Backend Developer (Python/Django)

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, deploy and maintain software
• Delivering high quality and well-structured code
• Manage individual project priorities and deadlines
• Participate in enhancing tools and processes
• Participate in production observance and technical incident management
• Ability to quickly learn and adapt to keep up in a fast-paced environment

Must haves:

• Strong data structure concepts
• Great problem-solving skills
• Working knowledge of at least one or more of Java / JavaScript / C / C++ / Golang / Python
• Exposure to RDBMS and/or NoSQL databases
• Working knowledge of GitHub, CI/CD, Devops


Good to have:

• Any cloud exposure like AWS, GCP or Azure
• Hands-on experience with Docker containers, Kubernetes etc
Qualifications
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science or related field with a minimum of 2 years of experience.
A zeal to learn and ability to enjoy the journey more than the destination is a must

Responsibilities:

• Develop cloud-based Python Django software products
• Working closely with UX and Front-end 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

 

Skills:

• Highly proficient with Python 
• Hands-on experience with the Django framework
• Solid database skills in a relational database (i.e. PostgresSQL, MySQL, etc.)
• Strongly preferred exposure with Elasticsearch
• Knowledge of how to build and use 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

Backend/Fullstack Developer

 

About the Company:

Company is India’s largest and best-established digital wealth management service that helps its customers create wealth for their long-and-short-term goals. Founded in 2012, Company is a pioneer in the digital financial services category and is recognised for creating simple and elegant user experiences in a complex domain. We do this by simplifying complex investing concepts and automating best practices, so our customers can grow their wealth without worry. We achieve this by combining cutting-edge technology, data-driven algorithms, awesome UX and friendly customer support. Our task is ambitious and we like to work hard as well as smart. We want to build a team that relishes challenges and contributes to a new way of thinking and investing in India. We are also invested in the growth of our colleagues and providing a supportive and thriving working environment for everyone. We have been recognised by Great Place To Work® as one of India’s best companies to work for.

Role specific info:

• 4-12 years of experience building good quality production software
• Excellent knowledge of at least one ecosystem based on Elixir/Phoenix, Ruby/Rails, Python/Django, Go/Scala/Clojure
• Good OO skills, including strong design patterns knowledge
• Familiar with datastores like MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, Redshift etc.
• Familiarity with react.js/react-native, vue.js etc. • Knowledge of deploying software to AWS, GCP, Azure
• Knowledge of software best practices, like Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Continuous Integration (CI)

 

What would you do here:

• Writing quality code using language best practices.
• Working in a highly collaborative team.
• Building good software using the latest tools and techniques.
• Participating in design reviews, coding modules, code reviews and unit testing.
• Taking ownership of quality and usability of your code.
• Mentoring co-workers.
• Leading efforts in improving technology architecture.

Who are we?

Centre for Research on Start-ups and Risk Financing (CREST) has been set up by IIT Madras to provide thought leadership and intellectual impact to the start-up and innovation ecosystem. CREST has embarked on an ambitious mission of becoming one of the top global research centres in the area of start-ups and innovation. The core of CREST is the development of an AI-driven Intelligent
Information Platform that would enable cutting edge research as well as influence policy and practice like never before
With the recent exponential growth in the start-up and innovation ecosystem, new data-driven approaches would play a critical part in sustaining the current growth curve. The objective of CREST would be to become the gold standard of information and intelligence on Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Private Equity investments in India

The Opening
We are currently looking for our next passionate, skilled and motivated Python developer, who can join us immediately. The candidate should
● Be excited about building a next-generation intelligence platform
● Have a can-do attitude and ready for challenges
● Value working with a greatteam - confident, creative and thoughtful people who come together to achieve great things
● Be eager to experiment, learn and bring new things, improving the platform
● Be high on self-belief and enthusiasm to work in a startup-like culture - small team, fast-paced work environment If this is you, we're excited to interact!

