Engineering Manager Python Backend APIs

1 day ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada d1g1t Full-time

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.