Senior Backend Developer - Django/Python

Location: Remote
Target Start: ASAP

Position: Full-Time (ideally)

The Role

We’re seeking a Senior Backend Developer specializing in Django/Python to build and scale our core platform. You’ll be hands-on in architecting reliable services, shipping new features, and integrating third-party APIs that power Fuse’s AI data-strategy engine. This role reports directly to our CTO. 

This is a remote role where you’ll own core parts of the product and see your work directly impact customers.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and maintain server-side logic using Django and Python.
• Develop Django models that use databases (PostgreSQL) and caching systems (Redis).
• Scope, integrate, and manage third-party services and APIs, ensuring secure OAuth flows, data validation, and compliance with platform approval processes.
• Collaborate with frontend engineers to connect user-facing elements.
• Optimize application performance and scalability.
• Write clean, composable, modular components in an organized filesystem.
• Contribute to code reviews and improve team development processes.

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years of production experience building Django/Python web applications.
• Strong understanding of Django ORM, template system, middleware.
• Proficiency with PostgreSQL, Redis, Django REST Framework.
• Strong habits with Git/GitHub flow (branches, PRs, reviews).
• Experience integrating APIs and working with OAuth flows.
• Understanding of security principles, HTML5, and modern web components.
• Excellent written English and remote collaboration skills.
   

Bonus Points

• Experience with ad-tech/marketing APIs (Google Ads, Meta Ads, GA4, Amazon Ads).
• Production experience with HTMX and Django Components.
• Knowledge of caching strategies with Redis.
• Familiarity with async programming (Celery, Django-Q2).
• CI/CD experience (GitHub Actions).
• Teaching experience (bonus: at university level).
• Containerization knowledge (Docker).

Tech Stack (snapshot)

• Infra: Vercel (Next.js), Render (Django services), Supabase (Postgres), Redis, GitHub Actions CI/CD.
• Backend: Python/Django + DRF, Django-Q2 for tasks, SSE + Redis pub/sub for real-time.
• Frontend: Next.js (React), TypeScript, Tailwind, BFF pattern, Zod validation.
• AI: Anthropic / OpenAI / Gemini / Grok (LLM-agnostic), Pydantic AI, MCP tool interfaces, agentic tool-calling.
   

Company:
 

Fuse is Your AI Data Strategist - purpose-built for teams drowning in data complexity. We instantly connect to, auto-map, and analyze live performance data - no ETL pipelines, no dashboards, no data warehousing - and onboarding takes seconds.
 

Backed by six ex-Googler's (one being a founding team member of Google Analytics), ex-CMO at Slack, LG's Head of Data, and more.
 

Founders

• Jeff Cherkassky (CEO) - 4x founder with prior exit.
• Jill Randell (COO) - Early at Google (employee 400).
• Tom Counsell (CTO) - ex‑Bumble head of engineering.