Senior Backend Engineer, Django

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🇩🇪 Germany – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔙 Backend Engineer

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workandtravelguide.org

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2025

🏨 Hospitality

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Hospitality • Consulting • Logistics

workandtravelguide. org is a Germany-based service that helps backpackers plan Work & Travel trips to Australia, offering route planning, job placement (farm, hospitality, events, construction), professional CV creation, 1:1 coaching, bookings and a community-driven app and WhatsApp support. They provide free consultations, premium membership features with a job guarantee and 24/7 assistance, and accompany travelers from departure through return.

📋 Description

• Build and continuously improve backend systems and APIs in Django • Own architecture decisions around scalability, reliability, and maintainability • Build features in the React frontend, including UI, state management, and backend integration • Improve performance and developer experience • Design clean interfaces between frontend and backend • Implement and improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows • Apply clean code, design patterns, and strong system design principles • Refactor larger parts of the codebase to improve long-term maintainability using modern tools such as Claude Code • Expand testing and QA, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing • Use and improve AI-assisted development workflows • Work closely with the CTO and take on increasing technical ownership

🎯 Requirements

• Strong experience in backend development • Some frontend experience in any framework is preferred • Excellent backend skills, especially with Django, APIs, and data models • Solid understanding of architecture, design patterns, and clean code principles • Hands-on experience with CI/CD, including build pipelines, tests, deployments, and release processes • Strong testing and QA practices • Familiarity with modern toolchains and workflows, including AI-assisted development • Experience with Go and/or Rust, or strong curiosity to learn them, is a bonus

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% remote option, or work from the office in Frankfurt, Germany • High autonomy and ownership • Direct collaboration with the CTO • Retreats and workations in interesting and inspiring places around the world • Strong engineering culture with clean architecture, code reviews, testing, and observability • Modern AI tooling stacks • Stock option program for employees who stand out through exceptional talent and commitment