• 4 + years of Python and Django/ DRF experience
• 3 + years of experience working with AWS
• 3+ years of experience working with SQL databases in production
• Experience building, supporting, and planning production
• Experience with asynchronous task management

Desirable

• We're looking for an experienced Django back-end engineer who will write high-quality code, make sound and scalable architectural decisions, and grow our team by bringing and evangelizing best practices
• Ship clean, readable, and maintainable backend Django code
• Contribute and proactively elevate the quality of our codebase by writing tests and addressing technical debt
• You'll be working with a talented team of engineers, designers, and product people who have shipped 50+ features in the last 2 years and have established SchooLinks as a company that has found product-market fit and transitioned us into a hyper-growth phase
• Participate in the product development process from start to finish, reviewing requirements and user stories to provide timely and meaningful feedback
• Design and build solutions that will scale to millions of users

• Recorded Video Questions -- If we think based on your application and resume that you'd potentially be a good fit, we will send you a link to a program that asks you some questions about yourself and Django/BE development. This video will go to our engineering leads/management to watch and decide if they'll take you through the interview process. The recording takes less than 15 min. If you're curious about our rationale for including this interview recording step in our process, you can read more here
• Live Coding Challenge - we'll have you make a simple Django app from scratch and test your knowledge of Django (models, ORM, migrations, etc) and DRF (class-based views, viewsets, serializers, class-based filters, etc.). You will do this challenge over zoom with one of our engineers
• Requirement Planning Challenge- We will give you designs + requirements and a series of questions to about your understanding of the designs and see what questions you would need to ask about this project to be able to plan your implementation. This is to test your communication skills, planning ability, and product sensibilities. You will be given the information ahead of time and we expect you to spend 1-2 hours prepping and thinking about