Drimva

Daylight

Senior Backend Engineer

New York, NY +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Mar 12, 2025

Location
New York, NY
New York, New York, United States
Experience
3+ years developing APIs and backend services.

About the job

Develop Django backend services and APIs for Daylight’s mobile app, partner integrations, and internal CRM, while contributing to architecture and product decisions.

What you'll do

  • Build and maintain GraphQL and REST APIs, including mobile features and partner integrations.
  • Extend Django admin into internal CRM and administration tools.
  • Contribute to architecture, performance, testing, security, and deployment practices.

What they ask for

  • 3+ years developing APIs and backend services.
  • Experience with Python, Django, PostgreSQL, and Redis.
  • Experience with REST APIs, GraphQL, network request handling, testing, AWS infrastructure, and Kubernetes.
  • Proficiency writing clean, documented code; familiarity with Git and backend performance optimization.

Nice to have

  • Experience with Celery, Django admin sites, or smart contract integrations; familiarity with crypto infrastructure, specifically EVM.
  • Experience with CI/CD or open-source contributions; understanding of energy markets and renewable energy systems.

Tools

Python, Django, PostgreSQL, Redis, REST APIs, GraphQL, Git, Kubernetes

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