Senior Software Engineer (Django)
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Job Summary
Were looking for a highly accomplished Senior Software Engineer (Django Specialist) to act as the primary backend authority within a multi-disciplinary product squad at one of Europes fastest-growing legal-tech scale-ups. Our AI-enabled products are already in the hands of thousands of lawyers and in-house customers; now we need the deepest Django expertise to harden and extend the platforms core while we accelerate feature velocity and market expansion.
Operating within a cross-functional squad and collaborating closely with the Technical Lead you will take ownership of our most complex backend systems and architectural decisions. Your work will shape database design asynchronous processing pipelines performance engineering and security posture. Experience with Vue 3 or modern front-end tooling is a plus enabling you to contribute effectively to full-stack feature development.
For a senior engineer who excels at navigating intricate codebases designing clean and scalable abstractions and raising the technical bar through mentorship and example this role offers significant impact on a modern cloud-native platform undergoing rapid growth.
Your Challenge and Opportunity in This Role
This position offers the scope to operate with autonomy while working within a guided squad structure. As a squads developer you will translate complex product requirements into dependable scalable solutions; define service boundaries and migration strategies; contribute to technical design reviews; and ensure our Python ecosystem is resilient and production-ready.
Youll have meaningful ownership of mission-critical components direct influence on technical decision-making and the opportunity to help shape how the engineering organisation tackles its most challenging problems as we scale across markets and use cases.
Tasks
Technical Excellence
- Architect and deliver robust scalable solutions for the entire product suite taking full ownership of complex initiatives end-to-end together with your squad.
- Design and evolve sophisticated systems that meet performance security and maintainability goals.
- Remain a core hands-on contributor across the stack debugging the hardest issues and setting the quality bar through example.
Cross-functional Collaboration
- Work closely with product design and AI engineering partners to translate ideas into reliable user-facing functionality.
- Partner with the Technical Lead to refine the project scope and implementation plan and align architectural decisions with business objectives.
- Communicate complex software concepts and trade-offs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders fostering informed data-driven decisions.
Requirements
Technical Expertise
- Production-grade Python & Django mastery with clean modular architecture patterns.
- Modern frontend know-how in Vue 3 (preferred) or React for seamless end-to-end delivery.
- Rigorous quality mindset: pytest unit suites Cypress integration/e2e and contract tests baked into CI.
- Data-layer depth: PostgreSQL optimiser/tuning Redis caching event/queue pipelines with RabbitMQ or Kafka.
- API craftsmanship: idiomatic REST and GraphQL design versioning strategies thorough documentation.
Soft Skills
- Autonomously operate within the team driving discussion with the rest of the squad.
- Mentors peers through design reviews pair programming and knowledge sharing uplifting overall engineering quality.
- Communicates complex software trade-offs clearly to engineers PMs and other non-technical stakeholders.
Must have:
- You must be located in the CET -2/2 zone for this role!
- Be open to be working as Full Stack developer by delivering end to end solutions
- You must have at least 4 years of experience with Django
- You must have at least 6 years of professional experience as a Software Developer
Benefits
Foundational Impact Help to deliver our Engineering strategy
Technical Ownership Full ownership of our the features from end to end
Growth Environment Work at the cutting edge of generative AI and LLMs
Leadership Visibility Flat hierarchy with direct access to the Head of Engineering or CTO
Fully Remote Enjoy the flexibility of working from anywhere
Top Equipment State-of-the-art MacBook plus all the accessories you need
Wellbeing Perks Urban Sports Club membership to support your healthy lifestyle
If youre passionate about pushing the boundaries of whats possible with SaaS softwares with AI and want to lead the technical development of one of our multi disciplinary teams while maintaining hands-on involvement wed love to hear from you!
Key Skills
- Spring
- .NET
- C/C++
- Go
- React
- OOP
- C#
- AWS
- Data Structures
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
About Company
Wir denke die Rechtsbranche neu - als eines der schnellstwachsenden Legal Tech Startups in Deutschland haben wir die erste KI-Software entwickelt, die selbstständig Rechtsthematiken erkennt und so die Anwaltsarbeit automatisiert. So helfen wir Anwaltskanzleien dabei, mehr Mandanten zu ... View more
