Backend Developer

Who we are and what we do:
 India's first platform to democratise access to dream jobs for all eligible aspirants
irrespective of their college, degree or network. By taking the Relevel Test, they engage in
comprehensive skill assessments, which evaluate industry relevant skills and their
job-readiness. Our evaluation is purely objective-based in conjunction with current best
practices in the industry.
We offer the excitement of an early stage startup coupled with the stability of a unicorn like
Unacademy which is a market leader in the Ed-Tech space. At Relevel, we truly value
ownership and accountability as opposed to the pedigree and background of the applicants.
We are looking at folks who are willing to learn and grow along with us in our fast paced
growth journey of going global.
If you believe in our mission of offering job seekers a fair shot at realising their dreams, we're the right place for you!
Engineering
● We use cutting edge technologies to build our products which means you get to be
updated on the latest tech stack.
● You don’t need to have experience in any of our specific technologies;we are good at
teaching our Engineers. Our diverse group of Engineers are a great team to work
with and to learn.
● We deploy changes to production multiple times a day.
● Blameless culture and a continuous learning mindset
What engineers do at the company
● Making a global platform with the scale of millions of users.
● Working directly with designers and PMs to make a world class test taking
experience.
● Building a platform for companies and writing an ML based algorithm to match
candidates and companies.
● Building an Ed-Tech product for the upskilling of candidates.
What you need to bring
● Expertise in backend frameworks/technologies like Python/Django, Golang,
Postgres, Redshift, and AWS.
● Solid coding and problem-solving skills with the ability to architect cross-team
features to refactor existing frameworks. Familiarity with design patterns is a must
too.
● The ideal person has worked on a product that they were able to drive to production
in a startup environment.
● Proficiency in building highly scalable systems
● Ownership mindset- Taking end to end ownership of backend initiatives and being
part of the core team in driving the overall growth of the organization in achieving its
vision.

Why do you want to work
● All fixed compensation structure, No variable component
● Medical insurance for you and your family
● Practo Subscription for unlimited online doctor consultation
● Ultrahuman subscription
● ESOP earning capacity every quarter
● Office pantry with food and beverage of your choice
● Cab facility post 8 pm
● Certifications/Upskilling opportunities
● Opportunity to attend and speak in conferences
● Flexible working hours including remote work option

2+ Years hands on experience in Python & Django

- SaaS Development Exposure - Database skills in a relational database (MySQL, PostgreSQL)

- Knowledge of how to build and use with RESTful APIs

- Strong knowledge of version control (i.e. git, svn, etc.)

- Experience deploying Python applications into production

- Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure knowledge is a plus

Would be good if you have worked with:

- PCI Compliance products
- Microservices
- Serverless

Responsibilities :
- Develop cloud-based Python Django SaaS products
- Working closely with frontend Developers
- Participating in architectural, design and product discussions
- Designing and creating RESTful APIs for internal and partner consumption
- Working in an agile environment with an excellent team of engineers

We are looking for:

- Self-motivated, team player comfortable in a high growth environment
- Friendly, fun, awesome to be around
- Energetic with engaging personality
- Track record of over-achievement
- Passionate about what you do and care deeply about the things you build
- Able to clearly communicate with both technical and non-technical audiences
- We love team players who will jump in to help get a project done

Tech you'll use : - Python - Django - MySQL, AWS, Git, Redis, React

Technology Vision

The B2B manufacturing industry has a lack of digitisation globally. NowPurchase is building layers of technology to help improve the productivity and profits of the manufacturer. For this we are building the OS (Operating System) that will seamlessly connect factory equipment such as furnaces and spectrometers to our software systems that provide real time optimisations.

The end-game is to use this interconnected system to do great production planning and autonomous procurement of their raw materials. The Heart of NowPurchase will be a marketplace consisting of these smart factories and raw material suppliers.

