Senior Django Engineer

JamLoop is a buying platform for OTT & CTV advertising that helps brands reach streaming TV audiences. They are seeking a Senior Django Engineer to own and evolve their internal Django API routes while building reliable backend systems that support various teams across the company.

Responsibilities:

• Own the design, development, and long-term maintenance of internal Django API routes and services
• Build clean, scalable Python backend systems that support internal tools, workflows, and cross-functional business needs
• Define and enforce best practices for Django architecture, API design, authentication, permissions, and versioning
• Partner with product, operations, and engineering teams to translate business needs into reliable internal APIs
• Improve the performance, reliability, and observability of internal Django services and endpoints
• Write well-tested, maintainable code across views, serializers, models, services, and supporting infrastructure
• Debug complex backend issues and drive root-cause fixes across internal systems
• Manage and optimize integrations between Django services and internal or third-party platforms
• Maintain clear documentation for internal API behavior, data models, and developer workflows
• Help establish standards for code quality, review practices, and backend development patterns across the team
• Proactively identify opportunities to simplify systems, reduce technical debt, and improve developer experience
• Champion thoughtful backend craftsmanship with a deep enthusiasm for Django and Python development

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience building backend applications and APIs in Python, with deep hands-on expertise in Django
• Strong experience designing, owning, and maintaining RESTful API routes and internal service architectures
• Proven ability to work comfortably across Django views, serializers, models, permissions, middleware, and background job patterns
• Strong proficiency with PostgreSQL, including schema design, query optimization, indexing, and performance tuning
• Experience working with Redis for caching, task queues, rate limiting, or other backend performance and reliability use cases
• Hands-on experience building and operating applications in AWS environments
• Solid understanding of authentication, authorization, API security, and secure backend development practices
• Experience writing automated tests and building maintainable, well-structured production code
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose issues across application, database, and infrastructure layers
• Comfortable collaborating cross-functionally with engineers and internal stakeholders to build practical, scalable internal systems
• Strong sense of ownership and pride in building clean, reliable backend systems with excellent developer ergonomics
• Experience in advertising, ad tech, marketing technology, or data-driven media platforms
• Familiarity with asynchronous processing, job queues, and event-driven backend patterns
• Experience improving observability through logging, metrics, and tracing
• Exposure to containerized deployments, CI/CD workflows, and infrastructure-aware backend development