Senior Backend Engineer - Python/Django, GraphQL

Kraken; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Kraken powers innovative energy technology and seeks a skilled backend engineer to own domain modeling challenges and build robust Python services using Django, GraphQL, and PostgreSQL. You will write tests and debugging tools to ensure reliability in a large, complex codebase.

You will mentor junior engineers, help with onboarding, and participate in hiring debriefs to grow the team. Strong collaboration and observability are essential for delivering high-quality software at scale.

Qualifications

• Solve complex domain modeling challenges in energy sector.
• Write robust, fault-tolerant software in Python, Django, GraphQL, Celery, and PostgreSQL.
• Write clean code with unit, integration, and functional tests covering happy path, boundary, and exceptional scenarios.
• Use structured methods to debug production issues and learn from failures.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver medium-sized engineering problems across domains with observability gaps addressed.
• Mentor junior engineers and assist with onboarding new team members.
• Participate in hiring debriefs to grow the engineering team.
• Explain technical work across domains and promote best engineering practices.

Skills

Python

Django

GraphQL

Testing (unit/integration)

Debugging production issues

Tools

Graphene

PostgreSQL

CircleCI

AWS

Terraform

Sentry

Datadog

Job description

Kraken powers innovative energy technology and seeks a skilled backend engineer to own domain modeling challenges and build robust Python services using Django, GraphQL, and PostgreSQL. You will write tests and debugging tools to ensure reliability in a large, complex codebase.

You will mentor junior engineers, help with onboarding, and participate in hiring debriefs to grow the team. Strong collaboration and observability are essential for delivering high-quality software at scale.