AI tax assistant for professionals and businesses. Backed by Y Combinator.
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.
What they're looking for
- 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
More about this role
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.
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.
- Design, build, and maintain core backend systems using Python, Django, and Django REST Framework
- Own application architecture for backend features,...
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