Remote Python Django Backend Engineer

Build scalable backend services remotely from South Africa using Python, Django, APIs, and database design. Apply senior engineering expertise to a global technology firm.

This Senior Software Engineer role focuses on backend applications, APIs, and maintainable code. You will design scalable architectures, work with relational databases and ORM technologies, and collaborate remotely with engineers, product managers, and designers. The position also involves technical decision-making and mentoring junior engineers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design reliable Python and Django backend services and APIs
• Architect scalable solutions for high traffic and data volumes
• Develop user-facing elements with server-side logic
• Write unit and integration tests for robust code
• Optimize applications and address performance bottlenecks and bugs

Requirements:

• Six-plus years of professional software development experience
• Proven backend application expertise using Django
• Deep knowledge of relational databases and ORM technologies
• Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs
• Degree or equivalent practical experience in a related field

Use Python, Django, scalable architecture, and API expertise to shape dependable backend platforms from anywhere in South Africa.