Engineering Manager Python Backend APIs
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Lead Python backend engineering for d1g1t’s Data & APIs team in Toronto, with hybrid work and remote consideration. Shape architecture while staying hands-on.
This Engineering Manager role leads a small, autonomous team within d1g1t’s Python backend organization. You will guide Django services, customer-facing importers, and document vault capabilities. The work combines technical direction, code leadership, delivery planning, and people management across Toronto and Eastern Europe.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead delivery for Importers, Document Vault, Events, and Notes
- Set architecture direction across Python, Django, PostgreSQL, and AWS
- Design, write, review, and improve production code
- Build scalable ingestion and REST API capabilities
- Manage engineers and coordinate external contractors across time zones
Requirements:
- 8+ years of backend software development experience
- Python expertise and 5+ years leading Django or similar frameworks
- Experience managing, hiring, coaching, and evaluating engineers
- Strong PostgreSQL, REST API, and data pipeline experience
- Background scaling large web systems in production
Bring Python leadership, Django expertise, and data-focused engineering judgment to d1g1t’s growing backend platform.