Senior Python Backend Engineer

This profile is seeking Senior / Staff Backend Engineer or Tech-Lead positions for long-term, direct hire or contract-to-hire with meaningful equity. The individual enjoys building products and teams, not just features. Key achievements include designing and scaling a payment platform serving 1000+ merchants and processing billions of USD over 4.5 years in the Middle East. They are a habitual refactorer, having significantly reduced Django migrations, deploy times, and API latency. The individual is a clear, async-first communicator, fluent in English, and enjoys mentoring, code reviews, and translating business specifications into maintainable architecture. They are looking for a senior engineer who can own a codebase, level-up the team, and ship reliably.