Senior Backend Engineer (Python/Django)
JobgetherRemotely
pythondjangomicroservicesapi designpytestdjango rest frameworkperformance profilingasynchronous programming
Job Description
📋 Description
- Build, maintain, and optimize mission-critical microservices using Python, Django, and Django REST
- Design scalable APIs for high-concurrency traffic and peak usage.
- Contribute to architecture with focus on operations, automation, resilience, and scalable practices.
- Maintain quality through unit testing with Pytest and automated quality checks.
- Identify and fix performance bottlenecks, N+1 queries, and asynchronous processing issues.
- Collaborate with Product, QA, and global teams to turn requirements into maintainable solutions.
🎯 Requirements
- 5+ years backend development experience, strong Django and DRF expertise.
- Advanced Python proficiency with solid backend architecture knowledge.
- Experience designing microservices and integrating complex third-party systems.
- Strong unit testing experience (Pytest or similar) and quality-first practices.
- Experience with asynchronous programming and optimizing high-load database queries.
- Excellent English for international collaboration; Spanish is a plus.
🎁 Benefits
- 100% remote-first working environment with flexible hours.
- Opportunity to impact a high-scale global connectivity platform.
- Influence over architecture, scalability, automation, and quality.
- International and diverse team with remote colleagues across locations.
- Collaborative culture focused on improvement, knowledge sharing, and strong engineering practices.
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