Backend Engineer

Holistiplan; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work environment

Unlimited PTO

Annual company onsite at a hotel and a

Job summary

Holistiplan is hiring a Backend Engineer for a fully remote contract role operating from LATAM. You will work across our Django stack to evolve systems and build new features, owning the results with autonomy while keeping performance, security, and code health in focus.

You should be curious, collaborative, and capable of balancing fast delivery with thoughtful design. The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership, clear communication, and a willingness to learn the application’s inner workings as

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional Python experience with production Django apps.
• 2+ years building RESTful APIs with Django REST Framework or similar.
• Strong Django fundamentals (ORM, migrations, transactions, performance).
• Strong SQL and data modeling skills.
• Ability to own features end-to-end and make thoughtful architectural decisions.
• Familiarity with AI coding tools and evaluating code quality.

Responsibilities

• Build backend features across Django codebase from planning to release.
• Design efficient database models and queries for scale.
• Develop secure, reliable systems protecting sensitive data.
• Collaborate with engineers on architecture and avoid over-engineering.
• Participate in code reviews and help resolve production issues.

Skills

Python

Django

REST APIs

PostgreSQL

Code ownership

Performance

Tools

AWS

Celery

Sentry

Job description

Backend Engineer

Posted 3 weeks ago

Location : This is a fully remote contract position in LATAM.

Who We Are

Holistiplan offers award winning tax planning software specializing in tax planning, insurance risk management, and soon to be estate! We're known for our industry leading tactical tax planning, reporting, and scenario analysis solutions serving over 10,000 firms and 60,000 users. Holistiplan has been voted the #1 tax planning software in the Kitces Report Studies and the #1 tax planning software for five consecutive years in the T3 / Inside Information Software Surveys. Learn more at www.holistiplan.com.

About The Role

We're looking to add an experienced backend engineer to our exceptional team to help support our goal of expanding access to, and improving the quality of, financial planning at all levels.

You'll work across our Django codebase — from evolving established systems to building new features and areas of the platform — with the autonomy to make technical decisions and the responsibility to own the results. We value simple, pragmatic solutions that solve today’s problems while keeping tomorrow’s needs in mind. You'll balance shipping quickly with performance, security, and long-term code health while working with the team to make thoughtful architectural decisions.

To thrive in this role, you should be innately curious — a critical thinker and natural problem solver. We’re looking for a humble team player, seeking to integrate and adapt to established standards, while bringing fresh new ideas and perspectives for discussion. Time management, attention to detail, and strong communication are essential to success in our organization. Most importantly, you should be a lifelong learner eager to understand not just the code, but the inner workings of the application itself.

What You’ll Do

• Build and own backend features from planning through implementation, review, release, and ongoing improvement across our existing Django codebase and new areas of the application.
• Design and optimize database queries and data models to keep the platform performant as we serve thousands of clients.
• Build secure, reliable systems that protect sensitive financial and personal data.
• Collaborate with other engineers to make thoughtful architectural decisions that support future needs without over-engineering today’s solutions.
• Think critically about requirements, identifying technical pitfalls, edge cases, or ambiguity before they become problems.
• Actively participate in code reviews, providing thoughtful and timely feedback to maintain code quality and keep the team moving quickly.
• Investigate production issues, narrow down root causes, and know when to bring in others to help resolve them.

Qualifications

Required

• 5+ years of professional Python experience, including 3+ years building production applications with Django.
• 2+ years building RESTful APIs with Django REST Framework, FastAPI, or similar frameworks.
• Strong Django fundamentals, including ORM, migrations, transactions, performance, debugging, and application architecture.
• Strong relational database fundamentals, including SQL, data modeling, indexing, and query performance.
• Strong ownership and engineering judgment, with the ability to identify pitfalls, clarify ambiguity, follow work through completion, and know when to ask for help.
• Experience working with complex business requirements in fast-paced, evolving environments across both legacy codebases and greenfield development.
• Experience using AI coding tools such as Claude Code or Cursor while maintaining full responsibility for understanding and validating the resulting code.
• Strong communication skills with both engineering peers and business stakeholders.

Nice to Have

• Experience with AWS, Celery, task queues, and production observability tools such as Sentry.
• Experience building SaaS or FinTech products.
• Familiarity with tax planning, Roth conversions and retirement planning, insurance, or estate planning.

Our Engineering Culture

• Remote-first with flexible schedules across time zones
• High trust, high communication — we share progress, questions, and blockers early, often, and openly
• Preference for pragmatic code prioritizing consistency and maintainability
• Code reviews as learning opportunities, not gatekeeping
• Practical over perfect — we ship working solutions that help real users and embrace iteration
• End-to-end ownership mindset — it’s not just about finishing tickets, it’s about creating a great user experience

Technical Environment

• Multi-page application based on
  • JavaScript
  • Vue.js
  • In house design system driven by:
    • native Javascript, HTML, and CSS
    • Bootstrap-Vue
  • Backend driven by:
    • Python
    • Django
    • RESTful APIs

What We Offer

• Fully remote work environment
• Competitive salary
• Unlimited PTO
• Autonomy balanced with collaborative support
• Opportunity to make a real impact in financial planning
• Fun, positive team that values both hard work and work-life balance
• All expenses paid annual company onsite at a hotel and resort