Backend Developer Intern - Python/Django

Required Skills: CI/CD Pipeline, Kubernetes, SQL Database, Excellent Communication & Stakeholder Management, Python

Criteria:

Looking for 15days and max 30 days of notice period candidates.

looking candidates from Hyderabad location only

Looking candidates from EPAM company only 

1.4+ years of software development experience

2. Strong experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines in cloud-native environments.

3. Hands-on with NATS for event-driven architecture and streaming.

4. Skilled in microservices, RESTful APIs, and containerized app performance optimization.

5. Strong in problem-solving, team collaboration, clean code practices, and continuous learning.

6.  Proficient in Python (Flask) for building scalable applications and APIs.

7. Focus: Java, Python, Kubernetes, Cloud-native development

8. SQL database 

Description

Position Overview

We are seeking a skilled Developer to join our engineering team. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Java and Python ecosystems, with hands-on experience in modern web technologies, messaging systems, and cloud-native development using Kubernetes.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable applications using Java and Spring Boot framework
• Build robust web services and APIs using Python and Flask framework
• Implement event-driven architectures using NATS messaging server
• Deploy, manage, and optimize applications in Kubernetes environments
• Develop microservices following best practices and design patterns
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions
• Write clean, maintainable code with comprehensive documentation
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical architecture decisions
• Troubleshoot and optimize application performance in containerized environments
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and follow DevOps best practices
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Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• 4+ years of experience in software development
• Strong proficiency in Java with deep understanding of web technology stack
• Hands-on experience developing applications with Spring Boot framework
• Solid understanding of Python programming language with practical Flask framework experience
• Working knowledge of NATS server for messaging and streaming data
• Experience deploying and managing applications in Kubernetes
• Understanding of microservices architecture and RESTful API design
• Familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker)
• Experience with version control systems (Git)

Skills & Competencies

• Skills Java (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Security) 
• Python (Flask, SQL Alchemy, REST APIs)
• NATS messaging patterns (pub/sub, request/reply, queue groups)
• Kubernetes (deployments, services, ingress, ConfigMaps, Secrets)
• Web technologies (HTTP, REST, WebSocket, gRPC)
• Container orchestration and management
• Soft Skills Problem-solving and analytical thinking
• Strong communication and collaboration
• Self-motivated with ability to work independently
• Attention to detail and code quality
• Continuous learning mindset
• Team player with mentoring capabilities

• Lead the development of the backend systems for our first product
• Build reliable, secure and performant backend systems
• Drive test coverage and continuous delivery automation within the team
• Mentor and provide feedback to teammates

Requirements

• 5+ years of software development experience
• Strong computer science fundamentals
• Deep and wide knowledge of Python ecosystem
• Can write code that is readable, maintainable, secure and performant
• Know the importance of tests and how to approach writing different types of tests
• Good intuition for REST API design
• Deep understanding of relational databases, transactions, entity-relationship modeling
• Comfortable writing highly concurrent systems
• Experienced in using profilers, tuning garbage collection, optimizing SQL queries

We are looking for a Backend developer who is passionate about building end to end applications. 

What you will be doing: 

• Designing and developing scalable applications and takes care of test and deployment as well. 
• Managing individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. 
• Architect and implement software libraries in a multi-cloud environment 
• Design and build a flexible logging, monitoring, and alerting infrastructure 
• Build scalable APIs using python and is familiar with the latest developments in the language 

Skills Required: 

• Expert in Python 3 
• Detailed knowledge of Python web framework Django or Flask (2 to 3 years) 
• Familiarity with some ORM (Object Relational Mapper) libraries, 
• Knowledge of Django REST framework and its concepts like Serializers, Viewsets, Filters, Mixins. 
• Experience with relational databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL 
• Experience with Python libraries like Pandas, Numpy. 
• Experience with databases NoSQL databases like MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB is a big plus 
• Experience with technologies like Celery, Gunicorn, Redis. 
• Knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem-solving, complexity analysis, databases, networking, and distributed systems. 
• Experience with working on Linux system, GIT, CI/CD pipelines. 
• Experience in designing scalable architectures to support a data-intensive application. 
• Experience of working with AWS services like EC2, S3, RDS, lambda etc. 
• Previous work experience at a product-based company or startup would be a bonus. 
• Prior experience working in IoT domain or energy sector will be plus. 

Personality traits we really admire: 

• Great attitude to ask questions, learn, and suggest process improvements. 
• Attention to detail and helps identify edge cases. 
• Equal importance to planning, coding, code reviews, documentation, and testing. 
• Highly motivated and coming up with fresh ideas and perspectives to help us move towards our goals faster. 
• Adheres to release cycles and absolute commitment to deadlines. 

Fulfil’s software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how millions of customer orders are fulfilled by merchants. Our products need to handle information at massive scale. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas into our technology.

As a senior software engineer, you will work on our python based ORM and applications that scales to handle millions of transactions every hour. This is mission critical software and your primary focus will be building robust and scalable solutions that are easy to maintain.

In this role, you will be collaborating closely with the rest of the team working on different layers of infrastructure in an international environment. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and quality product are important.

What You’ll Do:

• Own definition and implementation of API interfaces (REST and GraphQL). We take pride in our 100% open API with over 600 endpoints.
• Implement simple solutions to complex business logic that enables our merchants to manage financials, orders and shipments across millions of transactions.
• Build reusable components and packages for future use.
• Translate specs and user stories into reviewable, test covered patches.
• Peer review code and refactor existing code.
• Integrate with our eCommerce partners (Shopify, BigCommerce, Amazon), shipping partners (UPS, USPS, FedEx, DHL) and EDI.
• Manage Kubernetes and Docker based global deployment of our infrastructure.

Requirements We’re Looking for Someone With:

• Experience working with ORMs like SQLAlchemy or Django (2-3 years)
• Experience with SQL and databases (Postgres preferred)
• Experience in developing large server side applications and microservices
• Ability to create high quality code
• Experience with python testing tools (pytest) and test automation
• Familiarity with code versioning tools like GIT
• Strong sense of ownership and leadership quality
• Experienced in the tools of our web stack- Python, Celery, Postgres, Redis, RabbitMQ

Nice to Haves:

• Prior experience at a growth stage Internet/Software company
• Experience with ReactJS, Google Cloud, Heroku
• Cloud deployment and scaling experience

• Must have experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Experience with Python/Node.JS/Typescript
• At least 2+ years as back-end software developer
• A deep understanding of the benefits of the Microservice and serverless paradigms
• Prepared technical documentation, and understand why it’s important
• Understanding of database principals: SQL and NoSQL
• Collaboration and communication skills (you’ll be working with clients and internal teams)
• An understanding of programming fundamentals (OOP, data structures, algorithms)
• Familiarity and comfort with REST API, Postman
• The ability to work independently or within a team structure.
• A “lead by example” attitude, and motivation to deliver work you’re proud of