Senior Django & API Engineer | Production-Grade Python

Globaldev Group; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20 days paid vacation

Flexible schedule

Impactful product decisions

Professional growth

Job summary

Globaldev Group is seeking a senior/staff Python/Django engineer to own our core Django service, bridging models and internal teams. You will design APIs, model data, define contracts, and keep performance high at scale. You will productionize research, mentor a junior engineer, and collaborate across the Algo Development team.

We welcome Senior and Staff levels with title aligned during process. The role involves working with Django, DRF, PostgreSQL, and enterprise authentication solutions,

Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• 7+ years of commercial software engineering experience with a focus on Python and production-grade services.
• Extensive production experience with Django and Django REST Framework (DRF), including shipping, scaling, and troubleshooting high-traffic services.

Responsibilities

• Build & scale Django services: design, deploy, and maintain high-load Django/DRF apps on PostgreSQL with robust API design and data modeling.
• Optimize PostgreSQL and manage Auth: index tuning, performance, TimescaleDB, PostGIS; implement OAuth/OIDC and federated SSO.
• Set up Wagtail CMS from scratch: architect partner and operator CMS with page models and media workflows.
• Productionize research & algorithms: wrap research models into production microservices with data contracts and observability.
• Guide architecture & mentor: lead code reviews and mentor a junior Python engineer.

Skills

Python

Django

DRF

Performance tuning

Mentoring

Education

Bachelors/Masters in CS/SE

Tools

PostgreSQL

TimescaleDB

PostGIS

OAuth/OIDC

SSO

Job description

Globaldev Group is seeking a senior/staff Python/Django engineer to own our core Django service, bridging models and internal teams. You will design APIs, model data, define contracts, and keep performance high at scale. You will productionize research, mentor a junior engineer, and collaborate across the Algo Development team.

We welcome Senior and Staff levels with title aligned during process. The role involves working with Django, DRF, PostgreSQL, and enterprise authentication solutions,