Backend Developer

Job Title : Python Django Developer

Experience : 3+ Years

Location : Gurgaon (Work from Office)

Job Summary :

We are looking for an experienced Python Django Developer with strong expertise in building scalable web applications and distributed systems. The ideal candidate must have hands-on experience with Django, Redis, Celery, RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, and Kafka to design and optimize high-performance applications.

Mandatory Skills :

Python, Django, Redis, Celery, RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, Kafka

Key Responsibilities :

• Design, develop, and maintain web applications using Python & Django.
• Implement asynchronous tasks and background job processing using Celery with RabbitMQ/Redis.
• Work with PostgreSQL for database design, optimization, and complex queries.
• Integrate and optimize messaging/streaming systems using Kafka.
• Write clean, scalable, and efficient code following best practices.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize application performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (frontend, DevOps, QA) for end-to-end delivery.
• Stay updated with the latest backend development trends and technologies.

Requirements :

• Minimum 3+ years of experience in backend development using Python & Django.
• Hands-on experience with Redis, Celery, RabbitMQ, Kafka, and PostgreSQL.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, microservices architecture, and asynchronous task management.
• Knowledge of performance tuning, caching strategies, and scalable system design.
• Familiarity with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud deployment (AWS/GCP/Azure) is a plus.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Company Overview:

Virtana delivers the industry’s only unified platform for Hybrid Cloud Performance, Capacity and Cost Management. Our platform provides unparalleled, real-time visibility into the performance, utilization, and cost of infrastructure across the hybrid cloud – empowering customers to manage their mission critical applications across physical, virtual, and cloud computing environments. Our SaaS platform allows organizations to easily manage and optimize their spend in the public cloud, assure resources are performing properly through real-time monitoring, and provide the unique ability to plan migrations across the hybrid cloud. 

As we continue to expand our portfolio, we are seeking a highly skilled and hands-on Staff Software Engineer in backend technologies to contribute to the futuristic development of our sophisticated monitoring products.

Position Overview:

As a Staff Software Engineer specializing in backend technologies for Storage and Network monitoring in an AI enabled Data center as well as Cloud, you will play a critical role in designing, developing, and delivering high-quality features within aggressive timelines. Your expertise in microservices-based streaming architectures and strong hands-on development skills are essential to solve complex problems related to large-scale data processing. Proficiency in backend technologies such as Java, Python is crucial.

Key Responsibilities:

• Hands-on Development: Actively participate in the design, development, and delivery of high-quality features, demonstrating strong hands-on expertise in backend technologies like Java, Python, Go or related languages.
• Microservices and Streaming Architectures: Design and implement microservices-based streaming architectures to efficiently process and analyze large volumes of data, ensuring real-time insights and optimal performance.
• Agile Development: Collaborate within an agile development environment to deliver features on aggressive schedules, maintaining a high standard of quality in code, design, and architecture.
• Feature Ownership: Take ownership of features from inception to deployment, ensuring they meet product requirements and align with the overall product vision.
• Problem Solving and Optimization: Tackle complex technical challenges related to data processing, storage, and real-time monitoring, and optimize backend systems for high throughput and low latency.
• Code Reviews and Best Practices: Conduct code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and promote best practices to maintain a high-quality and maintainable codebase.
• Collaboration and Communication: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including UI/UX designers, product managers, and QA engineers, to ensure smooth integration and alignment with product goals.
• Documentation: Create and maintain technical documentation, including system architecture, design decisions, and API documentation, to facilitate knowledge sharing and onboarding.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience in backend development, demonstrating expertise in Java, Python or related technologies.
• Strong domain knowledge in Storage and Networking, with exposure to monitoring technologies and practices.
• Experience is handling the large data-lakes with purpose-built data stores (Vector databases, no-SQL, Graph, Time-series).
• Practical knowledge of OO design patterns and Frameworks like Spring, Hibernate.
• Extensive experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP and development expertise on Kubernetes, Docker, etc.
• Solid experience designing and delivering features with high quality on aggressive schedules.
• Proven experience in microservices-based streaming architectures, particularly in handling large amounts of data for storage and networking monitoring.
• Familiarity with performance optimization techniques and principles for backend systems.
• Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities.
• Outstanding communication and collaboration skills.

Why Join Us:

• Opportunity to be a key contributor in the development of a leading performance monitoring company specializing in AI-powered Storage and Network monitoring.
• Collaborative and innovative work environment.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Professional growth and development opportunities.
• Chance to work on cutting-edge technology and products that make a real impact.

If you are a hands-on technologist with a proven track record of designing and delivering high-quality features on aggressive schedules and possess strong expertise in microservices-based streaming architectures, we invite you to apply and help us redefine the future of performance monitoring.

Requirements

• Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science or a related field
• 5-8 years of relevant experience
• Proven track record of Team Leading/Mentoring a team successfully.
• Experience with web technologies and microservices architecture both frontend and backend.
• Java, Spring framework, hibernate
• MySQL, Mongo, Solr, Redis, 
• Kubernetes, Docker
• Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Programming, Data Structures, and Algorithms.
• Excellent teamwork skills, flexibility, and ability to handle multiple tasks.
• Experience with API Design, ability to architect and implement an intuitive customer and third-party integration story
• Ability to think and analyze both breadth-wise (client, server, DB, control flow) and depth-wise (threads, sessions, space-time complexity) while designing and implementing services
• Exceptional design and architectural skills
• Experience of cloud providers/platforms like GCP and AWS

Roles & Responsibilities

• Develop new user-facing features.
• Work alongside the product to understand our requirements, and design, develop and iterate, think through the complex architecture.
• Writing clean, reusable, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code.
• Encourage innovation and efficiency improvements to ensure processes are productive.
• Ensure the training and mentoring of the team members.
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs and optimize applications for maximum speed.
• Research and apply new technologies, techniques, and best practices.
• Team mentorship and leadership.

Requires a bachelor's degree in area of specialty and experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks. A degree of creativity and latitude is required. Typically reports to a supervisor or manager.

Designs, develops, and implements web-based Java applications to support business requirements. Follows approved life cycle methodologies, creates design documents, and performs program coding and testing. Resolves technical issues through debugging, research, and investigation.

Additional Job Details:

Strong in Java, Spring, Spring Boot, REST and developing MicroServices.

Knowledge or experience , Cassandra preferred

Knowledge or experience on Kafka

Good to have but not must

Good to know:

Reporting tools like Splunk/Grafana

Protobuf

Python/Ruby