# Sr. Backend Engineer, Django, US Remote at TaxGPT

- Company: TaxGPT (YC S24)
- What the company does: AI tax assistant for professionals and businesses. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.taxgpt.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Remote (US)
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $140K to $160K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-05-29
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/taxgpt/jobs/TYiucgG-sr-backend-engineer-django-us-remote
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/taxgpt-sr-backend-engineer-django-us-remote/

## 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

Tags: Engineering