Backend Django Engineer - APIs, Cloud & Scalability

Hitachi; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Vantara is seeking a Backend web developer to join our tools development team. The role focuses on building and maintaining middleware logic and APIs to enable a responsive, coherent user experience, working closely with frontend developers to implement designs.

The ideal candidate will grow into a full-stack developer, with strong Python, Django, and DRF skills, plus experience with databases and cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop robust, scalable, and secure web applications using Python and Django frameworks.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other developers to translate requirements into technical specifications.
• Write clean, efficient code following best practices and standards.
• Develop and maintain database schemas, queries, and APIs to support the application functionality.
• Troubleshoot and debug application issues and optimize performance.
• Stay updated with industry trends and best practices in web development.
• Collaborate with the DevOps team to deploy and maintain applications on cloud platforms.

Skills

Python

Django

DRF

API Development

SQL

Django ORM

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

React basics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Django ORM

SQLAlchemy

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Hitachi Vantara is seeking a Backend web developer to join our tools development team. The role focuses on building and maintaining middleware logic and APIs to enable a responsive, coherent user experience, working closely with frontend developers to implement designs.

The ideal candidate will grow into a full-stack developer, with strong Python, Django, and DRF skills, plus experience with databases and cloud platforms.