Accountabilities

• Build, maintain, and optimize mission-critical microservices using Python, Django, and Django REST Framework (DRF).
• Design and develop scalable APIs capable of supporting high-concurrency traffic and significant usage peaks.
• Contribute to software architecture, with a particular focus on operations, automation, resilience, and scalable engineering practices.
• Establish and maintain strong quality frameworks through comprehensive unit testing with Pytest and automated quality checks.
• Identify and resolve technical debt, performance bottlenecks, inefficient database queries, N+1 problems, and asynchronous processing issues.
• Design and implement microservices that integrate effectively with complex third-party systems and services.
• Improve application performance and reliability through profiling, optimization, and appropriate asynchronous programming techniques.
• Work closely with Product, QA, and other engineering stakeholders across international teams to translate business requirements into maintainable technical solutions.
• Champion software engineering best practices across the development lifecycle, including design patterns, technical documentation, code reviews, and maintainability.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and automation initiatives, helping create efficient and scalable development and operational processes.
• Act as a technical reference for backend engineering and contribute strategic thinking while remaining hands-on with implementation.
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Requirements

• 5+ years of professional backend development experience, with strong expertise in Django and Django REST Framework.
• Advanced proficiency in Python, with a solid understanding of backend architecture and production software development.
• Proven experience designing and building microservices architectures and integrating complex third-party applications or ecosystems.
• Strong experience with unit testing and quality-first development practices, including Pytest or comparable testing frameworks.
• Practical experience with asynchronous programming and optimizing high-load database queries.
• Demonstrated ability to identify performance issues and improve application efficiency, scalability, and reliability.
• Strong understanding of API design, software architecture, design patterns, and maintainable code practices.
• Experience working with code reviews, technical documentation, automated quality checks, and modern software development processes.
• Excellent professional English skills (C1 minimum) for effective communication in an international, distributed environment.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the confidence to express technical ideas clearly and contribute constructively to team decisions.
• Strategic mindset combined with a hands-on approach and a willingness to take ownership of technical challenges.
• Spanish fluency or professional working proficiency is a plus.
• Experience with Silk or other application performance profiling tools is an advantage.