Senior Backend Engineer (Python + Django)

Description

Summary: This Senior Backend Engineer role involves close collaboration with founders on product development and technical direction, focusing on end-to-end feature ownership within a Python/Django environment. Highlights: 1. Work closely with founders on product development and technical direction 2. Own features end-to-end: architecture, implementation, deployment, monitoring 3. Primarily backend-focused with Python and Django, occasional frontend work We help people remove their personal information from data broker websites and take back control of their online privacy. We’re a fully remote company headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, and we’re looking for a **Senior Backend Engineer** to work closely with the founders on both product development and technical direction. This role is open to candidates based in Latin America. The position is primarily backend\-focused, built around Python and Django, with occasional frontend work when it adds value — mainly HTMX and lightweight React components. We’re looking for someone who enjoys owning features end\-to\-end: from architecture and implementation to deployment, monitoring, and long\-term reliability in production. **What you'd work on in your first quarter:** You'd be writing code in our Django backend, which powers both the consumer dashboard and the B2B platform: * New features for the APIs that power our consumer dashboard and customer reporting * Performance and reliability work in our Celery and RabbitMQ pipelines * Integrations with third\-party services like payment providers and identity providers (Stripe, WorkOS SSO) * Code review, both giving and receiving, on a small backend team of other Senior Engineers We don't have a rigid roadmap of "first 30 days, first 60 days" — you'd pick up real work in your first week. Requirements: **What we're looking for:** * 6\+ years building production web applications * 3\+ years with Python and Django * Celery, RabbitMQ, and Redis in production (day\-1 pipeline scope) * Working knowledge of CS fundamentals: data structures, concurrency, SQL, system design * Strong written communication; comfortable working async across time zones * Self\-direction and follow\-through **Strong plus:** * DRF and/or django\-ninja * Postgres tuning and query analysis * Kubernetes and AWS * Stripe, WorkOS SSO, or other third\-party API integrations * HTMX, React, or both * Background in consumer privacy or adjacent industries * Experience with AI coding assistants (Claude Code, etc.)