Senior Django Engineer - High-Load APIs, Mentorship, Growth

Globaldev Group; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20 days paid vacation

5 sick days

Flexible schedule

Professional growth opportunities

Job summary

Globaldev Group is seeking a Senior/Staff Django Engineer to take full ownership of our core Django services. You will design robust APIs, model data effectively, and ensure high performance at scale.

You will productionize research code, mentor a junior Python engineer, and collaborate with cross-functional teams under the Engineering Manager. Final title will be decided during the process.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of commercial software engineering with a primary focus on Python and production-grade services.
• Extensive production experience with Django and Django REST Framework (DRF), including shipping, scaling, and troubleshooting complex services.

Responsibilities

• Build & scale Django services: design, deploy, and maintain high-load Django/DRF apps on PostgreSQL.
• Optimize PostgreSQL & manage Auth: indexing, query tuning, and TimescaleDB/PostGIS usage.
• Implement enterprise authentication solutions: OAuth/OIDC and SSO integrations.
• Set up Wagtail CMS from scratch: define models, content workflows, and authoring interfaces.
• Productionize research & algorithms: wrap models into production microservices with contracts and observability.
• Guide architecture & mentor: lead code reviews and mentor junior Python engineers.

Skills

Python

Django

REST APIs

PostgreSQL

Performance tuning

Code reviews

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in CS

Tools

Django REST Framework

PostgreSQL

TimescaleDB

PostGIS

Wagtail CMS

Job description

Globaldev Group is seeking a Senior/Staff Django Engineer to take full ownership of our core Django services. You will design robust APIs, model data effectively, and ensure high performance at scale.

You will productionize research code, mentor a junior Python engineer, and collaborate with cross-functional teams under the Engineering Manager. Final title will be decided during the process.