Backend Django Engineer

A remote startup is seeking a Backend Django Engineer to develop core backend features, APIs, and algorithms for AI-driven systems, working with a small distributed team.

Location: Remote

Responsibilities

• Design and implement backend services and APIs using Python + Django (and DRF or similar).
• Model and evolve the domain in the database with clean, well-structured schemas and relationships.
• Implement algorithmic/AI logic in the backend (e.g., scoring, ranking, routing, decision rules).
• Write pragmatic, production-ready code that’s easy to reason about and iterate on.
• Optimize for correctness and performance: efficient queries, smart indexing, and lean responses.
• Work with the team to turn product ideas into concrete technical designs and endpoints.
• Help shape how we build things: patterns, conventions, and how we ship and iterate as we grow.

Requirements

• Strong experience building backend applications with Python + Django.
• Solid understanding of relational data modeling and SQL (PostgreSQL).
• Comfortable designing and building RESTful APIs (bonus if you’ve used DRF or similar frameworks).
• Experience working on non-trivial business logic or algorithms (e.g., decision flows, scoring rules, optimization logic).
• Good instincts around performance: understanding query behavior, avoiding obvious pitfalls, and using caching when it counts.
• A startup mindset: comfortable with ambiguity, moving fast, and iterating based on real-world feedback.
• Ability to work independently in a remote environment and communicate clearly.