Django Developer

About This Role

This backend developer role focuses on building production systems from the ground up, requiring a deep understanding of how systems function beneath the surface. It is suited for a Django developer who enjoys complex challenges beyond basic CRUD APIs.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop robust backend services using Python and Django
• Design relational databases, schemas, relationships, and efficient queries
• Build and maintain REST APIs consumed by web and mobile applications
• Work on complex workflows around orders, inventory, billing, payments, settlements, returns, and procurement
• Design systems that handle concurrency, transactions, and data consistency correctly
• Build background jobs and asynchronous workflows where required
• Write automated tests and ensure backend reliability
• Identify performance bottlenecks and improve application and database performance
• Participate in architecture and technical design discussions
• Review code and maintain engineering standards across the backend
• Debug production issues and take ownership of problems end-to-end

Requirements

• 2+ years of hands-on backend development experience
• Strong proficiency in Django (Python)
• Strong experience with Django and Django REST Framework
• Good understanding of PostgreSQL or another relational database
• Strong understanding of system design and architecture, database design, transactions, and data consistency, REST API design, authentication, and authorization, data structures and fundamental algorithms, error handling, and validation
• Good understanding of Git and collaborative development
• Ability to understand an existing codebase and improve it without unnecessarily rewriting everything

Nice to have:

• Experience building systems from scratch
• Experience working on product/startup environments
• Understanding of system design fundamentals
• Experience with Redis, Celery, or other asynchronous/background processing systems
• Experience with Docker and cloud deployments
• Understanding of caching, indexing, and query optimization
• Strong debugging and problem-solving ability

About the Company

Aforro, founded in 2022, is building India's first app that brings human connection back to grocery shopping. The company aims to create a more thoughtful grocery delivery experience that respects existing relationships, transparency, and on-ground realities. It integrates local stores, delivery, and technology into a coordinated, centralized system to make everyday buying reliable, transparent, and handled with care. Aforro employs 1 person and its tech stack includes JavaScript, HTML, CSS, UI/UX, and React.js.