Tech Stack
Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements
About TalTap
TalTap is a fast-growing on-demand workforce platform that connects businesses with short-term workers, making hiring simple, efficient, and flexible. The platform helps companies quickly fill shifts with verified and reliable workers, manage scheduling, track timesheets, and respond to changing workforce needs in real time.
TalTap has already established operations in Latvia and Poland and is now expanding across Central and Eastern Europe. As the company continues to scale, we are looking for a Senior Python Engineer to help build and evolve the core backend platform behind TalTap’s marketplace, mobile applications, and internal business tools.
About the Position
We are looking for an experienced Senior Python Engineer to join TalTap’s engineering team and take ownership of backend development, API architecture, and cloud-based solutions.
In this role, you will architect, build, and maintain scalable backend services using Python, Flask, FastAPI, and REST APIs. You will work on the core TalTap platform, internal back-office tools, and APIs powering mobile and web applications.
This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys autonomy, startup pace, clean engineering practices, and wants to have a real impact on a growing product. In the future, this role may also evolve into a Principal Engineer or Engineering Manager position as the team scales.
Responsibilities
- Architect, build, and maintain backend services for TalTap’s platform using Python, Flask, and FastAPI
- Design and implement scalable REST APIs for mobile and web applications
- Develop and enhance internal back-office tools to support business operations
- Work with Firebase and Google Cloud Platform / GCP to support cloud-based backend solutions
- Build and maintain cloud functions and scalable backend architecture
- Optimize backend services for performance, reliability, security, and maintainability
- Collaborate with product, operations, and business teams to clarify requirements and deliver robust features
- Drive technical decision-making and contribute to the overall platform architecture
- Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code
- Take ownership of backend delivery in a fast-moving startup environment
- In the future, potentially lead and mentor engineers as the engineering team grows
Requirements
Must-Have
- 4+ years of professional experience with Python
- Strong backend development experience with Flask and/or FastAPI
- Solid experience designing and developing REST APIs
- Experience building scalable backend systems for web or mobile applications
- Understanding of cloud functions and scalable backend architecture
- Ability to write clean, maintainable, and efficient code
- Strong ownership mindset and ability to work independently
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving startup environment
- Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to technical challenges
- Readiness to work in a hybrid setup in Riga, with 2–3 office visits per week
- Citizenship of an EU / Schengen country
Nice to Have
- Hands-on experience with Firebase
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform / GCP
- Experience building internal tools or back-office systems
- Previous experience in marketplace, staffing, HRTech, logistics, workforce management, or similar platforms
- Experience contributing to technical architecture and product-level decisions
- Previous startup or scale-up experience
- Leadership potential or interest in growing into a Principal Engineer / Engineering Manager role
We Offer
- Opportunity to join a fast-growing startup expanding across CEE
- High level of autonomy and ownership
- Real impact on the core platform and technical architecture
- Growth potential into Principal Engineer or Engineering Manager
- Stock options and opportunity to grow with the company
- Relocation support to Riga
- Hybrid working model
Location & Work Model
- Location focus: Riga, Latvia
- Work model: Hybrid, with 2–3 days per week in the office
- Relocation: relocation package to Riga of around $4,000–5,000 USD
About the Company
TalTap is a fast-growing on-demand workforce platform that connects businesses with short-term workers, making hiring simple, efficient, and flexible. The platform helps companies quickly fill shifts with verified and reliable workers, manage scheduling, track timesheets, and respond to changing workforce needs in real time.
TalTap has already established operations in Latvia and Poland and is now expanding across Central and Eastern Europe.