Lead Django Developer

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About Company

A rapidly growing SaaS company operating in the healthcare technology space, focused on building smart, data-driven solutions that help service providers improve operational efficiency and patient engagement. The platform is purpose-built for a specialized segment within healthcare, with deep use cases tailored for practices like dental care. With a strong and growing customer base across global markets, the company is on a mission to simplify practice management through intuitive tools and automation — all driven by a passionate, cross-functional team.

Position Overview

You lead a high-performing engineering team that powers a fast-growing healthcare SaaS platform. You own backend architecture, CI/CD pipelines, and data persistence that drive mission-critical tools for dental practices worldwide. Your work enables faster releases, higher reliability, and measurable performance gains across the product suite.

Role & Responsibilities

• You set backend architecture direction and decompose large projects into executable pieces.
• You mentor engineers, run design and code reviews, and uphold rigorous quality standards.
• You build and evolve Python/Django services and REST APIs for performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• You design efficient relational schemas in PostgreSQL, tune queries, and manage migrations with SQLAlchemy and Alembic.
• You define Git branching strategies, automate build, test, and deploy steps, and enable safe rollbacks across environments.
• You optimise runtime with Redis caching and Nginx reverse proxy to improve throughput, latency, and security.
• You collaborate with product and operations teams to translate requirements into actionable technical plans.

Must have Criteria

• 6–12 years of software development experience with deep expertise in Python and Django for production web backends and RESTful APIs.
• Proven leadership guiding engineers, setting technical standards, and conducting design and code reviews.
• Strong PostgreSQL knowledge covering schema design, indexing, transactions, and performance tuning.
• Hands-on experience with SQLAlchemy and Alembic for model definitions, schema versioning, and safe migrations.
• Demonstrated CI/CD expertise including pipeline design, gated testing, release automation, and effective Git workflows.
• Practical knowledge of Redis caching strategies, eviction patterns, and secure high-throughput proxying with Nginx.
• Working familiarity with NoSQL paradigms and appropriate use cases alongside relational stores.

Nice to Have

• Exposure to VOIP/SIP protocols and backend integrations.
• Experience delivering cloud-native workloads with Docker or Kubernetes and infrastructure as code within CI/CD.
• Knowledge of observability practices covering metrics, logs, and tracing for performance and reliability improvements.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to safeguard mission-critical SaaS used by thousands of practices.
• Direct impact on a customer-first mission that values reliable and seamless product.
• Competitive package covering salary, performance bonuses, paid time off, and health benefits