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at KAFQA

Agency job
1 - 6 yrs
₹8L - ₹11L / yr
Bengaluru (Bangalore)
Skills
skill iconPython
skill iconPostgreSQL
skill iconMongoDB
skill iconAmazon Web Services (AWS)
skill iconDjango

About KAFQA

At Kafqa, we are building the next generation performing arts platform. Our mission is to transform how India learns, performs & watchers performing arts. We are currently in stealth mode with a target public launch date in April. Our launch services consist of technology enabled dance classes in our proprietary studios, production facilities and social media broadcasting & competitions.

Founder & Team

The founder is Shariq Plasticwala. He is a graduate of IIT Bombay & Stanford GSB. He was part of the founding team of Amazon India where he played a key role for over 8 years. Among his roles at Amazon, he was the CEO of Amazon’s first joint venture in India and a Board Member of Amazon’s payments business. The other members of the founding team consist of senior executives from Shiamak Davar & Byju’s.

Background

  • At least 1+ years’ experience in back-end development in a fast-paced environment, working in Python & Django Framework
  • Deep understanding of technologies used in web-deployed SaaS products, including Rest APIs
  • Exposure to AWS, Azure or other cloud providers

 

Opportunity


We will share our workload as a team and we expect you to work on a broad range of tasks. Here’s are some of the things you might have to do on any given day:

  • Developing APIs and endpoints for deployments of our product
  • Infrastructure Development such as building databases, creating and maintaining automated jobs
  • Build out the back-end to deploy and scale our product
  • Build POCs for client deployments
  • Document your code, write test cases, etc.

 

Skills

  • Hands-on experience with Python (1+ years)
  • Sound understanding of Postgres and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB
  • Deep familiarity with UNIX, major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), DevOps
  • Understanding of databases, and related tools, paradigms

 

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