BACK End Developer

At BigThinkCode, our technology solves complex problems. We are looking for a talented engineer to join our technology team at Chennai.

This is an opportunity to join a growing team and make a substantial impact at BigThinkCode. We have a challenging workplace where we welcome innovative ideas / talents and offers growth opportunities and positive environment.

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Company: BigThinkCode Technologies

URL: https://www.bigthinkcode.com/

Job Role: Software Engineer / Senior Software Engineer

Experience: 2 - 5 years

Work location: Chennai

Work Mode: Hybrid

Joining time: Immediate – 4 weeks

Responsibilities

• Build and enhance backend features as part of the tech team.
• Take ownership of features end-to-end in a fast-paced product/startup environment.
• Collaborate with managers, designers, and engineers to deliver user-facing functionality.
• Design and implement scalable REST APIs and supporting backend systems.
• Write clean, reusable, well-tested code and contribute to internal libraries.
• Participate in requirement discussions and translate business needs into technical tasks.
• Support the technical roadmap through architectural input and continuous improvement.

Required Skills:

• Strong understanding of Algorithms, Data Structures, and OOP principles.
• Integrate with third-party systems (payment/SMS APIs, mapping services, etc.).
• Proficiency in Python and experience with at least one framework (Flask / Django / FastAPI).
• Hands-on experience with design patterns, debugging, and unit testing (pytest/unittest).
• Working knowledge of relational or NoSQL databases and ORMs (SQLAlchemy / Django ORM).
• Familiarity with asynchronous programming (async/await, FastAPI async).
• Experience with caching mechanisms (Redis).
• Ability to perform code reviews and maintain code quality.
• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and containerization (Docker).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Basic understanding of message brokers (RabbitMQ / Kafka / Redis streams).

Benefits:

· Medical cover for employee and eligible dependents.

· Tax beneficial salary structure.

· Comprehensive leave policy

· Competency development training programs.

Advanced Backend Development: Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Python code. Develop complex backend services using FastAPI, MongoDB, and Postgres.

Microservices Architecture Design: Lead the design and implementation of a scalable microservices architecture, ensuring systems are robust and reliable.

Database Management and Optimization: Oversee and optimize the performance of MongoDB and Postgres databases, ensuring data integrity and security.

Message Broker Implementation: Implement and manage sophisticated message broker systems like RabbitMQ or Kafka for asynchronous processing and inter-service communication.

Git and Version Control Expertise: Utilize Git for sophisticated source code management. Lead code reviews and maintain high standards in code quality.

Project and Team Management: Manage backend development projects, coordinating with cross-functional teams. Mentor junior developers and contribute to team growth and skill development. Cloud Infrastructure Management: Extensive work with cloud services, specifically Google Cloud Platform (GCP), for deployment, scaling, and management of applications.

Performance Tuning and Optimization: Focus on optimizing applications for maximum speed, efficiency, and scalability.

Unit Testing and Quality Assurance: Develop and maintain thorough unit tests for all developed code. Lead initiatives in test-driven development (TDD) to ensure code quality and reliability.

 Security Best Practices: Implement and advocate for security best practices, data protection protocols, and compliance standards across all backend services.

You have 3 to 14 yrs of software engineering & product delivery experience with strong

background in datastructures & algorithms

• You’ve proven software development credentials having successfully built complex

products

• You are experienced with one or more general programming languages (e.g. Java, C/C++,

Go). Ability to learn other coding languages as needed.

• You’ve proven software development credentials having successfully built complex

products

• You have a strong foundation in the fundamentals of computer science, with familiarity in

data structures, algorithms and a strong command of object-oriented principles.

• You have experience in one or more of the following areas: Server Backend, Distributed

and Parallel Systems, Full Stack Development (frontend and backend), Scalable Enterprise

Platforms and Applications, Application Security and Incident Management, Android,

iOS, and Machine Learning.

• You have a spark that separates you from the crowd and ability to think out of the box and

on your feet

• You possess multi-dimensional skills that make you a valuable co-worker in a fast,

changing and ambiguous environment

• You have the ability to learn other coding languages as needed real quick

• You are comfortable in working with a team that deals with ambiguity every day

Must Have:

• Thorough experience (Sr. Developer: 3+ years) in core python as well as the Django framework.
• Deep understanding of designing and implementing REST web services/APIs.
• Ability to address authentication and security constraints efficiently.
• Knowledge about Amazon web services and ability to integrate it.
• Ability to write complex python utility scripts.
• Ability to deliver design documentations whenever needed.
• Knowledge of Version Control using SVN/GIT.
• Ability to analyse, debug and resolve basic to complex problems on-demand (independently).

Nice To Have:

• Knowledge with microservice architecture is a BIG plus.
• Knowledge of the docker platform to serve the applications in docker containers and being able to use docker compose will be a plus.
• Leadership and Time Management skills.

BE / B-Tech degree and 2+ years of work experience, or ME / MS degree and 2+  years of work experience, in Computer Science.

• Strong programming skills in Python/Django
• Experience with Angular, JavaScript frameworks/libraries
• Hands on experience with MySQL, PostGreSQL or other RDBMS
• Experience with Web application security and Secure coding practices
• Strong Analytical thinking and problem solving ability
• Familiarity with software collaboration tools – GIT
• Ability to work with a distributed and diverse team of researchers and developers.
• Excellent English language communication skills, both written and verbal.
• High level of innovation and motivation

Senior Web Backend Developer

 Company Overview:

It is a US based startup founded in 2018 to build an edge data platform for the autonomous world.Rich data in large volumes is getting collected at the edge (outside a data center) in use cases like autonomous vehicles, smart manufacturing, satellite imagery, smart retail, smart agriculture etc.These datasets are characterized by being unstructured (images/videos), large size (Petabytes per month), distributed (across edge, on-prem and cloud) and form the input for training AI models to get to higher degrees of automation. It is engaged with building products that solve these unique challenges and be at the forefront of this edge data revolution.

The company is backed by prominent VCs and has it’s entire software engineering team based out of India and provides ample opportunities for from-scratch design and development.

Role:

This role is an individual contributor role with key responsibilities in developing web server backends for Akridata management plane software that provides a ‘single pane of glass’ for users to manage assets, specify and monitor large volume data pipelines at scale involving 10s of petabytes of data.

This role involves:

1. Working with tech leads and the rest of the team on the feature design activities and picking appropriate tools and techniques for implementation.
2. Be a hands-on developer able to independently make correct implement choices, follow sound development practices to ensure an enterprise grade application.
3. Guide and mentor junior team members.

 What we are looking for:

1. A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science with strong CS fundamentals and problem-solving.
2. 5+ years of hands-on experience with software development with 3+ years on web backend development.
3. A good understanding of backend application interactions with relational databases like MySQL, Postgres etc
4. Knowledge of web server development frameworks preferably on Python.
5. Enthusiastic to work in a dynamic, fast paced startup environment.

Good to have:

1. Hands-on experience with designing database schema and implementing and debugging SQL queries for optimal performance for large datasets
2. Experience working with applications deployed on Kubernetes clusters.
3. Experience with working on a product from early stages of it’s development typically in a startup environment.