Full Stack Developer (Backend Focus)

Building Django backend features models, views, REST API endpoints, migrations Designing APIs that a separate frontend team will consume Writing automated tests and keeping test coverage high Working in Wagtail CMS to build and configure content page types Reviewing code and helping keep the codebase clean as the team grows Making small changes on the frontend (React) when needed to unblock end-to-end work

Desired Candidate Profile

Must Have 3+ years of professional experience as a backend or full stack developer Python + Django at least 2 years of real, hands-on Django work: models, ORM, views, Django REST Framework PostgreSQL comfortable writing migrations and working with relational data REST API design experience building APIs that other developers or a frontend team consume in production Automated testing experience writing unit/integration tests and caring about coverage, not just writing code that "works" Git comfortable with branches, pull requests, and code review Comfortable using AI coding assistants (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar) as part of your daily workflow Nice to Have Wagtail CMS experience most candidates won't have this, general Django knowledge transfers fine Docker React enough to read frontend code and debug integration issues Redis or Celery background jobs or caching Experience on large, content-heavy websites