
Back End Developer - Python
at Well established B2C mobile app to control subscriptions
Our client has a B2C startup in the Fintech space building the payment system for the
subscription economy. We have raised pre-seed funding from some of the leading
investors in the country. A small brief about their product - To build the payment
system for the subscription economy and make it easier to discover and manage
subscription payments in India and abroad. To give subscription merchants the
power to increase their offering by providing user subscription data, multiple login
authentication, distribution and one click subscription checkouts. To enable users to
participate in the subscription economy & increase adoption of new subscriptions.
The core team come from strong backgrounds having been alumni of IIT Madras,
IIM Calcutta as well as having worked with some of the top startups in the
ecosystem including Swiggy, Mckinsey, Barclays, etc..
What we're looking for
We are looking for an experienced Python developer to join our engineering team
and help us develop our mobile application. In this role, you will be responsible for
writing and testing scalable code, developing back-end components, and integrating
user-facing elements in collaboration with front-end developers.
To be successful as a Python developer, you should possess in-depth knowledge of
object-relational mapping, experience with server-side logic, and above-average
knowledge of Python programming.
As one of the earliest members in engineering, you will have the flexibility to design
the application and systems from ground up. As any early-stage start-up, we expect
you to be comfortable wearing various hats, and be proactive contributor in building
something truly remarkable.
Responsibilities
Coordinating with development teams to determine application requirements.Python Backend Developer
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Writing scalable code using Python programming language.
Developing back-end components.
Implement business logic in the backend
Integrating user-facing elements using server-side logic.
Create restful APIs for a seamless integration with our mobile front end
Testing and debugging applications.
Assessing and prioritizing client feature requests.
Integrating data storage solutions.
Coordinating with front-end developers.
Reprogramming existing databases to improve functionality.
Developing digital tools to monitor online traffic.
Qualifications
4+ years of experience in Python, Django, Mongo, Express, MySQL, etc
Have built applications capable of serving high volume with low latency in
production
Following practices of agile development with continuous integration/deployment
A deep understanding and multi-process architecture and the threading
limitations of Python.
Experience in deploying applications in AWS cloud
Ability to collaborate on projects and work independently when required.
Knowledge in building applications for Fintech/payments domain is a bonus
Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS or equivalent from a reputed institution

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What We’re Looking For:
- Strong experience in Python (4+ years).
- Hands-on experience with any database (SQL or NoSQL).
- Experience with frameworks like Flask, FastAPI, or Django.
- Knowledge of ORMs, API development, and unit testing.
- Familiarity with Git and Agile methodologies.
- Familiarity with the Kafka tool (Added Advantage)
Responsibilities:
- Lead simultaneous development for multiple business verticals.
- Design & develop highly scalable, reliable, secure, and fault-tolerant systems.
- Ensure that exceptional standards are maintained in all aspects of engineering.
- Collaborate with other engineering teams to learn and share best practices.
- Take ownership of technical performance metrics and strive actively to improve them.
- Mentors junior members of the team and contributes to code reviews.
Requirements:
- A passion to solve tough engineering/data challenges.
- Be well versed with cloud computing platforms AWS/GCP
- Experience with SQL technologies (MySQL, PostgreSQL)
- Experience working with NoSQL technologies (MongoDB, ElasticSearch)
- Excellent Programming skills in Python/Java/GoLang
- Big Data streaming services (Kinesis, Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- Distributed cache systems(Redis, Memcache)
- Advanced data solutions(BigQuery, RedShift, DynamoDB, Cassandra)
- Automated testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines Infrastructure orchestration(Docker/Kubernetes/Nginx)
- Cloud-native tech like Lambda, ASG, CDN, ELB, SNS/SQS, S3 Route53 SES
- Designing scalable systems for high load.
- Defining and improving the development processes which includes implementation and Quality Assurance as well
- Architecting complex scalable systems with a keen eye towards performance, security and availability while also taking on a super hands-on role towards implementation
- Spearheading all inbound and outbound API integrations to build the most robust and scalable integration platform in the B2B Retail space.
- Working on interesting technical challenges in a product centric and open-source driven environment.
- Using open source as much as possible, and blogging about cool things that you learnt and built.
