Backend Engineer (Django)
Cutshort Lightning · Bengaluru (Bangalore), IN
About the role
Backend Engineer role building end-to-end Django backend services and APIs, including integrations with insurers and payment gateways. Focus on observability, reliability, scalability, and test coverage.
What you'll do
- Architect and build end-to-end backend services and APIs
- Integrate with insurers, payment gateways, and partners
- Ensure observability, performance, and reliability
- Write clean, reusable, maintainable code focused on scalability
- Implement comprehensive test coverage and maintain code quality
- Manage database design, migrations, scripting, and administration
What they're looking for
- 2-8 years backend development experience
- Hands-on low-level and high-level system design
- Experience building scalable, secure backend systems (APIs, middleware, caching)
- Proficiency in Python, Django, DRF, PostgreSQL, Redis, Celery
- Basic HTML/CSS
- Experience developing RESTful APIs
Key details
- Company
- Cutshort Lightning
- Location
- Bengaluru (Bangalore), IN
- Work mode
- On-site
- Seniority
- Mid-level
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Role category
- Engineering
- Experience
- 2-8 years
- Posted
- 22 Oct 2026
- Source
- cutshort.io