# Software Engineer Python + Django

**Company:** [PDQ](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/pdq)
**Location:** Bucharest, Romania
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** Python, Django, FastAPI, REST APIs, SQL, NoSQL, Elasticsearch, Docker, Distributed Systems, Redis, CI/CD, DevOps, Linux, Cve/Cpe
**Posted:** 2026-09-01

> Build and operate Python backend services that transform device data into reliable vulnerability matches. The role requires 3+ years of software development experience, REST API and database expertise, Docker, and the ability to debug production issues in collaboration with customers and cross-functional teams.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Develop backend systems that transform device data into accurate vulnerability matches, including production impact analysis.
- Maintain and operate backend services and pipelines for vulnerability detection, including deployments, monitoring, and incident response.
- Onboard vulnerability data sources with varied data and integration requirements.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve detection accuracy and reliability.
- Investigate false positives and false negatives and trace issues to their root causes.
- Troubleshoot customer-reported detection issues and implement fixes efficiently.
- Analyze logs, reproduce edge-case bugs, and make safe changes in unfamiliar codebases.

## Requirements
- 3+ years of software development experience, including exposure to live production environments.
- Strong proficiency in Python.
- Experience building and maintaining REST APIs, such as with Django or FastAPI.
- Experience with databases and search or indexing datastores, including SQL, NoSQL, or Elasticsearch.
- Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker.
- Solid understanding of distributed systems and scalability principles.
- Proficiency with AI-assisted engineering tools.
- Ability to work with inconsistent, unstructured, and dynamic real-world data.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience with vulnerability management, CVE/CPE data, or security tooling.
- Familiarity with Linux, macOS, and Windows systems internals.
- Experience with Redis or comparable caching solutions.
- Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices.

## Benefits
- Monthly additional day off through PDQ Friday.
- Supplementary health insurance.
- Equity grant.
- Modern, high-performance equipment.

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