Al Raqi Company · Full-time
Feb 4, 2026
Hiring a Python backend developer familiar with Django, debugging, performance tuning, and deploying in a distributed system environment, with over 1 year experience.
Backend Developer (Python) — Own systems that matter Raqi is a small team building data infrastructure for the Middle East. We crawl and process millions of posts, power AI assistants that understand Iraqi Arabic, and serve classified listings to thousands of daily users. We’re hiring a Backend Developer who can move confidently from code to production: debug a Sentry error during an incident, tune an Elasticsearch query that’s timing out, and ship improvements continuously. What you’ll do (end‑to‑end ownership): Debug crawler rate limits; implement smarter proxy rotation/session handling Add ranking signals to search; validate performance under real traffic Build async endpoints for video/image/message processing via LLM APIs Investigate Redis memory spikes; fix caching & eviction Deploy/tune Celery workers; track throughput/latency Trace production issues across services (logs, metrics, correlation) We don’t have separate “backend” and “infra” teams. If you write it, you own it in production. Tech stack: Python 3.11+, Django/DRF, Celery, asyncio, Django Channels, aiohttp PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Kafka, WebSockets OpenAI/Gemini/WhatsApp/Telegram APIs Docker, Cloudflare, AWS (EC2/S3/IAM), Metabase, Sentry Non‑negotiable: 1+ years building Python backends (Django preferred) Proven production debugging in distributed systems Comfortable in Linux terminal (logs, processes, networking, SSH) Solid SQL + query optimization Maintainable code, tests where it matters Hands‑on AI APIs & tools (auth, rate limits, monitoring, reliability) Professional working English (written + meetings) Strong plus: Celery at scale, Kafka ops, ES/OpenSearch tuning, large‑scale scraping, AWS/Docker networking, LLM structured extraction Rare but valued: Kurdish (especially Iraqi Kurdish), Python crawlers Not a fit if you want: Ticket‑only work with no ops ownership CRUD all day with no system responsibility Waiting for perfect docs before moving How to apply: Email [email protected] with: CV or LinkedIn One short paragraph: hardest backend/infra problem you solved and how (Optional) GitHub / open‑source / technical writing Full doc: https://raqi.short.gy/hireme If you’ve done 80% of this — apply.
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