What you need to have:
- B.Tech /B.E.; Any Graduation
- Strong relational DB experience preferred
- Must be very much in touch with backend coding and want to do it everyday
- Our stack is primarily built around Node (Loopback), Mongo and ElasticSearch.
- Deep familiarity with Git and basic working knowledge of DevOps (Server and DB config, Docker, Kubernetes etc) is strongly preferred.
- Deep knowledge of NodeJS, PHP, MongoDB and MySQL.
- The role requires a good knowledge of Algorithmic Design and Architecture, Data structures, OOPS Concepts, serverless architectures and complex problem solving skills.
- You will help set a very high bar on code quality.
- We have started the transition towards micro services, one of your core responsibilities is ensure micro services are used wherever it makes sense
- Apply fundamental software engineering design principles and write effective, scalable code.
- Develop back-end components to improve responsiveness and overall performance
- Strong understanding of multi-threading, synchronization & performance analysis of web applications
- Highly experienced with developing RESTful API’s
- Integrate user-facing elements into applications
- Develop unit tests, automation and debug code
- Improve & maintain the functionality of existing systems
- Implement security and data protection solutions
- Understand the big picture, coordinate with internal teams to understand user requirements and provide technical solutions
Roles & Responsibilities
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or relevant field.
- 5+ work experience as a Python Developer
- Expertise in Django or at least one other popular Python web framework
- (like Flask or Pyramid)
- Excellent Python 3 development & debugging skills
- Knowledge of object oriented analysis & design as well as object-relational mapping (ORM) techniques
- Strong understanding microservices architecture & design patterns
- Strong understanding of RESTful API design principles, including good
- documentation of API using Swagger/OpenAPI specifications
- Familiarity with GIT
- Familiarity with microservices development & deployment, including CI/CD pipelines
- (e.g. Jenkins) and containerization platforms (e.g, Docker)
- Familiarity with front-end technologies (like JavaScript and HTML5)
- Excellent team spirit & exceptional problem-solving skills
What You'll Do
You will be part of our data platform & data engineering team. As part of this agile team, you will work in our cloud native environment and perform following activities to support core product development and client specific projects:
- You will develop the core engineering frameworks for an advanced self-service data analytics product.
- You will work with multiple types of data storage technologies such as relational, blobs, key-value stores, document databases and streaming data sources.
- You will work with latest technologies for data federation with MPP (Massive Parallel Processing) capabilities
- Your work will entail backend architecture to enable data modeling, data queries and API development for both back-end and front-end data interfaces.
- You will support client specific data processing needs using SQL and Python/Pyspark
- You will integrate our product with other data products through Django APIs
- You will partner with other team members in understanding the functional / non-functional business requirements, and translate them into software development tasks
- You will follow the software development best practices in ensuring that the code architecture and quality of code written by you is of high standard, as expected from an enterprise software
- You will be a proactive contributor to team and project discussions
Who you are
- Strong education track record - Bachelors or an advanced degree in Computer Science or a related engineering discipline from Indian Institute of Technology or equivalent premium institute.
- 2-3 years of experience in data queries, data processing and data modeling
- Excellent ANSI SQL skills to handle complex queries
- Excellent Python and Django programming skills.
- Strong knowledge and experience in modern and distributed data stack components such as the Spark, Hive, Airflow, Kubernetes, Docker etc.
- Experience with cloud environments (AWS, Azure) and native cloud technologies for data storage and data processing
- Experience with relational SQL and NoSQL databases, including Postgres, Blobs, MongoDB etc.
- Familiarity with ML models is highly preferred
- Experience with Big Data processing and performance optimization
- Should know how to write modular, optimized and documented code.
- Should have good knowledge around error handling.
- Experience in version control systems such as GIT
- Strong problem solving and communication skills.
- Self-starter, continuous learner.
Good to have some exposure to
- Start-up experience is highly preferred
- Exposure to any Business Intelligence (BI) tools like Tableau, Dundas, Power BI etc.
- Agile software development methodologies.
- Working in multi-functional, multi-location teams
What You'll Love About Us – Do ask us about these!
- Be an integral part of the founding team. You will work directly with the founder
- Work Life Balance. You can't do a good job if your job is all you do!
