
Backend Developer


⦁ 2+ years of working experience as a software engineer.
⦁ Engineer capable of designing solutions, writing code, and deployment
⦁ Demonstrated skills, knowledge, and expertise with statistical computer languages (Python, Django) and the related ecosystem (PyCharm, Jupyter)
⦁ Good knowledge of Python.
⦁ Creative problem-solving ability and sound judgment ability to use own initiative and take responsibility for decisions.
Candidate must have
⦁ Good knowledge of Python
⦁ Django, Flask, FastApi
⦁ Candidates must have knowledge about Product Development.
⦁ Candidates must have Technical Degree.
Skills
⦁ Developing back-end components.
⦁ Design and develop web applications in Python, and Django.
⦁ Good knowledge of Django, Flask, FastApi
⦁ Must be proficient in writing python codes
⦁ Must have worked on back-end development
⦁ Integrate Python application with other internal applications.
⦁ Strong spoken and written communication skills in English

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This position requires excellent object-oriented programming skills and knowledge of design patterns. They will be involved in the deployment of our AI Platform/Services solution on the cloud. The job requires you to be able to design, develop, troubleshoot, and debug complex software applications at the enterprise level. We are looking for a software engineer who is passionate about programming and truly enjoys what they do. The ideal candidate for the Python Engineer position is someone who has a can-do attitude and is an innovative thinker.
UKG works in an agile environment where there are daily stand-ups, code reviews, and constant communication within each self-managed cross-functional team. The ability to communicate effectively with Business Analysts and Software Testers, as well as work closely with other team members are key components for success in this position.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with members of the team to solve challenging engineering tasks on time and with high quality.
- Engage in code reviews and training of team members.
- Support continuous deployment pipeline code.
- Situationally troubleshoot production issues alongside the support team.
- Continually research and recommend product improvements.
- Create and integrate features for our enterprise software solution using the latest Python technologies.
- Write web services, business objects, and other middle-tier framework using Python
- Actively communicate with team members to clarify requirements and overcome obstacles to meet the team goals.
- Leverage open-source and other technologies and languages outside of the Python platform.
- Develop cutting-edge solutions to maximize the performance, scalability, and distributed processing capabilities of the system.
- Provide troubleshooting and root cause analysis for production issues that are escalated to the engineering team.
- Work with development teams in an agile context as it relates to software development, including Kanban, automated unit testing, test fixtures, and pair programming.
Qualifications
- 5-8 years experience as a Python developer on enterprise projects using Python, Flask, FastAPI, Django, PyTest, Celery and other Python frameworks.
- Software development experience including: object-oriented programming, concurrency programming, modern design patterns, RESTful service implementation, micro-service architecture, test-driven development, and acceptance testing.
- Familiarity with tools used to automate the deployment of an enterprise software solution to the cloud, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Concourse, Ansible, etc.
- Proficiency with Git as a version control system
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with relational SQL and NoSQL databases, including MongoDB and MSSQL.
- Experience with object-oriented languages: Python, Java, Scala, C#, etc.
- Experience with testing tools such as PyTest, Wiremock, xUnit, mocking frameworks, etc.
- Experience with GCP technologies such as BigQuery, GKE, GCS, DataFlow, Kubeflow, and/or VertexAI
- Excellent problem solving and communication skills.

Job Description: Software Engineer
Location: Bangalore
WHO WE ARE :
As part of TIFIN's technology division, you will play a critical role in enabling the company's growth by developing highly scalable applications that provide practical solutions to clients in the financial services- domain. You will design, build, test, and maintain scalable and stable-the-shelf applications or custom-built technology solutions to meet business needs.
OUR VALUES: Go with your GUT
- Grow at the Edge: We embrace personal growth by stepping out of our comfort zones to discover our genius zones, driven by self-awareness and integrity. No excuses.
- Understanding through Listening and Speaking the Truth: Transparency, radical candor, and authenticity define our communication. We challenge ideas, but once decisions are made, we commit fully.
- I Win for Teamwin: We operate within our genius zones, taking ownership of our work and inspiring our team with energy and attitude to win together.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:
- Contribute to the entire implementation process including driving the definition of improvements based on business needs and architectural improvements.
- Review code for quality and implementation of best practices.
- Promote coding, testing, and deployment best practices through hands-on research and demonstration.
- Write testable code that enables extremely high levels of code coverage.
- Ability to review frameworks and design principles toward suitability in the project context.
- Candidates who will demonstrate an ability to identify an opportunity lay out a rational plan for pursuing that opportunity, and see it through to completion.
Requirements:
- Engineering graduate with 3-5 years of experience in software product development.
- Proficient in Python, Django, Pandas, GitHub, and AWS.
- Good knowledge of PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.
- Strong Experience in designing REST APIs.
- Experience with working on scalable interactive web applications.
- A clear understanding of software design constructs and their implementation.
- Understanding of the threading limitations of Python and multi-process architecture.
- Familiarity with some ORM (Object Relational Mapper) libraries.
- Good understanding of Test Driven Development.
- Unit and Integration testing.
- Preferred exposure to the Finance domain.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
- Competitive salary, discretionary annual bonus, and ESOP.
- Medical insurance.
- Flexible PTO policy and company-paid holidays.
- Access to our Chief Mindfulness Officer for mindfulness events and 1:1 personal coaching.
Note on Location:
While we have team centers in Boulder, New York City, San Francisco, Charlotte, and this role is based out of Bangalore
TIFIN is an equal-opportunity workplace, and we value diversity in our workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any discrimination.

