Remote Backend Django Engineer – AI & Algorithmic Systems

We’re a remote, product-focused startup building AI- and algorithm-driven systems, and we’re looking for a strong Backend Django Engineer who loves clean data models, well-designed APIs, and clever algorithms.

You’ll own core backend features end-to-end: from modeling the data to implementing the logic and exposing it through fast, reliable services that ship to users quickly, working with a small distributed team across several countries.

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What You’ll Do

• Design and implementbackend servicesand APIs usingPython+ Django (and DRF or similar).

• Model and evolve our domain in the database withclean, well-structured schemas and relationships.

• Implementalgorithmic/AI logicin the backend (e.g., scoring, ranking, routing, decision rules).

• Writepragmatic, production-ready code that’s easy to reason about and iterate on.

• Optimize forcorrectness and performance: efficient queries, smart indexing, and lean responses.

• Work with the team to turn product ideas intoconcrete technical designs and endpoints.

• Help shape how we build things: patterns, conventions, and how we ship and iterate as we grow.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong experience building backend applications withPython + Django.

• Solid understanding ofrelational data modeling andSQL (we use PostgreSQL).

• Comfortable designing and buildingRESTful APIs (bonus if you’ve used DRF or similar frameworks).

• Experience working onnon-trivial business logic or algorithms (e.g., decision flows, scoring rules, optimization logic).

• Good instincts aroundperformance: understanding query behavior, avoiding obvious pitfalls, and using caching when it counts.

• Astartup mindset: comfortable with ambiguity, moving fast, and iterating based on real-world feedback.

• Ability to workindependently in a remote environment and communicate clearly.

Bonus Points For

• Experience instartups, side projects, or hackathons where you’ve had to ship scrappy solutions fast.

• Background inalgorithms, optimization, or data-heavy systems.

• Experience withGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP) in production.

• Familiarity withRedis (caching, queues) andPostgreSQL at some scale.

• Exposure tocontainers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) and/or serverless on GCP.

This role is acentral piece of our backend roadmap, and we’re aiming to fill it quickly once we meet the right person. If it resonates with you,go ahead and apply now.

Send us your resume to start the assessment process (and get a chance at the $100 bonus).