Django developer job description

About the role
We are hiring a Mid-level Django Engineer to build and maintain production web applications used by customers and internal teams. You will work in a remote engineering team, contribute across backend features, APIs, data models, and tests, and collaborate with product, design, QA, and other engineers.

What you'll do
- Build Django and DRF features from clear requirements.
- Design models, migrations, serializers, permissions, and background jobs.
- Improve query performance using PostgreSQL, indexes, and ORM profiling.
- Write automated tests with pytest, pytest-django, or Django's test tools.
- Participate in code reviews and help keep the codebase understandable.
- Debug production issues with logs, metrics, and error tracking.

What you'll bring
- Solid Python and Django experience in production applications.
- Working knowledge of Django 5.x or 6.x, DRF, PostgreSQL, Celery or similar queues, and Redis.
- Comfort with Git, Docker-based development, CI, and environment-based settings.
- Good judgment around validation, permissions, migrations, and API compatibility.
- Clear written communication for remote collaboration.

Nice to have
- Experience with Django admin customization, OpenAPI schemas, ruff, uv, mypy, or pyright.
- Familiarity with AWS, GCP, Azure, or container deployment workflows.

About the role
We are hiring a Senior Django Engineer to own backend design and delivery for complex product areas. You will work on a mature Django application, guide technical decisions, improve reliability, and help other engineers ship safely. This role suits someone who can move between architecture, implementation, debugging, and mentoring.

What you'll do
- Lead design for Django and DRF APIs, data models, permissions, and background workflows.
- Plan safe schema changes, data migrations, and rollout strategies.
- Diagnose performance issues across Django, PostgreSQL, Redis, Celery, and external services.
- Review code for correctness, maintainability, security, and operational risk.
- Improve test strategy, observability, deployment confidence, and developer experience.
- Break down ambiguous product needs into deliverable technical plans.

What you'll bring
- Deep production experience with Python, Django, DRF, and PostgreSQL.
- Strong understanding of transactions, indexing, query plans, caching, async work, and API versioning.
- Experience operating Django services with CI/CD, containers, logs, metrics, and error tracking.
- Ability to explain trade-offs clearly and mentor mid-level engineers.
- Practical security judgment around authentication, authorization, secrets, and user data.

Nice to have
- Experience upgrading Django LTS versions or modernizing large monoliths.
- Familiarity with Channels, ASGI, OpenTelemetry, row-level security, or event-driven patterns.

About the role
We are hiring a Lead Django Engineer to set technical direction for a remote backend team and remain hands-on with important delivery work. You will shape architecture, raise engineering standards, coordinate cross-functional planning, and help engineers grow while keeping the Django platform reliable and adaptable.

What you'll do
- Define backend architecture for a Django-based product platform.
- Lead planning for major features, migrations, upgrades, and reliability work.
- Establish patterns for APIs, domain logic, testing, observability, and deployment safety.
- Review critical designs and code, especially around data integrity, security, and performance.
- Mentor engineers through design reviews, pairing, feedback, and technical writing.
- Partner with product and engineering leadership to sequence work and manage technical risk.

What you'll bring
- Extensive experience building and operating Django applications at production scale.
- Strong judgment across monolith design, service boundaries, PostgreSQL, queues, caching, and cloud deployment.
- Ability to turn ambiguous business needs into practical engineering plans.
- Proven experience leading technical initiatives without losing implementation detail.
- Clear communication habits suited to distributed teams.

Nice to have
- Experience with Django 5.2 LTS or 6.x upgrade programs.
- Familiarity with compliance-sensitive systems, audit logging, OpenTelemetry, platform engineering, or staff-level architecture work.