Senior Backend Developer (Python/Django) with DevOps

Position Overview:

Your expertise as a Senior Python Backend Developer and your understanding of web security principles will be invaluable to our team. You will be handling a complex, high-traffic platform with thousands of registered users, including video streaming, image processing, and an internal CRM.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Expertise in Python (5+ years) and Django framework, ORM, migrations, admin interface, creating REST API with Django Rest Framework;
• Experience with setting up or maintaining AWS (S3, RDS, SNS, SQS, CloudFront, CloudFormation) and implementation of OAuth flows;
• Proficiency with Celery (4.x/5.x) and message brokers (Redis or RabbitMQ);
• Experience using Docker (Dockerfile, docker-compose) and basic CI/CD knowledge (GitHub Actions or similar);
• Good knowledge of SQL and relational databases (preferably PostgreSQL);
• Proficiency in Git (Pull/Merge Requests, Code Reviews, Git Flow);
• English language — Full professional proficiency in English

This is a Senior position only. Only apply if you have at least 5 years of experience in these areas:

• Language: Python (primary), basic JavaScript (Vue.js — nice to have)
• Database: PostgreSQL
• Framework: Django, Django REST Framework
• Models: Django ORM models (relational)
• Architect Patterns: RESTful API
• Broker Message: Redis or RabbitMQ
• Cache: Redis
• Monitoring Tools: Sentry (Pytest, Flake8, Bandit, wemake-python-styleguide - nice to have)

Nice to Have:

• DevOps experience: AWS (S3, RDS, SNS, SQS, CloudFront, CloudFormation)
• Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar).
• Familiarity with payment gateways (Mollie or similar Stripe, PayPal, etc.);
• Setting up and optimizing Sentry, logging, and monitoring;
• Testing and working with code quality tools: Pytest, Flake8, Bandit, wemake-python-styleguide;
• Work with internationalization and external integrations (CRM, other APIs);
• Basic Vue.js knowledge or experience interacting with a Vue-based frontend;
• Using feature flags with django-waffle and advanced admin plugins (e.g., CKEditor, image-cropping, sortable2);
• Familiarity with Poetry (managing dependencies with pyproject.toml), Fabric (deployment scripts), and/or Django Channels (real-time WebSockets);
• Handling PDF and image processing (e.g., PyMuPDF, Pillow, heif-image-plugin).

Pay: AED10,000.00 - AED15,000.00 per month

Work Location: Remote