
Principal Backend Engineer – Django, AWS
atmio
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Lead
Tech Stack
AWSCloudDjangoJavaScriptTerraform
About the role
- - Own and drive product features from ideation to deployment.
- - Design, implement, and manage cloud infrastructure.
- - Ensure operational stability by troubleshooting incidents and resolving issues.
- - Communicate effectively with customers to understand their needs.
- - Actively contribute to team processes and foster a positive, collaborative work culture.
Requirements
- - Extensive experience in the Django ecosystem, including Django Rest Framework (DRF), Django Tables, and Django Filters, etc.
- - Strong knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- - Proven experience running Django-based applications on AWS, including services like Lambda, ECS, RDS, and CI/CD pipelines.
- - Ability to independently drive product features from concept to production.
- - Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, particularly Terraform.
- - **Excellent communication skills in German** for collaborating with customers and internal stakeholders.
- - **Great to have ➕**
- - Experience with HTMX.
- - Experience with event driven approaches and async task processing (e.g. via Celery)
- - Familiarity with multi-tenancy architectures.
Benefits
- - **Remote Working: **Work from our hubs in Hamburg or Munich, or remote from Germany
- - **Unlimited Vacation**: Take as many holidays as you need — we trust you to recharge when it matters most.
- - **Flexible Working Hours**: Work during the hours that align with your peak performance and lifestyle.
- - **Mental Health Matters**: Access 1:1 psychologist sessions and workshops through our Bloom partnership.
- - **Professional Growth**: Use a dedicated development budget to enhance your skills and career.
- - **Stock Option Plan**: Receive virtual stocks as a reward for your trust, effort, and vision alignment.
- - **Unite, Recharge, Celebrate**: Join in-person team retreats to connect and have fun.
- - **Explore Germany**: Enjoy the Deutschlandticket for flexible public transportation access.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
DjangoDjango Rest FrameworkDjango TablesDjango FiltersHTMLCSSJavaScriptAWSTerraformCelery
Soft skills
communication skillscollaborationproblem-solvingteam processespositive work culture