Backend Engineer

• Fresco is looking for a Backend Engineer to work on our kitchen platform: the Fresco KitchenOS to deliver delightful experiences to our users
• Reporting to the Engineering Manager for Platform & Firmware, you will building platform capabilities and supporting production operations
• Develop reliable and scalable backend services on Python for our IoT devices and mobile clients across ~20 Lambda-based microservices (Python 3.14, AWS CDK, aws-lambda-powertools) covering device control, cooking sessions, media, recipes, auth, AI and more
• Be involved and participate in the overall application lifecycle
• Execute cloud to cloud integrations with new partners
• Be on shift looking after the platform, frequency: 1 week every 4-5 weeks (Remunerated)
• Stay up-to-date with innovations and changes in the industry

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare
• Pension scheme access
• Generous paid family leave
• 24 paid annual leave days and the option to work from anywhere for up to 1 month
• Work from home for up to 4 days per week
• Collaborative workspace when in the office
• Stock options
• Professional development stipend of €1000 annually
• Relocation and logistic costs
• Celebrations from cook-alongs to whiskey tastings

• 3+ years building backend services in Python
• Observability: structured logging, distributed tracing (Datadog or equivalent)
• You ship faster because of AI, not despite learning it. Code gen, debugging, log analysis, test scaffolding — you’ve replaced slow loops with AI-assisted ones
• Fluent in English; clear communicator with both technical peers and less-technical stakeholders
• AWS Lambda + CDK in production — not just familiarity
• Strong grasp of event-driven architecture: EventBridge, SQS/SNS, async patterns
• If you are an exceptional candidate with mismatching experience, please still apply
• Comfortable with: Pydantic v2, SQLModel/Alembic, DynamoDB/PynamoDB, Valkey, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• AWS IoT Core experience a strong plus
• Testing: BDD (Behave/Gherkin), pytest, moto for AWS mocking