Senior Python Backend Engineer (Django/DRF) — Remote

Binagora; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Flexible time off

Learning & development

Referral program

Binagora Week celebrations

Job summary

Binagora is seeking a Senior Python Developer to drive backend engineering and a migration to Django/DRF with a React frontend. You will shape scalable APIs while collaborating across teams to ensure data integrity and minimal downtime.

The role emphasizes backend/API design, distributed systems, and modern DevOps practices in a fully remote setting with diverse, international clients.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional development experience (language-agnostic).
• 3+ years of backend development with Python, Django, DRF.
• Experience with system design patterns and distributed/microservices architectures.
• Knowledge of message brokers (RabbitMQ, Kafka) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong SQL, PostgreSQL/MySQL and ORM usage.
• Experience with modern DevOps/CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead migration from legacy Java Spring Boot to Django-based backend and React frontend.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable RESTful APIs in Python (Django/DRF).
• Collaborate across teams to migrate logic, ensure data integrity, and minimize downtime during migration.
• Write clean, well-tested backend (Python) and frontend (React) code.
• Participate in architecture discussions and code reviews to optimize performance.

Skills

Python

Django/DRF

Distributed systems

Microservices

API design

CI/CD

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

RabbitMQ

Kafka

Job description

Binagora is seeking a Senior Python Developer to drive backend engineering and a migration to Django/DRF with a React frontend. You will shape scalable APIs while collaborating across teams to ensure data integrity and minimal downtime.

The role emphasizes backend/API design, distributed systems, and modern DevOps practices in a fully remote setting with diverse, international clients.