Senior Backend Engineer: Django, Redis & Google Cloud

Strategic Advisory Group; Downey (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 192,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Advisory Group is seeking a Senior Backend Developer to turn ideas about Google Cloud into customer-ready solutions in Downey, CA. The role offers a salary range of $140,000–$192,000 and growth opportunities beyond the stated range.

You'll work on Django-based pipelines, Redis-driven outages, and Selenium-based testing while aligning with Scrum practices. Strong cloud and backend expertise are essential to deliver scalable, secure systems in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Ownership mindset to handle high-stakes projects
• Ability to learn new technology systems quickly and apply them
• On-site work in Downey, CA or willingness to relocate
• Hands-on command of Nginx, with Google Cloud as a close second

Responsibilities

• Translate Redis outage fixes into durable improvements for the next Downey launch
• Integrate Scrum events into Django pipelines for technology reports
• Promote testing, security, and observability best practices
• Prototype Redis ideas quickly and select those to adopt in the stack
• Ship Scrum experiments fast, evaluate outcomes, and double down on successes
• Optimize app performance, latency, and resource usage at scale
• Strengthen auth to pass the CA audit
• Apply Django and Selenium to solve engineering challenges

Skills

Ownership mindset

Quick learning

On-site Downey, CA

Nginx

Tools

Google Cloud

Redis

Django

Job description

Strategic Advisory Group is seeking a Senior Backend Developer to turn ideas about Google Cloud into customer-ready solutions in Downey, CA. The role offers a salary range of $140,000–$192,000 and growth opportunities beyond the stated range.

You'll work on Django-based pipelines, Redis-driven outages, and Selenium-based testing while aligning with Scrum practices. Strong cloud and backend expertise are essential to deliver scalable, secure systems in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.