Senior Full-stack Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and RESTful/GraphQL APIs using Django and the Django REST Framework.
• Develop and maintain performant, responsive user interfaces using React, consuming and integrating backend APIs.
• Architect and optimize PostgreSQL database schemas, queries, and migrations using Django ORM.
• Implement and manage caching layers (Redis) and asynchronous task processing (Celery) to improve system performance and reliability.
• Deploy, monitor, and scale applications on AWS, leveraging services such as EC2, VPC, IAM, RDS, ElastiCache, S3, and WAF.
• Containerize applications using Docker, including writing and optimizing Dockerfiles and managing multi-container environments with Docker Compose.
• Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate testing, building, and deployment.
• Use version control (Git) effectively within a collaborative, branch-based workflow (e.g., GitFlow, trunk-based development).
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code) to accelerate feature development, refactoring, debugging, and documentation, while maintaining strong code review discipline.
• Write clean, well-tested, maintainable code and contribute to establishing engineering best practices across the team.
• Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, and technical planning sessions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues across the full stack, from UI to infrastructure.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Mentor junior and mid-level developers as needed.
  

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience.
• Demonstrated versatility across both frontend and backend development, with a strong bias toward backend ownership.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Comfortable working in an agile environment with shifting priorities.
• A pragmatic, ownership-driven mindset — someone who takes projects from concept to production.
• Curiosity and adaptability, especially around adopting new tools and workflows (including AI-assisted development).
• Solid understanding of the Python programming language and its broader ecosystem (packaging, virtual environments, common libraries).
• Strong experience with Django and/or Django REST Framework for building scalable web applications and APIs.
• Experience with relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL, and solid grasp of ORM concepts (query optimization, migrations, indexing, relationships).
• Familiarity with version control systems (Git) and CI/CD practices (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar).
• Working knowledge of caching mechanisms (Redis) and message queues/task queues (Celery) for handling asynchronous and background processing.
• Practical experience with cloud platforms, specifically AWS, and media/asset management tools like Cloudinary.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with GraphQL.
• Exposure to microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Experience with monitoring/observability tools (CloudWatch, Sentry, Datadog, etc.).
• Prior experience in a startup or fast-scaling product environment.
• Contributions to open-source projects or a strong GitHub portfolio.
  

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Ongoing training and learning opportunities.
• Opportunity to work on high-impact products with a modern, AI-augmented engineering workflow.
• Collaborative, growth-oriented team culture.
• Flexible work arrangements.