Senior Backend Engineer (Django) - Remote

Overview

Work & Travel Guide is a young, fast-growing startup. We are building a product that helps people discover the world... smarter, simpler, and radically better than anything available today.

But this is about more than features.

We are building the infrastructure for freedom.

For people who do not want to travel someday, but now.

You will join at a stage where your decisions will make a real difference:

Maximum impact: You will work on core systems across backend, frontend, architecture, and deployments - the systems that support both the product and the company.

Fast-growing responsibility: If you deliver, your scope will grow quickly. You can move from owning individual components to leading architecture, owning processes, and eventually helping build a team. With enough commitment, your path can go very far.

You will work closely with the CTO. Short communication lines, fast decisions, and real technical leadership.

In Short

• Build and continuously improve backend systems and APIs in Django.
• Take ownership of architecture decisions around scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Build features in the React frontend, including UI, state management, and backend integration.
• Implement and improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows.
• Consistently apply clean code, design patterns, and strong system design principles.
• Systematically expand testing and QA, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Actively use and improve AI-assisted development workflows.
• Direct collaboration with the CTO.
• High autonomy and ownership.
• Work from anywhere or our office in Frankfurt, Germany.

Requirements

• Strong experience in backend development with Django.
• Some frontend experience in any framework is preferred.
• Solid understanding of architecture, design patterns, and clean code principles.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD.
• Strong testing and QA practices.
• Familiarity with modern toolchains and workflows.

Benefits

• 100% remote option or work from our office in Frankfurt, Germany.
• High autonomy and ownership.
• Direct collaboration with the CTO.
• Your ideas matter in a small team.
• Invitations for workations in interesting places.
• Strong engineering culture.
• Modern AI tooling stacks.
• Stock option program for exceptional talent.