Junior Backend Developer (Python)

Your future tasks and duties:

• Writing clean, maintainable, and well-structured Python code, leveraging AI coding agents while taking full ownership of the final solution
• Technical involvement in the product - finding the ways to improve it
• Writing documentation for delivered code
• Peer code review
• Reuse and improve of the company knowledge base
• Communicate with the team to efficiently translate business complexity (user stories/tasks) into solutions (end results/estimations)
• Learning, learning and learning ;)

About you - Tech skills & Experience:

• At least 6 months of commercial experience with Python
• Understand Python (Python 3.10+) fundamentals, type hints, OOP principles, common data structures, and know how to write clean, readable and maintainable code
• Basic experience with Django - know its core features (models, views, ORM, migrations), worked on at least 1 project involving Django, would be great to have commercial experience in it
• Familiarity with building and consuming RESTful APIs
• Know what OOP is, understand basic good practices and data structures, want to have a SOLID and DRY code with the use of design patterns
• Know how to use AI (Claude Code preferred), but understand the consequences of its use and can independently write code without its support
• Have worked with SQL databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL) - can write basic SQL queries and use them alongside Django ORM
• Experience with Git

About You - Soft Skills:

• English level B2 to cooperate with American clients
• Polish level C1 to communicate easily within the team
• Knowledge-hungry, positive attitude
• Effective communication - crucial for seeking feedback and understanding others’ perspectives
• Open-minded to new ideas, perspectives, and feedback from experienced colleagues
• Being open to change and adapting to different situations
• Being aware of your strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvements
• Enthusiastic for learning and taking on challenges
• Actively seeking solutions and trying to figure things out on your own, but not being afraid to ask for help when needed

Nice to have:

• Open-source contributions
• Understand what Agile/Scrum is and want to work as a team towards one goal
• Understand the significance of MVP and aim to deliver top-notch results, even amid tight project timelines
• Experience with Django REST Framework or other Python frameworks (e.g. FastAPI, Flask)
• Familiarity with Django Admin
• Experience with automated testing (e.g. pytest)
• Experience with Celery (or another task queue) and Redis
• Experience integrating with payment or billing providers (e.g. Stripe, Zuora) or email platforms
• Know what AWS is and get why it is used
• Serverless experience
• Know how to run Docker images and how to use them