We’re Hiring: Senior Backend Developer (Python/Django)

Wonuva is looking for an experienced Senior Backend Developer to help build, maintain, and scale our e-commerce platform. We’re seeking a skilled engineer with strong expertise in Python and Django, a solid understanding of e-commerce systems, and a passion for building secure, scalable, and high-performance backend applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust backend services using Python and Django/Django REST Framework.
• Build and optimize RESTful APIs to support our e-commerce website and frontend applications.
• Develop core e-commerce features, including product catalogs, inventory management, shopping carts, checkout, orders, payments, and customer accounts.
• Integrate third-party services such as payment gateways, shipping providers, and external APIs.
• Design and optimize database schemas, queries, and data models using PostgreSQL or similar relational databases.
• Ensure application security, scalability, performance, and reliability.
• Implement authentication, authorization, and role-based access control.
• Write clean, reusable, well-tested, and maintainable code.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, bugs, and production issues.
• Collaborate with frontend developers, designers, product managers, and other team members.
• Participate in code reviews, technical planning, and architectural decisions.
• Follow best practices for version control, automated testing, deployment, and CI/CD.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional backend development experience preferred.
• Strong proficiency in Python and Django.
• Hands-on experience with Django REST Framework and REST API development.
• Proven experience developing and maintaining e-commerce websites or platforms.
• Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL, MySQL, or other relational databases.
• Experience with third-party API integrations and payment gateway integrations.
• Understanding of authentication, authorization, data security, and API best practices.
• Experience with Git and collaborative software development workflows.
• Familiarity with automated testing, debugging, and performance optimization.
• Ability to write clean, efficient, scalable, and maintainable code.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Redis, Celery, background jobs, and asynchronous task processing.
• Experience with AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, or other cloud platforms.
• Familiarity with Docker and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience designing scalable systems for high-traffic e-commerce platforms.