Position: Lead Python Django Developer (16)
Company: Freelance
Category: Python
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

🔸 **About the project:**
At our Client’s side, we are building the checkout infrastructure for frictionless B2B payments. Through a single, seamless integration with our B2B checkout platform, marketplaces and merchants can easily offer business buyers convenient and flexible payment options to pay for their purchases. This will increase order values and order conversion rates for marketplaces and merchants, which further benefit from automated payments workflows and invoice financing.

**We are looking for a Lead Python Django Developer to join a wonderful team, who would take over the following tasks:**
- come up with technical solutions for regular/complex development tasks;
- own technical leadership in reviewing the development scope, prioritization, assigning tasks across the team; 
- writing effective, scalable code; 
- developing back-end components to improve responsiveness and overall performance;
- integrating user-facing elements into the application; 
- API integration.

Ultimately, you will be responsible for the highly responsive platform module and drive its implementation further on. Your commitment to team collaboration, perfect communication, and a quality product is crucial.

✅ **Tech Stack:**
- we use state-of-the-art cloud services from AWS like Lambda, SQS, ECS, etc;
- backend technologies - Django(Python);
- frontend - React.js (Hosted using AWS Amplify);
- PostgresDB(RDS) for data storage;
- we love & rely on Gitlab for a lot of things like CI/CD automation, repo management, Kanban boards, managing our Kubernetes cluster, and of course, we fully embrace Service-oriented Architecture.

✅ **We want you to have:**
- proven work experience as a Python Developer (at least 4-5 years); 
- solid expertise in Django framework (Flask is also possible); 
- experience with AWS (EC2 in particular) services is a plus;
- knowledge of object-relational mapping (ORM);
- familiarity with front-end technologies (like JavaScript (React) and HTML5); 
- experience in mentoring junior team members is a plus; 
- good communication skills in English.

✅ **Benefits:**
- the steep learning curve with a lot of responsibility from day #1;
- great personal & professional development opportunities in an early-stage fast-growing start-up with an international, ambitious and experienced team;
- close cooperation with an exceptional & visionary founder and management team;
- flat hierarchies for creative ideas and unconventional approaches;
- work in cross-functional teams with business development, product, and development colleagues;
- a highly entrepreneurial environment where everyone has ownership and freedom to move towards our ambitious goals while getting strong enablement by our management.

✅ **We offer:**
- challenging tasks in a communications agency for which the word "dynamic" is anything but a mere empty phrase;
- a creative working environment with plenty of scope for creativity;
- we find a great working atmosphere and flat hierarchies;
- independent work with a well-rehearsed team in the background;
- remote work from Ukraine or from our Hub in Lviv;
- competitive salary with a long-term contract; 
- attractive compensation package (24 days of vacation, 5 sick days - 100% compensation, 10 sick days - 70% compensation, 15 sick days - 50% compensation);
- super-experienced international team;
- trust and support from the management team;
- business trips;
- space for creativity and challenging tasks;
- opportunities for self-realization;
- friendly team and enjoyable working environment;
- ability to work remotely;
- everyday use of modern development tools/frameworks;
- high degrees of responsibility and autonomy;
- great opportunities for personal and professional growth;
- Agile teams where your ideas and solutions are valued;
- the attractive working environment in a dynamic company involving steep training curves and flat command structure.