We are Django Stars

As a technical partner, we guide global businesses through every stage of software solution development, empower their growth, and embody innovations.
4.8/5
Customer satisfaction rating
3.5 years
Our clients work with us on average
1B+
Raised by our clients in funding
Fortune 500
Trusted by Fortune 500 businesses
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Our Mission

We aim to design complex software solutions that make it easy for businesses to operate, grow, and scale.

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Our Vision

We see our client’s success as our own β€” and we share the commitment, sense of responsibility, and dedication to long-term business prosperity.

We are the best at

Aligning business and technology

Diving into market specifics and designing solutions that meet them efficiently, picking location- and domain-tailored integrations, and helping our customers to deal with compliance requirements β€” these are the things we are especially comfortable with.

Designing Python-based solutions

We are a Python monostack company, and our team was recognized by Clutch as one of the top Python developers multiple times. We build from the ground up, reengineer, modernize, and transform Python-based solutions that raise hundreds of millions in investments.

Supporting businesses on a long-term basis

With some of our core clients, we work for more than 10 years, while the average cooperation duration with our customers is 3.5 years. We empower businesses along the entire lifecycle of their products β€” from the initial research and planning to maintenance and scaling.

rewards and recognitions
We are recognized as one of the top software development companies β€” and we prove the status with every solution we work on.
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Top b2b companies global in 2023
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Top software developers supply chain, logistic & transport in 2023
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Top software developers financial services in 2023
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Top web developers eastern europe in 2023
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Top python & django developers ukraine in 2023
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Security certified by ISO 27001:2013
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Quality management by ISO 9001:2015
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Environmental management by ISO 14001:2015
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Trusted by Y Combinator
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Trusted by Fortune 500

Meet some of our leaders

Roman Gaponov
CEO
We empower businesses through the entire product development β€” from ideation to scaling and expansion, and act as a long-term technical partner.
Roman Osipenko
CTO
We design future-proof, complex technology solutions that make it easy for businesses and users to operate
Arthur Bachinskiy
COO
We establish smooth cooperation and introduce a mix of well-defined guidelines, flexibility, and industry best practices to ensure truly efficient development process
Iryna Meshchankina
Operations Manager
We apply well-tested Agile methodologies and industry best practices to organize transparent and predictable cooperation between our teams and deliver software solutions on time
Nataliia Peterheria
Operations Manager
We dive deeply into your project specifics at the very pre-sale stages to align your requirements with our capabilities and provide you with precise budget and time estimates
Iryna Chernenko
HR Manager
We are a Python mono stack company, and it affects our recruiting standards β€” we embrace the best talents on the market and help them grow into true product creators

Our history

We’ve built Django Stars around our passion for engineering β€” being one of the first companies in the world to use Django for commercial development, we’ve never given up on it.

Started by two, Django Stars today stands on the shoulders of more than a hundred software development professionals and unites experts in fintech, logistics, and travel industries.

2023
2021
2018
2015
2012
2008
2023
We’ve already become a recognized technical partner for world-leading businesses β€” and we keep gaining traction.
  • 100+ team members
  • 2 Fortune 500 clients
  • Clutch’s top Python developers
  • Clutch’s top Logistics developers
2021
Obtained extensive experience across financial services development, we were recognized as one of the top developers in several niches, including fintech and travel.
  • 3 ISO certifications
  • 20+ fintech projects in the portfolio
  • Our first Y Combinator client
  • Clutch’s top 3 Python & Django developers
2018
Growing rapidly, we shaped our standards across management and development departments and partnered with Molo Finance β€” the leading digital mortgage broker in the UK.
  • 65+ team members
  • 10th anniversary of Django Stars
  • New office in Kyiv downtown
2015
Completed our team with several outstanding experts, we’ve started to grow rapidly β€” both in headcount and project number.
  • New COO Arthur Bachinskiy
  • New QA and UX/UI competencies added
  • Rapid team size scaling
2012
We started cooperating with several Swiss businesses which grew over the decade into industry-leading enterprises.
  • 19 engineers were hired during the year
  • Cooperation with Diviac and Money Park started β€” and they still last in 2023
  • 10 engineers on board
2008
Our CEO Roman Gaponov and CTO Roman Osipenko started Django Stars β€” a company built around their passion for Python and Django framework.
  • Django Stars is established
  • First employees hired
  • The company takes mostly MVP projects

Values we’ve built Django Stars around

We measure our success by our client's success
We share a sense of responsibility and commitment
Transparency and efficiency are the cornerstones of successful cooperation
We share knowledge and experience across our combined teams
Growing talents in Django Stars, we grow with talents

What it’s like to be a Django Star

Expertise
Life-work balance
Professional development
Sport and parties

Expertise

Online and offline conferences, internal competency meet-ups, regular knowledge-sharing sessions β€” we love what we do, and we do everything possible to only become better as developers, designers, managers, and marketers.

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Life-work balance

We believe that people can keep a passion for what they do only if they are well-rested and have a life besides work β€” that’s why we offer flexible working hours, fully-remote mode (though, you are always welcome at our office), and support of our experts’ learning endeavors.

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Professional development

We care about our employees’ aspirations and always support them on their way to self-development β€” from regular performance reviews and personal development plans to providing our professionals with the ability to apply their knowledge on the project they are interested in, we are always here to support them.

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Sport and parties

Football, basketball, cybersports β€” we have corporate teams for everyone who loves sports. Also, we never miss a chance to celebrate any events at our office or have an amazing corporate party. And yes, we’ve even been to Chornobyl together.

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Careers at Django Stars

Our clients

United States
28,9%
of our clients are from the US
United Kingdom
11,4%
of our clients are from the UK
Switzerland
13,2%
of our clients are from Switzerland
MENA
7%
of our clients are from the MENA region
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