For us, Senior isn’t a matter of years or of how many technologies you know. It’s how you work:
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You understand the problem before you solve it. You ask what the business or user actually needs, and sometimes the right answer is not to build anything.
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You choose the simplest solution that works.
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To you, complexity is a cost.
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You make trade-offs explicit and explain your reasoning.
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You own outcomes, not tasks.
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You surface risks early, say when a plan is no longer realistic, and see things through after release.
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You build things others can maintain.
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Your code is clear, tested and easy to evolve without you in the room.
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You think about what can go wrong. Failing dependencies, bad data, security and performance are part of the design, not an afterthought.
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You act like a consultant.
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You adapt how you communicate to engineers, product and clients, and you bring recommendations, not only problems.
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You make your team better. You give thoughtful reviews, share what you know and help others grow, without becoming a bottleneck.
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You keep learning. You get productive in unfamiliar systems and know when to ask for help.
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You use AI responsibly. It makes you faster, but you understand and validate everything before it ships.
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4+ years building backends with Python and Django (Django REST Framework a big plus)
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Solid experience with PostgreSQL in production, including schema changes on live systems
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Hands-on experience with background processing (Celery, RabbitMQ, Redis or similar)
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You’ve built and maintained integrations with third-party APIs and know what happens when they fail
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You care about testing, code quality and constructive code reviews
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You’ve supported your own work in production: monitoring, debugging and incidents don’t scare you
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You’re comfortable in a large codebase shared with many engineers
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C1 English: you’ll work daily with a US-based team, in meetings and in writing
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Build product features end to end on the backend, from the API to the database
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Connect the platform with hotel suppliers, booking systems, payment providers and AI services, and keep those connections reliable when the other side isn’t
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Design and run the background jobs that keep bookings, payments and data in sync
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Evolve the database of a live product without interrupting the people who rely on it
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Write short technical proposals before big changes, and review your teammates’ work
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Take your turn on call, help resolve production issues, and leave things better than you found them
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Experience in the travel industry (hotels, airlines, cruises, booking systems)
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Experience with payments or financial flows (Stripe, invoicing, payouts)
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You’ve shipped AI-powered features to real users
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Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes or AWS
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