Here a video that explains our product journey:

https://www.loom.com/share/ccd0ed9e7bc349d7bba851d762253c21">https://www.loom.com/share/ccd0ed9e7bc349d7bba851d762253c21

This is fully a remote role, but the employer needs to fly down to the office in Kolkata for 5–6 days every month. Plane tickets and accommodation will be reimbursed by the company.

Role Description

NowPurchase is looking to add an immensely talented Senior Backend Engineer that will help us invent, design, refine and deliver products that will meet the above vision.

- Expect to build a lot of services and APIs in the cloud and stand-alone IoT devices to serve both the browser as well as native IoT enabled terminals that will be placed at the manufacturers' premises.
- Expect designing algorithms that model the metallurgy of the manufacturing processes as well as using tools such as linear programming, machine learning etc.
- You need to lead the backend team to make sure they are delivering high quality code and is constantly inspired to experiment with tools to push out MVPs.

What are the expectations from this role?

- Deliver high quality modular code deployed to serve web, mobile and native IoT enabled terminals that leverage REST-based services and real time sockets. This would include algorithms for real time optimizations that are critical for the manufacturing process.
- You are empowered to work directly with leadership and the product team to make decisions about your code and future of the product.
- Have a strong emphasis on shipping features quickly without sacrificing code quality. Be ready to build a lot of MVPs that will go through iteration or be completely scrapped depending on the outcome at the customer end.
- Own your Agile projects and lead the team from software design to implementation and deployment. Maintain sprints, delivery timelines and contribute to better managing the engineering team.
- Collaborate on the end to end design and implementation of the platform, including data modeling, systems architecture, data security, access controls, architecture, user experience, deployment, automation, and monitoring.
- Maintain a high level of data integrity, quality and security checks.
- Develop data pipelines and RESTful services that are distributed, robust and highly performant.
- Build a culture of simplicity and pragmatism, which is reflected in your elegant code that other developers emulate and you ensure through thorough code reviews and processes.

Qualifications and Experience

- 4+ years of demonstrated software engineering experience in an agile environment designing, architecting and implementing robust scalable systems preferably for modern SaaS application
- 1+ years of technical leadership experience
- Experience with modern server-side programming languages such as Python, Scala, Go. Experience with web frameworks such as Django Rest Framework, Flask.
- Experience with architecting asynchronous services with design patters leveraging PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Celery for storage and multi-tenant servers over AWS Elastic BeanStalk.

Compensation & Benefits

- **Cash Compensation:** As per industry standards & pedigree of candidate
- **ESOPs:** 10% of NowPurchase is dedicated to current & future team members. Your package would entail some ESOPs so that you own a part of the company and grow along with it.
- **Medical Insurance:** Benefits of group insurance of 3 lakhs for family including parents, spouse, children
- **Generous leave structure and WFHs** including Marriage, Maternity & Paternity leaves
- **Complete Relocation Expenses:** We are building a unicorn out of the city of Joy (Kolkata). We will pay for everything you spend to relocate here.

**Possible Growth path**

Senior Backend End Engineer > Engineering Manager > VP of Engineering

**Tech Stack**

- React/Redux
- Python/Django/Celery
- Git, AWS, ELB (Elastic Beanstalk), Netlify
- PostgreSQL/Redis/S3

## **Hiring Process**

1. Screening of applicants & initial telephonic call with Manager -HR
2. F2F/Video Interview with Engineering Manager and Cofounder CTO
3. Take home written assessment
4. F2F/Video Interview with Cofounder CEO
5. Email communication on final feedback

The end to end process shall take less than 10 days. We pride ourselves on being transparent & moving fast.

