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Backend Developer (Python)

Independent News & Media PLC

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ICT

Computer Science and Information Technology

Addis Ababa

1 Position

2025-12-19

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2026-01-20

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computer science

Fields of study

Computer science

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Job Description

Primary Stack: Python (FastAPI), NLP, Search & Data Processing

Contract Type: Contract-based

Work Arrangement: On Site 

Salary: Negotiable

Role Summary

We are looking for a Python Backend Developer to build and optimize search, NLP, and data-processing services. The role focuses on developing Python services that handle NLP tasks and integrate seamlessly with a PHP-based core backend.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Develop backend services using Python (FastAPI)

  • Build and improve search functionality, including full-text and relevance-based search

  • Implement NLP pipelines for:

  • Automatic content generation

  • Text classification and tagging

  • Text summarisation

  • Topic extraction and comparison across multiple data sources

  • Design data ingestion, processing, and enrichment workflows

  • Implement asynchronous job processing using message queues

  • Develop synchronous REST APIs for low-latency operations

  • Work with large volumes of structured and unstructured text data

  • Store and update processed results in PostgreSQL

  • Improve performance, accuracy, and reliability of backend servic

Job Requirements

Required Technical Skills

  • Strong experience with Python

  • Experience building APIs using FastAPI

  • Solid understanding of Elasticsearch

  • Experience with background workers and queue-based processing

  • Practical experience with NLP tasks such as classification, summarisation, or content generation

  • Experience working with PostgreSQL

  • Comfortable working in containerised (Docker) environments

Preferred Experience

  • Experience with NLP libraries such as spaCy, NLTK, transformers (Hugging Face)

  • Experience with RabbitMQ or similar messaging systems

  • Experience building search-heavy or data-intensive platforms

  • Ability to work independentl

How To Apply

Interested applicants meeting the criteria can apply through the Fortune Career Website THIS LINK you may contact the HR department at For further information contact Tel: +251114163020

Location Tegene Bldg, 7th Floor (Beqlo Bet area Sierra Leone St. next to former Global Hotel. 

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Fields Of Study

Computer science

Skills Required

computer science

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