Lead Backend Engineer – Python (Aarhus HQ, Onsite)
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Lead Backend Engineer – Python (Aarhus HQ, Onsite)
🚀 Lead Backend Engineer – Python (Aarhus HQ, Onsite)
Location: Aarhus, Denmark (Onsite, HQ)
Employment: Full-time
Salary: Competitive + stock options available
About WasteHero
At WasteHero, we’re on a mission to revolutionize municipal waste management with cutting-edge, cloud-native software. Our SaaS platform helps cities and private operators optimize routes, automate billing, ensure compliance, and build greener communities.
We already work with municipalities and waste companies across Europe and the Middle East -and we’re just getting started.
Backed by institutional investors and public funding, we’re a mission-driven scaleup with strong product-market fit. Our HQ in Aarhus is where product and engineering sit at the heart of the business.
Why This Role is Different
This is not just another backend role — this is a mission-critical leadership hire at a turning point for WasteHero.
Our product is undergoing a core redesign to make onboarding, integrations, and migrations faster and simpler. This is your chance to take the technical lead on a high-impact transformation, working closely with our CEO, product leads, and engineers in Aarhus to solve complex problems in hours, not days.
The Role
As Lead Backend Engineer, you will:
Our Tech Stack
You Bring
Why Join Us Now?
đź“Ť Must be able to work onsite from our Aarhus HQ. Relocation support can be discussed.
📬 Apply directly on Thehub: https://thehub.io/jobs/689827360bda567267a37678?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=xmlfeed
For more information or questions please contact us at: hmansour@wastehero.io or phone number 60515534
Location: Aarhus, Denmark (Onsite, HQ)
Employment: Full-time
Salary: Competitive + stock options available
About WasteHero
At WasteHero, we’re on a mission to revolutionize municipal waste management with cutting-edge, cloud-native software. Our SaaS platform helps cities and private operators optimize routes, automate billing, ensure compliance, and build greener communities.
We already work with municipalities and waste companies across Europe and the Middle East -and we’re just getting started.
Backed by institutional investors and public funding, we’re a mission-driven scaleup with strong product-market fit. Our HQ in Aarhus is where product and engineering sit at the heart of the business.
Why This Role is Different
This is not just another backend role — this is a mission-critical leadership hire at a turning point for WasteHero.
Our product is undergoing a core redesign to make onboarding, integrations, and migrations faster and simpler. This is your chance to take the technical lead on a high-impact transformation, working closely with our CEO, product leads, and engineers in Aarhus to solve complex problems in hours, not days.
The Role
As Lead Backend Engineer, you will:
- Own the architecture and development of our Python/Django + FastAPI services
- Lead by example, mentoring developers and enforcing best practices in code quality, security, and maintainability
- Redesign critical systems to make customer onboarding <2 months (currently 6+)
- Collaborate closely with product, DevOps, and frontend teams to ship improvements fast
- Drive architectural decisions for performance, scalability, and fault-tolerance
Our Tech Stack
- Backend: Python 3, Django, FastAPI
- Data: PostgreSQL, Redis, Celery
- APIs: GraphQL (Graphene), REST
- Infra: Docker, gunicorn, Bitbucket Pipelines (CI/CD)
- Hosting: Hetzner (Germany & Finland) – private networking & load balancing
You Bring
- 5+ years backend development experience (Python/Django preferred)
- Proven track record of building and scaling production systems
- Strong experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL or similar)
- Confidence in Docker, CI/CD, and modern dev pipelines
- Leadership skills — mentoring, architectural calls, guiding teams
- Pragmatic mindset focused on security, performance, and clean design
- Bonus: FastAPI, GraphQL, SaaS platforms, public sector software experience
Why Join Us Now?
- High-impact leadership role – your work directly shapes WasteHero’s product evolution
- Onsite collaboration – work daily with decision-makers for rapid iteration
- Ownership – real autonomy, not just tickets in a backlog
- Equity potential – grow with us as we scale internationally
- Purpose-driven mission – use your skills to drive real-world environmental change
đź“Ť Must be able to work onsite from our Aarhus HQ. Relocation support can be discussed.
📬 Apply directly on Thehub: https://thehub.io/jobs/689827360bda567267a37678?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=xmlfeed
For more information or questions please contact us at: hmansour@wastehero.io or phone number 60515534