Responsibilities
Support a Django application, CMS, backend services, PostgreSQL database, and GCP infrastructure. Review logs to diagnose issues and resolve post-launch bugs. Monitor application performance, response times, and error rates. Tune PostgreSQL queries, manage indexes, and run DB maintenance. Manage backups and apply schema changes. Update the Django app in response to integrated technologies (e.g., Unity, Kaltura).
Requirements
- 4+ years of commercial Python, production-grade backend systems.
- Deep Django + DRF (REST API design, auth, serialisation, pagination, custom middleware).
- Strong PostgreSQL (schema design, query optimisation, indexing, transactions, ORM + raw SQL).
- GCP: Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, logging/monitoring, basic CI/CD.
- Incident response / RCA experience; comfortable working independently.
- Proven support/SLA experience.
- B2 + level of English or higher.
Nice to have
- Unity / Kaltura integration experience.
- Medtech background / HIPAA awareness.
- DevOps practices & tooling.
- Django admin panel development.
- HTML/CSS/TS/JS.
What you'll do
Engage in part-time work updating and maintaining the Django backend, monitoring performance, and collaborating on integration projects with Unity and Kaltura, while handling incident responses and SLAs.
Who you are
Independent worker with experience in incident response, production-grade backend systems, and strong Python/Django expertise. Comfortable with remote collaboration and adhering to SLAs.
Tech stack
Python, Django, Django REST Framework, PostgreSQL, GCP (Cloud Run, Cloud SQL), possibly Unity, Kaltura.
Team description
Part of a team providing L3 Support for a Django-based system, handling post-launch issues, performance tuning, and integration tasks. Part-time engagement up to 20 hours per month.
Benefits / perks
Engagement details: Part-time (≤20 hours/month, ≤5 tickets/month), duration 6–12 months, starting August; working window Mon–Fri, 15:00–00:00 Warsaw time; location Poland or westward. Collaboration opportunities with the team.
