Sr. Backend Engineer, Django, Canada Remote

Sr. Backend Engineer, Django Location: Remote, Canada About TaxGPT TaxGPT is revolutionizing the tax and accounting space with AI-driven solutions tailored for accountants, tax professionals, and SMBs. We’re building an AI copilot to transform tax workflows, drive efficiency, and simplify compliance. Recently named one of Business Insider’s 30 Early-Stage Startups Most Likely to Become Tech’s Next Unicorns, we’d love for you to join our growing team. About the Role We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with deep Django expertise to help build and scale the core application layer at TaxGPT. This is a hands-on role for someone who has strong judgment in designing backend systems, writing clean and maintainable Django code, modeling complex business logic, and improving performance, reliability, and security in production systems. You’ll work closely with product, design, and leadership to ship backend features that power critical workflows for tax professionals. You should be comfortable operating in ambiguity, owning projects end-to-end, and helping shape backend engineering standards as the company scales. What You’ll Do Design, build, and maintain core backend systems using Python, Django, and Django REST Framework  Own application architecture for backend features, including domain modeling, business logic, API design, and integrations  Build reliable, secure, and well-documented APIs used by our frontend and internal services  Write efficient, scalable database queries in PostgreSQL, and improve performance through indexing, query tuning, caching, and thoughtful schema design  Manage database migrations and evolving data models safely in production  Build and maintain asynchronous and background job workflows for longer-running tasks and system processes  Improve system reliability, observability, and operational readiness in collaboration with the broader engineering team  Implement secure authentication, authorization, and data protection patterns appropriate for sensitive financial workflows  Review code, mentor other engineers, and raise the standard for backend quality, testing, and maintainability  Partner closely with product, frontend, and leadership to translate ambiguous requirements into clean technical solutions  Contribute to architectural decisions and help the team balance speed, simplicity, and long-term scalability  What We’re Looking For 7+ years of backend engineering experience, with significant production experience in Python and Django  Deep understanding of Django architecture, including models, views, serializers, middleware, auth, admin, signals, migrations, and application structure  Strong experience with Django REST Framework  Strong experience with PostgreSQL, including schema design, query optimization, indexing, and migration strategy  Experience building and scaling production backend services and complex business logic in growing product environments Strong understanding of testing and reliability practices, including unit, integration, and API-level testing Experience with asynchronous systems and background job processing, plus strong backend security fundamentals Clear communicator who collaborates well across teams and operates effectively in a fast moving startup environment  Nice to Have Experience with AI/LLM-enabled products or backend systems that support AI workflows  Experience in fintech, tax, accounting, or other regulated domains  Experience scaling Django applications with caching, background workers, performance monitoring and production deployment environments  Experience improving developer experience, code quality, and engineering standards across a backend team  What We Offer Benefits Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage. Remote-first Work from anywhere across US, Canada or Mexico. Ownership & Impact Direct visibility into leadership, product strategy, and company growth initiatives. Your work directly influences revenue. Professional Development Access to top-tier sales training, AI tooling, and development resources including a $350 credit, all to sharpen your craft. Culture We’re a high-trust, high-output team. Expect fast feedback loops, real ownership, and cross-functional collaboration. Hiring Process Intro Call → Technical Assessment → Technical Interview → Final Conversations