As the Data Science Engineer in CREST, you will

● Write reusable code and build libraries for future use
● Establish solid data-pipelines and automate routine tasks
● Develop & deploy custom Machine Learning (ML) models using the latest
research in ML and Natural Language Processing (NLP)
● Build performant applications following best practices, maximizing speed and scalability
● Improve upon the existing codebase mitigating technical debt
● Take ownership of all aspects of the application - architecture, quality and efficiency
Requirements
● Proficient understanding of Python language
● Expertise with data-modelling, data-wrangling & data-mining techniques
● Familiar with Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) processes and hands-on experience with packages like Pandas, Numpy etc
● Experience with data visualisation tools and libraries like Plotly, Seaborn etc
● Good understanding of advanced Statistical and ML techniques on
regression, classification, forecasting etc
● Skilled in NLP and specifically ML applications in NLP like information
extraction, feature engineering, classification, building language models etc
● Should provide direction and mentorship to junior team members
● Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from premier educational institutions
● Minimum 2 years of experience (research or professional) in the
above-mentioned areas
Good to have
● Comfortable with using Command Line and Linux systems
● Experience and knowledge in version control systems like git, svn, etc
● Knowledge in developing & deploying web apps & web APIs with an overall understanding of client-server interactions
● Experience with NoSQL databases like MongoDB
Job type
● Full time, on-site
● Immediate joiner
● Initial appointment for 1 year, it would be renewed subsequently based on performance

Work location
Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu,
India - 600036

Why work with us?
● Get to interact with the best of the minds. IIT Madras has been ranked as the
top university in India for 5 years in a row
● Be at the forefront of the Entrepreneurial ecosystem in India
● Enormous opportunities for learning

Roles & Responsibilities :

- Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers

- Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements

- You will ensure that these components and the overall application are robust and easy to maintain.

- Have a good understanding of design and user experience principles.

- Open-minded, flexible, and willing to adapt to changing situations

- Ability to work independently as well as on a team and learn from colleagues

- High adaptability in a dynamic start-up environment

- Ensuring technologies are used efficiently, profitably, and securely. Evaluating and implementing new systems and infrastructure.

- Excellent troubleshooting, analytical and problem-solving abilities with a tenacious commitment to finding the root cause of issues.

Qualifications :

- B. Tech/ B.E. /M. Tech/ BCA / MCA or a related technical discipline from reputed universities

Skills Required :

- Minimum 1+ years of experience in REST API development using python.

- Must have experience with anyone popular python frameworks like Django, Flask, and FastAPI Framework.

- Experience in designing and developing Restful Web services and Remote procedure calls.

- Able to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system

- Knowledge of load testing and optimizing code for performance, security, and scalability

- Experience with Unit testing frameworks in Python

- Knowledge of modern authorization & authentication mechanisms.

- Able to create database schemes that represent and support business processes

- Knowledge of Version Control System & basics of CI/CD

- Write and maintain technical documentation

- Solid foundation in OOPS, Data structures, and Algorithms

- Knowledge of SDLC phases of project development.

- Experience in one or more No SQL Databases such as MongoDB, and Cassandra.

- Experience with event-based databases and programming

- Good experience in synchronous programming and thread-based programming.

- Experience with schedulers.

- Good to have knowledge of Linux shell commands.

- Good to have experience in Kubernetes & Docker

- Knowledge of any Cloud Service like GCP or AWS would be an added advantage

- Cares deeply about writing Quality, Testable & Modular code

- Good to have an understanding of NLP.

Your Role

We at Innovaccer are looking for  Software Development Engineer-II (Backend) to build the most amazing product experience. You’ll get to work with other engineers to build delightful feature experience to understand and solve our customer’s pain points.

 

A Day in the Life

• Building efficient and reusable applications and abstractions.
• Identify and communicate back-end best practices.
• Participate in the project life-cycle from pitch/prototyping through definition and design to build, integration, QA and delivery
• Analyse and improve the performance, scalability, stability, and security of the product
• Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes

 

What You Need

• 3+ years of experience with a start-up mentality and high willingness to learn
• Solid knowledge of Python and experience with any web framework (Django, etc)
• Aggressive problem diagnosis and creative problem-solving skill
• Experience in Web Services and REST.
• Experience in RDBMS & NoSQL database.
• Experience in Solution Architecture.
• Proven experience with Git.
• Knowledge of high-level JavaScript concepts like asynchronous programming, closures, promises, data-binding, async-await, etc.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering.

 

Preferred Skills

• Expert in Python and Django Code Reviews
• Server Deployment
• Mongo DB/Postgres SQL DB
• JIRA Administration

 

What We Offer

• Industry-focused Certifications: We want you to be a subject matter expert in what you do. So, whether it’s our product or our domain, you will dive straight in and be certified by the best in the world.
• Quarterly Rewards and Recognition Programs: We foster learning and encourage people to take moonshots. When you achieve your goals, we recognize and reward your hard work. 
• Health Benefits: We cover health insurance for you and your loved ones. 
• Sabbatical Policy: We encourage people to take time off and rejuvenate, upskill and pursue their interests so that they can generate new ideas for innovating at Innovaccer.
• Pet-friendly office and open floor plan. No mundane cubicles.

