Senior Backend Engineer (Python/Django) — Remote Lead

Search Atlas; Remote; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A rapidly growing SEO software company is seeking a Lead Backend Engineer to guide the technical direction of its product teams. You will lead backend development, mentor other engineers, and ensure scalable applications using Python and Django. Ideal candidates have 6+ years of experience and a strong background in PostgreSQL, Celery, and engineering best practices. This fully remote position offers a competitive salary of $7,250-$10,400 USD per month along with paid time off and a commitment to a collaborative work environment.

Benefits

15 Days Paid Time Off

Flexible work environment

Participation in charity initiatives

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience with Python 3 and Django REST Framework.
• Prior experience mentoring engineers or acting as a tech lead on a product team.
• Proven experience designing, building, and maintaining production-grade REST APIs.
• Strong experience with PostgreSQL in production environments.
• Experience with Celery or equivalent task queue systems.
• Strong testing discipline (pytest, coverage, Flake8, Black, Isort).
• Familiarity with Docker Compose and modern CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent communication skills with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead backend development for the product team.
• Translate product objectives into actionable technical plans.
• Build and maintain scalable Django REST applications.
• Oversee fault-tolerant background task processing with Celery.
• Contribute to architecture design for scalability and performance.
• Mentor and lead engineers through code reviews.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable features.
• Implement strong engineering practices and monitor systems.

Skills

Python 3

Django REST Framework

Mentoring skills

PostgreSQL

Celery

Testing discipline

Docker Compose

Communication skills

Tools

Sentry

Datadog

Grafana

Job description

A rapidly growing SEO software company is seeking a Lead Backend Engineer to guide the technical direction of its product teams. You will lead backend development, mentor other engineers, and ensure scalable applications using Python and Django. Ideal candidates have 6+ years of experience and a strong background in PostgreSQL, Celery, and engineering best practices. This fully remote position offers a competitive salary of $7,250-$10,400 USD per month along with paid time off and a commitment to a collaborative work environment.