About the Role

EWN is looking for a Backend Engineer — Python/Django to join our growing engineering team.

You will work on production applications involving APIs, background jobs, databases, integrations, business workflows, and performance-sensitive backend systems.

This role is suited for someone who already has solid Python/Django fundamentals and wants to grow into a strong production backend engineer by working closely with experienced developers on real systems.

We value strong fundamentals, ownership, debugging ability, and willingness to learn more than an impressive list of technologies.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and maintain backend services using Python, Django and Django REST Framework
Build and maintain REST APIs and backend business logic
Work with relational databases, primarily PostgreSQL
Investigate and resolve bugs reported from production and QA environments
Write readable, maintainable and testable code
Write unit and integration tests for backend functionality
Review logs and debug application issues systematically
Work with background processing using technologies such as Celery and Redis
Optimize database queries and API performance where required
Integrate third-party APIs and external services
Participate in code reviews and Git-based development workflows
Work with QA, mobile, frontend and backend engineers to deliver features safely
Assist with monitoring, deployment validation and production troubleshooting
Maintain technical documentation where necessary

Required Skills

1–3 years of professional backend development experience
Strong understanding of Python
Practical experience with Django
Experience building APIs using Django REST Framework
Good understanding of:
REST APIs
HTTP methods and status codes
Authentication and authorization
Relational databases
SQL queries
Git
Experience working with PostgreSQL, MySQL or another relational database
Ability to understand an existing codebase and make changes safely
Basic understanding of software testing and debugging
Comfortable using Linux or working with server-side applications
Able to communicate technical issues clearly with team members

Strong Advantage

Candidates with experience in any of the following will have an advantage:

PostgreSQL query optimization
Redis
Celery or other background job systems
Docker
Linux servers
CI/CD pipelines
GitLab CI/CD or GitHub Actions
Sentry or application monitoring tools
WebSockets or real-time systems
Payment gateways or third-party API integrations
High-traffic or transaction-heavy applications
Writing automated tests with Django or Pytest
Basic understanding of concurrency, database transactions and race conditions
Cloud platforms such as DigitalOcean, AWS, GCP or Azure

You are not expected to know all of these. Strong fundamentals and the ability to learn are more important.

What We Look For

We are particularly interested in engineers who:

Try to understand why an issue happened, rather than only patching symptoms
Can investigate problems independently before escalating
Care about code quality and production stability
Ask questions when requirements are unclear
Take responsibility for work they deliver
Are comfortable receiving code-review feedback
Want to develop deeper expertise in backend engineering
Can work effectively in an engineering team rather than only completing isolated tasks

What We Offer

Opportunity to work on real production systems
Exposure to backend architecture, scalability and performance engineering
Hands-on experience with Django, PostgreSQL, Redis, Celery, CI/CD and observability
Direct collaboration with experienced engineers
Structured code-review and engineering practices
Opportunity to take increasing ownership as your capabilities grow
Career path toward Mid-level and Senior Backend Engineering
Performance and salary review based on demonstrated contribution

Working Schedule

Sunday–Thursday

11:00 AM–7:00 PM

Friday and Saturday are weekly holidays.

This is primarily an on-site position in Dhaka.

Recruitment Process

Our hiring process is intentionally short:

Application → Initial Screening → Technical Interview → Final Decision

Strong candidates may receive an offer shortly after completing the technical interview.

Backend Engineer

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