*Candidates who accept an offer may join within 1 hour, 1 week or up to 45days of signing - though, we have a preference for as short a gap period between signing and joining since we're at the most exciting part of our journey - laying the foundation for the NowPurchase platform!*

Python API DeveloperJD:  
Experience: 4-6 Yrs
Notice Period: 10-20 days or within 1 month

>> Develop and maintain various security software products with queues, caching & database management.
>> Hands-on experience in Coding in Python is required along with Knowledge about Data Structures and object-oriented programming, Algorithms.
>> Extensive experience in developing asynchronous systems.
>> Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic
>> Implementation of security and data protection.
>> Performance tuning, improvement, balancing, usability, automation

Mandatory Skills:

• Python
• Flask/Django
• API

Responsibilities :

- Write clean, well- designed code

- Produce detailed specifications

- Troubleshoot, test and maintain the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality

- Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle

- Follow industry best practices

- Develop and deploy new features to facilitate related procedures and tools if necessary.

Requirements :

- Knows best practices for front- end development

- Strong knowledge of Javascript APIs.

- Must have experience in building web applications in Python/Django

- Able to handle multiple databases in Django.

- Knows how to do multiple environments (production/ staging)setup in Django.

- Knows how to set up/deploy Django apps in AWS.

- Knowledge of MongoDB, postgresql mysql

- Familiar with Docker/Docker- compose

Experience : 1-3 years

Location : Andheri east, Mumbai

Notice Period : Immediate to 15 days

Responsibilities :

- Create algorithms from scratch.

- Create products and backend API's as described by the business team.

- Back-test and create a hypothesis as desired by the research team.

- Code the backend of logics for consumption by the UI team.

- Deploy websockets, Django, rest API's & dynamic TCP, UDP based data flow.

- Deployment and maintenance of codes with version control.

Description

We are looking for talented engineers who are passionate about using software
engineering to make kids love to learn and redefine learning@home. You will
have an opportunity to work in a highly motivated fast paced environment in a fastest
growing Ed-Tech company. You will be building platforms and services to be used across
various products. You will have the opportunity to create significant impact on our
systems, our business and most importantly on the life of millions of our students as we
take on challenges that will reshape education industry. You will operate at the
intersection of diverse disciplines - Backend, Frontend, Big Data, ML, Computer vision
and various open source tech. You will build solutions for Byju’s learning Apps as well as
few upcoming products with huge market potential and are high on innovation.
We are looking for smart people with excellent coding skills and can-do attitude.
Candidates should be eager to learn, flexible to pivot when needed, savvy enough to
thrive in a dynamic environment and should possess a growth mindset.

Roles & Responsibilities

● Writes high quality code & unit tests, builds, tests as per agreed timelines
● Participates in technical design and provides estimation
● Owns one or more small to medium features
● Becomes a go-to person in at least one area
● Communicates clearly and gets clarification upfront to minimize rework. Knows when
to ask for help to unblock.
● Consistently follows and promotes SDLC best practices: Coding standard, testing,
code reviews, code comments etc.
● Exhibit strong problem solving skills, helps other developers and demonstrates
teamwork

Ideal Candidate Profile

● Understands detailed requirements and demonstrates excellent problem solving skills
● Deep understanding of software engineering practices, Design Patterns, Data
Structures, Algorithms
● Excellent programming skills in ROR, Golang, NodeJS, Python
● Strong communication skills
● Strong sense of ownership, drive and ability to deliver results
● A Bachelors or Masters degree in engineering from a reputed institute (preferably
IITs, NITs, or other top engineering institutes)
● Experience in Golang, RoR, Unity, ML or Python will be an added advantage

Responsibilities ​Be able to drive a team of around 4 developers Should be able to effectively lead from the front, integrating developers, analysts and QA Should be able to pair, and effectively mentor junior developers The ability to think innovatively and turn ambiguous problem spaces into clear solutions Be an inspiration for the team and a trusted partner to our customers Required Skills and Experience Familiar with Clojure or Ruby or Python or Java. Strong experience with JVM a plus Should be familiar with various data stores and techniques for storing and processing data (SQL / Redis / OLAP schemas) Familiarity with the entire development -> prod flow a strong plus (our dev owns the DevOps) Familiarity with performance tuning a web stack a strong plus Comfortable working in an Agile highly dynamic start-up environment Demonstrate leadership skill and be accustomed to driving results in a collaborative, cross-functional environment Excellent verbal and written communication skills​