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Senior Django developers for education and edtech teams, based in the US
Engineers who build learning platforms, course sites, and student tools that work for real teachers and students, including at the start of term.
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// teams we've worked with
“NextGen scaled us from 2 to 7 dedicated engineers in under a quarter. Enterprise-grade capacity, zero agency drag.”
Sound familiar?
- Your platform buckles at the start of every term.
- LMS and SIS integrations are brittle.
- Accessibility gaps create risk and frustrate users.
- Student data needs careful handling.
What our Django engineers build for education and edtech teams
Learning platforms
Course sites, LMS integrations, and student tools built accessible from the start.
Web apps & APIs
Django and Django REST Framework back-ends with tests and clean deploys.
Upgrades
Old Django and Python versions upgraded safely.
How it works
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Pick a time
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Talk through the problem
Tell us what needs building, what's stuck and what success looks like. No spec needed.
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Your plan in 48 hours
Get your project plan, roadmap, cost and ROI estimates. The plan is yours to keep.
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First 5 dev hours free
Agree the scope with our team. Decide whether to continue before any paid work begins.
Common questions
Will this turn into a sales pitch?
No. The call is about your project: what needs building, what's stuck, and whether we have the right engineers. If we're not a fit, we'll say so.
What do I get for free?
A project plan, roadmap, cost estimate and ROI estimate within 48 hours of your project call. Your first 5 development hours are free, too. We agree the scope and any paid work with you before proceeding.
Do I need a spec or brief?
No. Tell us the problem in plain words and we'll help shape the scope with you.
Are the engineers really in the U.S.?
Yes. Every engineer lives and works in the United States. No offshore hand-offs, and that's in the contract.
What our clients say
"NextGen scaled us from 2 to 7 dedicated engineers in under a quarter. Enterprise-grade capacity, zero agency drag."
"Their R&D tax credit workflow platform paid for itself in the first filing season."
"AI-native from day one. Our IRS transcript pipeline runs 24/7 without a human in the loop."
"Property tax appeals used to take weeks. Their comp analysis tooling turned it into hours."
"The AI intake agent handles our tier-1 patient calls with a hand-off cleaner than our old call center."
"POS, inventory, ordering — all unified. We finally have one source of truth across every location."
"The procurement platform paid for itself in the first quarter of use."
"They shipped our matching engine in 6 weeks. Our old team would've taken 6 months."
"Enterprise-grade delivery without the enterprise-agency price tag."
"Their team plugged into our sprint on day one. Zero ramp time."
"NextGen scaled us from 2 to 7 dedicated engineers in under a quarter. Enterprise-grade capacity, zero agency drag."
"Their R&D tax credit workflow platform paid for itself in the first filing season."
"AI-native from day one. Our IRS transcript pipeline runs 24/7 without a human in the loop."
"Property tax appeals used to take weeks. Their comp analysis tooling turned it into hours."
"The AI intake agent handles our tier-1 patient calls with a hand-off cleaner than our old call center."
"POS, inventory, ordering — all unified. We finally have one source of truth across every location."
"The procurement platform paid for itself in the first quarter of use."
"They shipped our matching engine in 6 weeks. Our old team would've taken 6 months."
"Enterprise-grade delivery without the enterprise-agency price tag."
"Their team plugged into our sprint on day one. Zero ramp time."
Hire US-based Django developers from NextGen Coding Company for EdTech applications such as learning platforms, assessment systems, and instructor dashboards. Define the work around educational workflows: enrollment changes, assignment deadlines, grading permissions, and student progress tracking. A Django 5.2 LTS service using Django REST Framework and PostgreSQL needs careful authorization wherever students, instructors, guardians, and administrators interact with the same records.
An LMS integration may involve LTI 1.3 launches, OneRoster imports, or Celery jobs that synchronize course memberships without blocking classroom activity. Other projects need dependable quiz submissions, accessible templates, or institution-specific login through SAML or OpenID Connect. Our engineers join your standups and work your hours. All live and work in the US; NDA and full IP assignment precede code access.
Frequently asked questions
- What experience should a Django developer have for LTI 1.3 integration?
- Ask about the OpenID Connect launch flow, JWT validation, key rotation, deployment identifiers, and state and nonce checks. For LTI Advantage, distinguish Deep Linking, Names and Role Provisioning Services, and Assignment and Grade Services. A Django implementation also needs explicit mapping between platform identities, local users, course contexts, and permissions within each institution.
- How should Django handle student and instructor permissions?
- Model permissions around institution, course, enrollment, and role rather than a single global teacher flag. Django REST Framework endpoints need both filtered querysets and appropriate object-level checks. Test scenarios such as withdrawn students, teaching assistants, cross-listed courses, and users with different roles across institutions. Django admin access deserves separate restrictions from classroom-facing functionality.
- How can a Django assessment platform handle simultaneous quiz submissions?
- Keep submission acceptance small and transactional, with server-side deadline checks and protection against duplicate requests. PostgreSQL constraints can enforce submission rules; Celery can move suitable grading or notification work out of the request path. Load-test realistic class start and deadline peaks, and distinguish a durably saved submission from grading work that is still pending.
- Can Django support OneRoster synchronization with school systems?
- Django can provide the application layer for OneRoster CSV imports or REST-based exchanges, depending on the connected system's supported version and interface. Plan identifier mapping, enrollment lifecycle rules, validation, and reconciliation before scheduling Celery jobs. Imports should expose actionable errors and handle repeated deliveries without creating duplicate users, classes, or memberships.
- What should we cover before hiring a Django developer for student data?
- Document which student records the application needs, who may access them, and how retention and deletion requirements reach the codebase. Discuss audit events, log redaction, test-data handling, and institution-specific access rules. Book a 15-minute call with your Django architecture and LMS requirements; avoid sending real student records during initial scoping or interviews.
- Are your developers really based in the US?
- Yes. Every engineer lives and works in the United States. No offshore subcontracting and no hand-offs to another team. That's written into the contract.
- How fast can someone start?
- Most teams interview matched engineers within a week of the first call. Start dates depend on your interview process.
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