- Prepare for the Future. Academy – we are all learners; we are all teachers!
- Diversity & Inclusion. HeForShe!
- Internal Mobility. Grow with us!
- Business knowledge of multiple sectors
- Should be a Backend Developer - Python only
- Should be MCA/B.Tech IT
- Should have Database Knowledge
- Should have DJango Knowledge
- Writing effective, scalable code
- Good Communication
Role Description:
As a Lead Backend Engineer , you will be responsible for designing and deploying scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems for Radiusagent. Experience as a Tech Lead, managing tasks with back-end engineers while coding themselves will be a bonus point for the ideal candidate.
Responsibilities will include-
- You will contribute to all aspects of an agile software development lifecycle including design, architecture, development, documentation, testing, and operations.
- You will build cutting-edge scalable systems by writing simple and efficient code.
- You will push your design and architecture limits for new product development.
- You will ensure compliance with the build/release and configuration management process.
Skills needed:
- be able to design and build modules from ground up
- proficient in any one programming language out of php/golang/node/python/javascript/java/ruby and ability to pick up others
- experience with mysql/postgres/mongodb/couchdb
- experience with redis/memcached
- experience with rabbitmq / kafka
- experience in having written cron jobs, troubleshooting downtime
- ability to work with ambiguous requirements
- good understanding of OS concepts
Nice to haves:
- experience with managing VMs' on aws/gcp/digitalocean
- experience with docker/kubernetes
- experience elasticsearch or lucene
✔ Defining the over all architecture and choose the best stack, components, and
subsystems for search & storage infrastructure
✔ Design & build user-friendly APIs for accessing the backend infrastructure
✔ Active mentoring on engineering best practices, reducing technical debt and
designing scale ready solutions.
✔ Proactively identify architectural gaps and enhancements and recommending
appropriate solutions.
✔ Work closely with the product and customer teams to effectively drive innovative
solutions and drive adoption of features.
Requirements
✔ Experience level 4+ years.
✔ A bachelor's or master’s degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering
✔ Production experience with a scalable search engine or building storage
infrastructure for scaled out consumer companies.
From the very beginning, Ally has believed that the right people united by the right mission can redefine the possible
Ally is a B2B SaaS startup. We enable teams to focus, align and achieve goals, with strong employee engagement. Our OKR solution is ridiculously easy to use and scalable to startups and larger teams.
We believe in being where the work happens. Ally is well integrated with the tools and products that we already use in our daily workflows. Further, you can access it from the web and mobile. Ally’s Insights identifies problems and helps the team make the necessary changes to achieve the goals on time.
We are looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join our Ally Engineering Team in Chennai, India.
What does a lead software engineer do at Ally?
As a lead software engineer, you will be the technical lead for a team that focuses on building software applications that scale well. You will play a significant role in shaping our software architecture that provides measurable customer value. You understand both technology and business to know the right tradeoffs to make. You will be a technical mentor for your team members. You will work closely with your peers, managers, product, design and operations teams to create solutions that meet business requirements. You will drive engineering and operational excellence across Ally. You will collaborate with other engineers to surface common pain points, develop solutions and evangelize best practices.
Qualifications
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience building customer-facing web and/or mobile applications
- Strong coding skills using Ruby, Java, C/C++, Scala (or equivalent programming language)
- Excellent knowledge of Data Structures and Algorithms
- Bachelor or Master degree in Computer Science or a related discipline
- Experience working in an agile environment
- Self-starter, quick learner and passionate problem resolver
- Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills, with an enthusiastic attitude to support and resolve customer problems
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Above all, an insatiable desire and ability to learn
Nice to have skills:
- Experience with large-scale SaaS applications
- Experience building web and mobile applications
- Experience designing services on top of cloud infrastructure like AWS, Azure, etc
- Knowledge of Ruby on Rails
- Prior experience as a technical lead
Additional Information
Benefits
- Ownership and autonomy to drive customer and culture initiatives
- Centrally located in the city; right next to Metro station
- Opportunity to get mentored and mentor junior engineers
- Competitive salaries
- Paid time off
- Medical insurance








