Senior Backend Engineer – Scalable Python/Django APIs

Datasite; Polska; Hybrid; PLN 210,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

MacBook Pro provided

Nilo.health partnership

Team events

Job summary

Sherpany by Datasite is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable Python Django services. You will work across product, frontend, and platform teams to deliver robust APIs with strong security and reliability.

You’ll lead architectural improvements, collaborate on DevOps pipelines using Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitHub Actions, and mentor peers to raise the team’s engineering standards and velocity.

Qualifications

• Expert Python with Django and Django REST Framework.
• Strong SQL and PostgreSQL with performance tuning.
• Experience with Celery and message brokers such as RabbitMQ.
• Caching strategies with Redis and cache-aside patterns.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and operate reliable, scalable APIs and services in Python with Django and DRF.
• Lead architectural changes for data modeling, service boundaries, and migrations.
• Collaborate with DevOps on Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Write unit and integration tests to ensure high quality and reliability.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to knowledge sharing through talks and docs.

Skills

Python

Django

REST API

PostgreSQL

Celery

Redis

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Observability

Profiling

Teamwork

Tools

RabbitMQ

Redis

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Job description

Sherpany by Datasite is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable Python Django services. You will work across product, frontend, and platform teams to deliver robust APIs with strong security and reliability.

You’ll lead architectural improvements, collaborate on DevOps pipelines using Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitHub Actions, and mentor peers to raise the team’s engineering standards and velocity.