shaping AI-assisted engineering practices at team level: repo instructions, agent workflows, review standards, test expectations, context management, or safe automation frameworks Hands-on experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure cloud platforms Experience with event-driven architectures, Kafka, workflow systems, data pipelines , or distributed processing Familiarity with security, privacy, compliance, and enterprise IT constraints in regulated environments A track record of turning recurring engineering problems into reusable platforms, tooling, or documentation Experience mentoring senior engineers and shaping technical culture across teams