Role overview

Senior Backend Engineer (Python + Django)

Requirements and responsibilities

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What you'd work on in your first quarter:

  • New features for the APIs that power our consumer dashboard and customer reporting
  • Performance and reliability work in our Celery and RabbitMQ pipelines
  • Integrations with third-party services like payment providers and identity providers (Stripe, WorkOS SSO)
  • Code review, both giving and receiving, on a small backend team of other Senior Engineers

What we're looking for:

  • 6+ years building production web applications
  • 3+ years with Python and Django
  • Celery, RabbitMQ, and Redis in production (day-1 pipeline scope)
  • Working knowledge of CS fundamentals: data structures, concurrency, SQL, system design
  • Strong written communication; comfortable working async across time zones
  • Self-direction and follow-through
  • Fluency in English

Strong plus:

  • DRF and/or django-ninja
  • Postgres tuning and query analysis
  • Kubernetes and AWS
  • Stripe, WorkOS SSO, or other third-party API integrations
  • HTMX, React, or both
  • Background in consumer privacy or adjacent industries
  • Experience with AI coding assistants (Claude Code, etc.)
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FocusSenior Backend EngineerRole area
Seniority signalSeniorCandidate level
StackAWS, Kubernetes, PythonPrimary skills
Location25 accepted countriesEligibility

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