Senior Backend Engineer (LATAM)

Role overview

A Senior Backend Engineer is needed to help build and maintain a personal data privacy platform that removes people's information from broker sites. This fully remote role is open to candidates based in Latin America and involves working directly with founders on product and technical direction. The position is backend-focused with Python and Django, plus light frontend work, owning features end-to-end including production reliability.

Responsibilities

- Write code for a Django backend that powers both the consumer dashboard and B2B platform - Build new features for APIs supporting the consumer dashboard and customer reporting - Improve performance and reliability of Celery and RabbitMQ pipelines - Integrate with third-party services such as payment providers and identity providers - Participate in code review as both author and reviewer on a small backend team of senior engineers - Own features from design through to production stability a week after launch

Requirements

- 6+ years building production web applications - 3+ years with Python and Django - Working knowledge of CS fundamentals including data structures, concurrency, SQL, and system design - Strong written communication skills and comfort working asynchronously across time zones - Self-direction and follow-through

Nice to have

- Experience with DRF or django-ninja - Celery, RabbitMQ, or Redis in production - Postgres tuning and query analysis - Kubernetes and AWS experience - Third-party API integrations such as payment or identity providers - HTMX, React, or both - Background in consumer privacy or adjacent industries - Experience getting value out of AI coding assistants

Benefits and work setup

- Fully remote team headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area - Preference for working hours overlapping US Eastern, Central, Mountain, or Pacific time zones - Async-first culture with strong emphasis on clear written communication and ownership