Senior Odoo Developer (Migration & Long-Term Maintenance)

Experience

: 4.00 + years

Salary

: Confidential (based on experience)

Expected Notice Period

: 15 Days

Shift

: (GMT+05:30) Asia/Kolkata (IST)

Opportunity Type

: Remote

Placement Type

: Full Time Contract for 6 Months(40 hrs a week/160 hrs a month)

(*Note: This is a requirement for one of Uplers' client - Financial Advisory Company)What do you need for this opportunity?Must have skills required:Analytics, Finance, GDPR, Odoo.sh, PowerBI, ORM, QWeb, Docker, JavaScript, PostgreSQL, Python, XMLFinancial Advisory Company is Looking for:

About The Role

We are looking for a Senior Odoo Developer to lead a full migration from Odoo 10 → latest Odoo Community (v19) and continue long-term development and maintenance. We are a financial & insurance brokerage using Odoo Enterprise 10 since 2017, with:

• ~70 custom modules
• Full system documentation (ERD, workflows, permissions)
• GitLab CI/CD pipeline
• Dedicated sysadmin
• New clean Odoo environment ready on Hetzner Cloud
  

Your Responsibilities

Phase 1: Migration Planning (Week 1)

• Review documentation and codebase
• Explore production clone via SSH
• Prepare high-level migration plan
• Identify obsolete / mergeable modules
• Provide time & effort estimates
  

Phase 2: Full Migration (6 Months, Full-Time)

• Complete migration from Odoo 10 → Odoo Community
• Rebuild/refactor custom modules
• Improve performance & code quality
• Collaborate with sysadmin on CI/CD
• Deploy changes across dev → staging → prod
  

Database Migration (Critical):

• Analyse Odoo 10 DB structure
• Write custom migration scripts
• Handle data cleaning & mapping
• Run iterative staging tests
• Deliver a fully functional migrated DB
  

Required Skills

• 4+ years Odoo development
• Proven Odoo migration experience (especially v10 → newer)
• Python, ORM, QWeb, XML, PostgreSQL
• OpenUpgrade or manual migration experience
• CI/CD, GitLab, Linux
• Ability to redesign and standardize modules
• Strong written English and async communication
  

Architectural & System Skills

• Ability to take over large legacy systems and bring structure
• Capability to redesign modules for clean architecture, testability, and maintainability
• Systematic thinking around refactoring, consolidation, and optimization
• Strong sense of ownership and independence
  

Communication

• Good written English (Slack, GitLab, Notion)
• All communication is async/text-based
• Excellent spoken English not required
  

Tools You Must Be Proficient With

AI Development Tools

(Required — not optional)

• AI coding assistants: Windsurf, Cursor, Copilot, Codeium, CodeWiki, etc.
• AI documentation/analysis tools: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Grok
• Ability to use AI efficiently for:
• module development
• code refactoring
• migration scripts
• database mapping
• issue debugging
• technical documentation
  

Other Tools

• GitLab
• Notion
• Linux environment
  

Nice to Have

• Experience in insurance or financial workflows
• Familiarity with GDPR and EU regulations
• Experience working with small, high-accountability teams
  

Work Environment & Culture

• Small, stable team (10–15 employees)
• Fast decision-making, no bureaucracy
• Structured GitLab flow (dev → staging → prod)
• Long-term cooperation (years)
• Occasional off-hours work required for production deployment downtime-minimization
  

How To Apply

Send:CV / LinkedIn / portfolioDetails of 2 Odoo migrations you handledYour migration approachEstimated timelineAvailability & timezoneShortlisted candidates will get SSH access to a cloned environment for preparing an outline migration plan.

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• Step 2: Complete the Screening Form & Upload updated Resume
• Step 3: Increase your chances to get shortlisted & meet the client for the Interview!
  

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