Remote Backend Django Engineer – AI & Algorithmic Systems

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Design and implement backend services and APIs using Python and Django (DRF or similar)
• ▹Model and evolve the domain in the database with clean schemas
• ▹Implement algorithmic/AI logic in the backend (e.g. scoring, ranking, routing, decision rules)
• ▹Write pragmatic, production-ready code
• ▹Optimize for correctness and performance: efficient queries, smart indexing, lean responses
• ▹Turn product ideas into concrete technical designs and endpoints
• ▹Help shape patterns, conventions and the shipping process

Requirements

• ▹Strong experience building backend applications with Python and Django
• ▹Solid understanding of relational data modeling and SQL (PostgreSQL)
• ▹Experience designing and building RESTful APIs
• ▹Experience with non-trivial business logic or algorithms (decision flows, scoring rules, optimization)
• ▹Good instincts around performance: query behavior, caching where it counts
• ▹Startup mindset: comfortable with ambiguity and fast iteration
• ▹Ability to work independently in a remote environment and communicate clearly

Nice to have

• ▹Experience in startups, side projects or hackathons
• ▹Background in algorithms, optimization or data-heavy systems
• ▹Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) in production
• ▹Familiarity with Redis (caching, queues) and PostgreSQL at scale
• ▹Exposure to containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) and/or serverless on GCP

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Remote work in a small distributed team across several countries

About the company

A remote, product-focused startup building AI- and algorithm-driven systems.