Backend Engineer

Pure is a global dating app committed to bringing honesty and fun into the dating world. We believe that dating is more than just swiping – it’s a delightful journey where everyone can discover something special, regardless of their preferences.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Backend Developer to help us accelerate our product's performance and broaden our audience. 

What are we looking for?

• 7+ years of experience working with Django

• Strong understanding of asynchronous architectures and patterns

• Solid understanding of relational databases (especially PostgreSQL)

• Experience building RESTful APIs

• Strong understanding of multiprocessing, threads and async Python.

• Experience with pytest and solid testing practices (we care about tests - our goal is 100% coverage)

Nice to have:

• Experience designing or leading migrations from a monolithic system to microservices with asynchronous architecture.

What will you be working on?

• Like any dating platform, we manage high volumes of users and data, work on refining matching algorithms and architecture, continuously enhancing user experience, and developing new features.

• We’re in the middle of transitioning from a monolithic system to a modern microservice architecture, with several services already up and running.

• Our tech stack includes: Python 3.12+, Django 4+, Celery / Dramatiq, Kafka, Dapr, PostgreSQL, Redis Sentinel, RabbitMQ, Centrifuge. 

• We run everything on AWS, using Kubernetes for orchestration and CI/CD pipelines for smooth deployments.

What do we offer?

• Remote work.

• A competitive salary that matches our expectations and your level of experience.

• Yearly performance bonus.

• An opportunity to work on a product in the growth stage.

• Yearly education budget.

• A multinational and diverse workplace.

We’d love for you to share a link to any source code you consider noteworthy - whether it’s an open-source project, a pull request, or even an archive - so we can get an idea of your coding style and approach. If you don’t have any such links available, we can offer a test assignment instead.

At Pure, we are anything but boring. Join us on a mission to make dating more exciting for everyone!