Fullstack Django Developer

Location:

Address: 1101, MIG Type TNHB, AVADI, Ambattur, Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, 600054

Website: hrgfsa.com

About HRGF

About the Role

Were looking for an experienced Senior Django Engineer to lead the development of a custom HR and Finance system from scratch. Youll play a key role in designing the architecture, building core modules (leave management, payroll, workflows), and laying the foundation for scalable, secure enterprise-grade software.

This is a long-term product-oriented role. Beyond HR, you'll help shape the tech direction for future systems in our company (internal tools, integrations, dashboards, and potentially external platforms).

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement apps with clean, maintainable code.
• Build modular systems for employee, payroll, leave workflows, documents, and evaluations.
• Set up RBAC (role-based access control) for multiple user types.
• Create admin dashboards, reports, and PDF/Excel exports/Imports.
• Handle file uploads, secure document storage, and expiry workflows.
• Build internal notifications (email + in-app) using Celery.
• Write unit/integration tests.
• Lead code reviews, mentor junior developers, and establish best practices
• Collaborate with the product owner to refine features and timelines
• Set up and maintain DevOps tools (Docker, Nginx, Gunicorn, PostgreSQL)

Requirements

• Object-oriented programming

  is a must

• minimum of 2+ years of experience with

  Django

  (class-based views, ORM, auth, forms, signals)
• Strong Python fundamentals and Django best practices
• Experience with

  PostgreSQL

  ,

  Docker

  ,

  Git

  ,

  Celery

  , and deployment pipelines
• Solid understanding of

  REST APIs

  , background tasks, and secure architecture
• Able to build and document complex workflows (approvals, salary rules, document alerts)
• Experience with

  admin interfaces

  ,

  PDF generation

  (WeasyPrint, ReportLab, etc.)
• Familiarity with building bilingual (Arabic/English) systems is a plus
• Comfortable working independently and collaboratively in a remote setup

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with

  React

  (for dashboards or SPA use)
• Prior work on HR, payroll, or enterprise admin systems
• DevOps experience (GCP, VPS setup, Nginx, backups, CI/CD)

Interview Process

Take-Home Assignment

• Deliverables:

  GitHub repo link with clear README and setup instructions

• Timeline:

  7 days from when the assignment is shared

• Goal:

  Show your approach to translating business requirements into a working Django app

Technical Interview (Google Meet or Zoom)

• Duration:

  ~60 minutes

• Format:

  Live walkthrough of your submitted code + Q&A

• Focus Areas:

• How did you translate system requirements into Django models, views, and templates
• Reasoning behind your architecture and API design choices
• Your approach to error handling, performance, and testing
• Your general software engineering problem-solving skills