Lead Backend Engineer (Python/Django)

Lead Backend Engineer (Python/Django)

Company Website 

• Company Name: Search Atlas

• Industry: SEO Software & Digital Agency

• Job Location: Remote (Hiring from Colombo)

• City: Colombo

• Postal Code: 00100

• Region: Western Province

• Gender: Not Specified

• Company Office Local Address: Not Provided

• Contact Info: Not Provided

• Email Address: careers@searchatlas.com

• Country: Sri Lanka

• Job Type: Full Time (Remote)

• Currency: USD

• Job Average Salary Rate: USD 4,500 – USD 5,500 per month
  Estimated range based on market data. Actual salary may vary. This salary range is an estimation made by Job Polia.

About Search Atlas

Search Atlas develops advanced SEO intelligence tools and delivers full-service digital marketing solutions. The company supports global brands by enhancing search performance, data-driven optimization, and consistent technical innovation across competitive markets.

Job Summary

This role leads backend development within a core product team. You will guide technical direction, make key architectural decisions, build scalable systems, and mentor engineers. The position demands strong technical expertise, ownership, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead backend development for the product team, ensuring alignment with company-wide engineering standards.
• Translate product objectives into actionable technical plans and milestones.
• Build and maintain scalable Django REST applications and well-documented APIs.
• Oversee efficient, fault-tolerant background task processing with Celery.
• Contribute to architecture design to improve scalability, maintainability, and performance.
• Mentor and lead engineers through code reviews and promote a collaborative, high-performing culture.
• Partner with Product, QA, DevOps, and Frontend teams to deliver reliable end-to-end features.
• Implement strong engineering practices including TDD, linting, and test coverage enforcement.
• Monitor and optimize systems using Sentry, Datadog, and Grafana for observability and stability.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across applications, databases, and task queues.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience with Python 3 and Django REST Framework
• Prior experience mentoring engineers or acting as a tech lead on a product team
• Proven experience designing, building, and maintaining production-grade REST APIs
• Strong experience with PostgreSQL in production environments
• Experience with Celery or equivalent task queue systems
• Strong testing discipline (pytest, coverage, Flake8, Black, Isort)
• Familiarity with Docker Compose and modern CI/CD pipelines
• Experience working with Sentry, Datadog, and Grafana for monitoring and observability
• Excellent communication skills, especially when working with cross-functional teams

Disclaimer

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