Backend Software Engineer - Python/Postgres [Remote / Global]

Responsibilities

• This role is part of our EUDR engineering team. Your work will focus on the backend systems that ingest customer-submitted farm lists, validate and transform those inputs, and run them against our deforestation detection model and geospatial datasets.
• Backend feature development and maintenance.
• Implement improvements to our EUDR backend services, refine geospatial workflows, and strengthen data checks and error handling.
• Investigative problem-solving. When something doesn’t look right to our
• Support team, you will help trace through data, assumptions, and system behavior to understand what happened and how to fix it.
• Working with ambiguous or evolving requirements. EUDR is a regulated space where guidance changes, and internal requests are sometimes incomplete. You’ll help clarify what’s needed and translate it into practical engineering work.
• Adapting the system to regulatory updates. As the EU releases new FAQs or adjustments, you will help interpret their implications and adapt parts of the system to remain consistent and compliant.
• General backend engineering. Python + PostgreSQL/PostGIS development, improving observability, contributing to CI/CD pipelines, and helping make the system more resilient over time.
• Although the role is primarily development-focused, you will also be responsible for applying and maintaining Terraform-based changes in AWS for the services you work on.

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