Senior Backend Developer - JD
If you love to work in a fast-paced startup environment and desire to solve some very
challenging problems using technology, we want to hear from you.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and energetic individual to work as a Senior Software
Developer. You will be involved in working on multiple products for the scaling and growth
stage of the lifecycle.
We work closely with the real world,. If you are interested to grow and learn in your career
and at the same time work on products for the 1Bn user market, we encourage you to apply.
Responsibilities
● Managing and guiding a team of junior developers for timely delivery of product and
milestones
● Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability
● Implementation of security and data protection
● Design and implementation of data storage solutions
● Design & Build: Designing and developing high-volume, low-latency applications for
mission-critical systems, and delivering high-availability and performance.
● Collaborate - Collaborating within your product streams and team to bring best
practices and leverage a world-class tech stack.
● Measurable Outcome - You will need to set quantifiable objectives that encapsulate
the quality attributes of a system. The fitness of the application is measured against
set marks.
● DevOps - You will need to set up every essential (tracking/alerting) to make sure the
infrastructure/software you built is working as expected.
● Design and development of our REST APIs
● Help maintain code quality, architecture, and automation
Required Knowledge and Skills
● Over 3 years of experience working in backend development technologies and
DevOps
● Highly curious and ready to dive into complex technical challenges.
● Proficiency in development and scripting in Python, Django/Flask framework.
● Some experience in Angular 6+, JavaScript or TypeScript would be a plus.
● Database design and management, including being up on the latest practices -
bonus points for MySQL and MongoDB
● User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and
environments
● Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
● Management of hosting environment, including database administration and scaling
an application to support load changes
● Setup and administration of backups
● Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms such as mobile vs
desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform
● Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
● Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
● Understanding of “session management” in a distributed server environment
● Server management and deployment for the relevant environment
● Appreciation for clean and well-documented code
● Hands-on experience with architecture and structural design patterns
● Expertise in designing, developing, deploying, and integrating RESTful APIs
● Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical
requirements
● A knack for benchmarking and optimization
● Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
Personality
● Requires excellent communication skills – written, verbal, and presentation.
● You should be a team player.
● You should be positive towards problem-solving, have a very structural thought
process to solve problems
● Interest to work in a high paced start-up environment with a large amount of learning.
● Good understanding of different frameworks, and be able to pick up new
technologies at ease.
● You should be agile enough to figure out a need for new technologies/frameworks
and learn new technology for better product performance.

About Artivatic :- Artivatic is a technology startup that uses AI/ML/Deep learning to build intelligent products & solutions for finance, healthcare & insurance businesses. It is based out of Bangalore with 20+ team focus on technology. The artivatic building is cutting edge solutions to enable 750 Millions plus people to get insurance, financial access, and health benefits with alternative data sources to increase their productivity, efficiency, automation power, and profitability, hence improving their way of doing business more intelligently & seamlessly. - Artivatic offers lending underwriting, credit/insurance underwriting, fraud, prediction, personalization, recommendation, risk profiling, consumer profiling intelligence, KYC Automation & Compliance, automated decisions, monitoring, claims processing, sentiment/psychology behaviour, auto insurance claims, travel insurance, disease prediction for insurance and more. - We have raised US $300K earlier and built products successfully and also done few PoCs successfully with some top enterprises in Insurance, Banking & Health sector. Currently, 4 months away from generating continuous revenue.Skills : - Building server-side logic that powers our APIs, in effect deploying machine learning models in production system that can scale to billions of API calls - Scaling and performance tuning of database to handle billions of API calls and thousands of concurrent requests - Collaborate with data science team to build effective solutions for data collection, pre-processing and integrating machine learning into the workflow - Collaborate, provide technical guidance, and engage in design and code review for other team members. - Excellent Scala, cassandara, architect, api, software, python, Java programming and software design skills, including debugging, performance analysis and test design - Proficiency with at least one Scala, GoLang, Python micro frameworks like Flask, Tornado, Play, Spring etc. with experience in building REST APIs - Experience or understanding in building web crawlers, data fetching bots etc. - Experience with design and optimisation of Neo4j, cassandra, NoSQL databases, PostGreSQL, Redis, Elastic Search - Familiarity with one of the cloud service providers, AWS or Google Compute Engine - Computer Science degree with 4+ years of backend programming experience Experience : 3 Years+ Location : Sony World Signal, Koramangala 4th Block, Bangalore

Should have knowledge of::
Python
SQL
HTML
Linux
AJAX/ JSSkills
Excellent Communication Skills
Have to be a quick learner
Complete project on time