About Oraan 

Oraan is Pakistan's female-led fintech startup with a mission to make savings simple, easy and habitual for everyone. We are working to achieve that by creating user-driven financial tools and services. The method we focus on at the moment is changing the way Pakistanis’ 

imagine committees. We enable people to save with a safe group in a simple and transparent method whether they are looking to save for a car, a wedding, or just become better at savings. 

About the role 

We are on a mission to change the savings behavior and empower people to save before they spend. 

To help us achieve our goal, we are looking for a creative, curious, focused and detail-oriented individual to join our software team to expand, enhance and upgrade our payment, content management, customer relations and marketing system. 

We are seeking a Django Backend Developer with at least 3 years of experience to develop and maintain high-quality web applications. The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of backend development using Django, Django Rest Framework, strong database modeling skills, and the ability to work on frontend coding using Django templates. 

Your responsibilities include 

• Working directly with our teams ranging from growth to operations to develop a deep understanding of our business model and how our customers interact with Oraan 
• Writing and upgrading test driven based code. 
• Building new features, expanding existing and managing the frontend as well.
• Creating API’s, SaaS based integrations and developing mid-tier service API for our distributed systems. 
• Understand and implement the business logic, persuading day to day tasks, attending and syncing with the team and updating repository based VCS.
• Develop, test, and maintain web applications using Django. 
• Design and implement robust and scalable database models. 
• Collaborate with frontend developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic. 
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability.
• Troubleshoot and debug applications to ensure smooth functionality. 
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to team best practices. 
• Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies. 

• At least 3 years of work experience in Python and Django 
• Experience in MVC, MVT. Good knowledge of SQL / ORM and Postgres / MongoDB is compulsory. 
• Must be proficient with Bootstrap, CSS, JS
• Knowledge of version control systems, preferably Git. 
• Experience in coding frontends using Django templates. 
• Experience in using Django Rest Framework. 
• Knowledge of AWS EBS, AWS Lambda is a plus. 
• Strong knowledge of scalability, frontend optimization and optimization in ORM. 
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines 

Preferred Skills 

● Experience with front-end frameworks such as React or Vue.js. 

● Knowledge of Docker and containerization. 

● Familiarity with cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP). 

● Understanding of CI/CD pipelines.

What working at Oraan looks like 

At Oraan, our team members are our greatest asset. We foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, continuous growth, and celebrating your unique identity. Here’s how we help our teams achieve the mission we are on: 

• Market Competitive Salaries 
• Extensive family medical insurance-To help cope up with difficult situation
• Holidays, Cause we all need a break sometime 
• Maternity & Paternity Leaves-To take that well deserved break and spend some time
• Paid time off for your Birthday-To enjoy the day off with your friends and family 
• Additional Cost of Living Allowance-To help maintain the increasing cost of living 
• Super Discounted Oraan Committees-To help take advantage of what it's like to be a customer on the inside
• Earned Wage Access-To help meet those ever increasing costs
• Regular get togethers and social activities - We gotta have fun too right? 

Join us on our journey to transform the world of finance, one customer at a time.