Staff Django Backend Engineer

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Staff Django Backend Engineer maintaining and extending Django applications at Nortal, a digital transformation consultancy. Fixing bugs, developing features, reviewing code, and supporting AI-assisted development.

Responsibilities:

  • Take over and maintain an existing Django application, building on knowledge shared during transition
  • Investigate and fix bugs and contribute to ongoing application maintenance
  • Design and develop new features within the existing application
  • Review code with the team and deliver clear, maintainable, appropriate changes
  • Use AI tools to support onboarding, code review, and development while keeping generated code focused and reviewable
  • Participate in Nortal’s Technical Interviewer Program by conducting technical interviews for Nortal accounts

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field
  • Senior-level experience or above, with a high degree of autonomy
  • Strong, hands-on Django experience is required
  • Availability to work full time, eight hours per day, during European working hours
  • Thoughtful approach to AI-assisted development
  • Advanced English is required; effective communication in English is essential for working with US clients

Benefits:

  • Competitive USD salary
  • 100% remote work; ability to work from anywhere, with access to coworking spaces across LATAM
  • Paid time off and national holidays according to country regulations, with full salary
  • Sick leave
  • Annual credit for work-life-balance perks
  • Team-building activities, coffee breaks, tech talks, and after-work gatherings
  • Birthday week day off
  • Autonomy, open communication, and respect for diversity
  • Wellness check-ins and professional growth support from the People Care team