Lead Backend Engineer (Python/Django)

6+ years of experience with Python 3 and Django REST Framework Prior experience mentoring engineers or acting as a tech lead on a product team Proven experience designing, building, and maintaining production-grade REST APIs Strong experience with PostgreSQL in production environments Experience with Celery or equivalent task queue systems Strong testing discipline (pytest, coverage, Flake8, Black, Isort) Familiarity with Docker Compose and modern CI/CD pipelines Experience working with Sentry, Datadog, and Grafana for monitoring and observability Excellent communication skills, especially when working with cross-functional teams

Lead backend development for the product team, ensuring alignment with company-wide engineering standards. Translate product objectives into actionable technical plans and milestones. Build and maintain scalable Django REST applications and well-documented APIs. Oversee efficient, fault-tolerant background task processing with Celery. Contribute to architecture design to improve scalability, maintainability, and performance. Mentor and lead engineers through code reviews and promote a collaborative, high-performing culture. Partner with Product, QA, DevOps, and Frontend teams to deliver reliable end-to-end features. Implement strong engineering practices including TDD, linting, and test coverage enforcement. Monitor and optimize systems using Sentry, Datadog, and Grafana for observability and stability. Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across applications, databases, and task queues.