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Django

Partner with Django experts

We build Django applications that fit the architecture and data models you already run, reliable, scalable backends designed to grow with you instead of demanding a rewrite down the line.

1–2wks
to project kickoff
2–4wks
to first working software
100%
code & IP ownership
6–10yrs
average engineering experience

This is for teams building or scaling a backend on Django, whether that's a new API-first product, a service under real load, or an existing Django codebase that needs a steadier footing.

Custom Django Development Services

We build Django applications that drop into the architecture and data models you already run, rather than fighting them. Backend reliability, clean service boundaries, and systems that scale without a rewrite are what we optimise for, so delivery stays quick and the platform keeps extending confidently as the roadmap moves.

We build Django applications on top of the architecture and data models you already have. The focus is backend reliability, clean service-layer boundaries, and web applications that scale without a rewrite, a foundation that lets you ship faster, run into fewer production issues, and extend the platform with confidence as the roadmap grows.

How we help

We settle the domain model and service boundaries with your team first, then ship in reviewable increments with tests, docs, and monitoring wired in from the start.

We design Django backends and APIs that stay steady as web apps, mobile products, and integrations pile on top of them. Clear service contracts, predictable performance, and code that ages well are the point, so dependent teams aren't blocked, coordination overhead drops, and you can ship across surfaces without the backend turning into the bottleneck.

How we help

We agree the API contract, auth model, and data schema up front, then build versioned, documented endpoints other teams can develop against without guesswork.

We move legacy systems and ageing Django apps onto modern, supported Django architectures without freezing active development. Risk reduction, data integrity, and controlled rollout lead the approach, so the platform evolves while your team keeps shipping, leaving you a cleaner, maintainable codebase, lower operational risk, and a backend that drives growth rather than dragging on it.

How we help

We map risks and dependencies first, split the work into phased, low-risk steps, and keep the system shippable throughout so modernisation happens alongside delivery.

We build Django admin panels and internal tools shaped to how your teams genuinely operate. Roles and permissions stay tight, data quality is protected with clear flows and guardrails, so non-engineering users get more done without breaking anything. Your engineers get their time back from routine requests to spend on product work.

How we help

We talk to the people who will use the tool, model the real workflows and roles, and deliver focused interfaces that cut manual work rather than adding clicks.

When off-the-shelf commerce can't hold your business logic, integrations, or scale, we build the Django backend that can, complex catalogues, intricate pricing rules, and payment workflows, wired through to downstream systems like your CRM. The result is a commerce platform that supports revenue growth instead of forcing your team into workarounds.

How we help

We design for correctness and throughput, idempotent payment flows, careful inventory handling, and load-tested checkout, so revenue paths hold up through peak demand.

We come into Django systems that are cracking under real production load and shore up the backend so growth becomes predictable. Our engineers track down and clear the bottlenecks in data access, background processing, and request handling while keeping the system stable, so you carry more traffic and bigger data volumes without slowdowns, outages, or a risky rewrite.

How we help

We measure against real traffic before changing anything, target the ORM, query, and job hotspots that matter, and verify each fix against production-like load.

We build security and compliance straight into Django applications, authentication, authorisation, and data handling aligned to your regulatory and internal standards. The focus is on closing the exposure points that actually exist in live systems, which lowers audit risk, protects sensitive data, and clears a path to enterprise and regulated customers without security becoming the thing that blocks delivery.

How we help

We assess the attack surface, put secure defaults and access controls in place, and document the controls auditors request so compliance is provable rather than promised.

We build the integrations that tie your Django platforms to the systems the business depends on. CRMs, ERPs, payment providers, analytics, internal services. They're designed to stay resilient and maintainable as those upstream systems change, so data keeps flowing across teams and tools and integration complexity never becomes the ceiling on how far you can scale.

How we help

We handle the messy realities of external systems, flaky endpoints, auth quirks, and rate limits with retries, idempotency, and clear failure handling.

Django experts, AI-augmented

These are the AI coding tools our engineers use to ship faster and keep code clean, distinct from the AI systems we design and build for you.

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Senior Django engineers

Senior engineers with deep, hands-on Django experience building production systems at scale.

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Proven across industries

Our Django teams have delivered backend work across healthcare, finance, retail, and logistics, bringing domain awareness and hard-won patterns to every engagement.

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Enterprise-ready delivery

We hold high standards for security, testing, and documentation, and can scale a Django team up or down without sacrificing speed or quality.

The Django toolset

The Django tooling we rely on, grouped by what it does, and chosen deliberately from experience. Pick an area to see what we reach for and why.

We deploy Django applications on battle-tested servers that carry both traditional WSGI and modern ASGI workloads, synchronous views, async endpoints, and long-lived connections in a controlled, production-ready environment.

Gunicorn
uWSGI
Daphne
Uvicorn

For API-driven systems we use tooling that extends Django cleanly rather than working around its core patterns, keeping APIs consistent, testable, and easy to evolve as web apps and downstream integrations grow.

Django REST Framework
Django Filters
Simple JWT

Django pairs most naturally with relational databases that hold transactional integrity and complex data models. We design schemas, indexes, and migrations to fit the business, working inside Django's ORM rather than around it.

PostgreSQL
MySQL

We move long-running and non-blocking work out of the request cycle so Django applications stay responsive under load, reporting jobs, notifications, and data synchronisation run reliably without denting user-facing performance.

Celery
Redis
RabbitMQ

We add caching only where it genuinely relieves database pressure and improves response times in production, designing the cache layers around real access patterns so performance holds as traffic and data volume climb.

Redis
Memcached

We use automated testing to protect core Django behaviour through feature work, refactors, and framework upgrades, so teams ship with confidence and catch regressions before they reach production.

pytest
pytest-Django
Selenium

We integrate Django authentication with external identity providers while keeping its native permission and security model, for centralised access control and consistent enforcement across applications.

Auth0
Azure Active Directory
Google reCAPTCHA

We deploy Django applications into cloud environments built for controlled releases, observability, and predictable scaling, with infrastructure defined and managed for long-term operation rather than one-off deployments.

AWS
Docker
Terraform
Engagement

How you'd work with us on Django

Pick the level of ownership that suits you. We shape the engagement around your goals.

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Staff augmentation

Add senior Django engineers to a team you already have.

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Dedicated team

A committed Django team that runs like your own.

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Full delivery

Hand over the build and we deliver it end to end.

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Django FAQ

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