Principal Python Engineer
Colombia
Engineering – Python /
Remote
About Teramind
Teramind is the leading platform for user behavior analytics, serving multiple use cases from insider risk mitigation to business process optimization. With our comprehensive suite of solutions, organizations gain unprecedented visibility into user activities while enhancing security, optimizing productivity, and ensuring compliance. Trusted by Fortune 500 companies and businesses of all sizes across industries, our innovative platform helps organizations protect sensitive data, maximize workforce performance, and create safer, more efficient digital workplaces. Through real-time monitoring and advanced analytics, we enable businesses to safeguard their most sensitive information while optimizing employee productivity in both in-office and remote work environments.
Our Core Values
At Teramind, our values drive everything we do. We embrace innovation as a fundamental principle, constantly pushing boundaries to improve our products, streamline processes, and enhance customer experiences. We foster resourcefulness by empowering our team members with the autonomy and confidence to solve problems independently while providing collaborative support when needed. As a globally inclusive organization, we celebrate diversity and create an adaptable work culture where respect and collaboration thrive across our international teams. Above all, we are committed to excellence, delivering the highest quality in every aspect of our work and consistently exceeding expectations in service to our clients and each other.
The Opportunity
We’re looking for a hands-on Principal Python Engineer who can lead the design and development of complex data-driven systems. You’ll start as a key individual contributor, owning critical backend and data infrastructure. As we grow, you’ll have the opportunity to mentor others, lead projects, and help shape a high-performing engineering team.
This role is ideal for someone who:
• Thrives on solving open-ended technical problems
• Wants real ownership of architecture and outcomes
• Knows how to build systems that scale, last, and evolve
• Prefers Python but cares more about the right solution than the tool
What You’ll Do
• Architect and build core backend systems (Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Docker)
• Own end-to-end data flows: ingestion, transformation, storage, and querying
• Collaborate with product and data teams to shape technical solutions to business problems
• Identify bottlenecks and opportunities to optimize performance, scale, and developer experience
• Build for maintainability: clear interfaces, tested code, clean architecture
• Contribute to technical standards and documentation
• Mentor other engineers and grow into a team leadership role
What We’re Looking For
• We care more about your problem-solving ability than exact years of experience or tool-by-tool match.
Must-Have:
• Strong backend engineering skills (7+ years) with systems-level thinking
• Experience building production systems from scratch
• Solid Python skills (or ability to ramp up fast)
• Deep experience with relational databases and performance tuning
• Experience designing, debugging, and scaling data workflows
• Strong communication and collaboration in a remote environment
Nice-to-Have:
• Experience with ClickHouse or columnar databases
• Familiarity with Docker, Linux systems, CI/CD pipelines
• Exposure to ML pipelines or productionizing data science work
Benefits
This is a remote job. Work from anywhere! We’ve been thriving as a fully-remote team since 2014. To us, remote work means flexibility and having truly diverse, global teams.
Additionally:
• Collaboration with a forward-thinking team where new ideas come to life, experience is valued, and talent is incubated.
• Competitive salary
• Career growth opportunities
• Flexible paid time off
• Laptop reimbursement
• Ongoing training and development opportunities
About our recruitment process
We don’t expect a perfect fit for every requirement we’ve outlined. If you can see yourself contributing to the team, we want to hear your story. You can expect up to 3 interviews. In some scenarios, we’re able to streamline the process to have minimal rounds. Director-level roles and above should expect a more thorough process, with multiple rounds of interviews.
All roles require reference and background checks
Teramind is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, age, religion, color, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.