Job Title: Django Developer
Job Overview:
We are seeking a skilled Django developer to join our dynamic team. The ideal
candidate will have hands-on experience with the Django framework, proficiency in
Python, and a strong understanding of web development best practices. The Django
developer will be responsible for designing, implementing, testing, and maintaining
web applications that meet our clients; needs.
Responsibilities:
Design and develop robust, scalable, and secure web applications using the
Django framework.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new
features.
Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code.
Integrate user-facing elements using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Implement
and maintain RESTful APIs.
Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with
server-side logic.
Work with databases, including designing schemas, writing queries, and
optimising performance.
Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve issues in the development and production
environments.
Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best
practices.
Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers.
Requirements:
Proven experience as a Django developer or similar role.
Strong understanding of Python and the Django web framework.
Experience with front-end technologies, including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Knowledge of relational databases, ORM (Object-Relational Mapping), and
database design.
Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git).
Understanding of web security best practices.


💥 What will you do?
As a Lead Backend Engineer, you will
- Build out and help scale our Django (+ReactJS / VueJS) based web application as we add new features and customers
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Help us transition from monolithic system architecture to microservices and serverless system architecture to help meet our future scaling requirements
- Collaborate on a daily basis with a small, nimble team of product managers, engineers, and UX designers to understand business requirements and user experience goals and pain points.
- Build out features to enable multi-channel customer acquisition include partner channels, enterprise channels, and government channels
- Integrate third-party plugins to enhance customer experience and internal tooling build internal tooling to improve internal team efficiencies.
- Actively participate in code reviews
- Work with our quality assurance team to improve coverage on our automated testing suites
🙋 What are we looking for?
While we do not have a strict list of requirements for candidates interested in this role, some indicators that you would fit this role and our engineering culture are
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Prior experience of a few years (3+ years) with python based frameworks as Django or Flask would be essential to work on our application stack.
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You actively promote a culture of engineering excellence some of which could be writing efficient code, use of elegant design patterns, and styling your code through code-linting policies.
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You enjoy designing software architecture by collaborating with engineering managers, architects, and other lead engineers to explore existing systems, determining areas of complexity, potential risks to successful implementation.
- You enjoy coaching folks to achieve outcomes through nudges.
📢 Other information you may want to consider
- We will be flexible for the rest of the pandemic and work remotely; however, we are not a remote-first company, and the work location would be Bangalore when things settle.
- Our backend tech stack includes Django, FastAPI, Postgres, Redis, Clickhouse, and TigerGraph. Our environments are managed through Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform.


Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Python services &components
Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and security
Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
Help maintain code quality, organization
Understanding of established software development life cycles
Ability to prioritize and multi-task in order to meet deadlines
Resolves technical issues through debugging, research and investigation
Collaborate across various teams and with external clients
Contribute innovative designs and ideas for improving our company products and services
Required Skills Sets
Atleast 4+ years of experience in Design and Development with Python.
Experience in Flask / Django
Familiar with version control (Git)
Understanding of SQL
Strong Unit Testing practice
Understanding of design patterns, Microservices Architecture
Understanding of Scrum Agile methodology
Experience in data engineering & Docker is a plus.
Candidate Profile:
4+ Years of relevant experience with Python and its Principles.
Graduate in Computer Science or any related discipline (like BS / B.E. / B-Tech in Electronics,
Electrical, IT)


- 5 years experience with the Django framework
- Experience with building APIs (REST or GraphQL)
- Strong Troubleshooting and debugging skills
- React.js knowledge would be an added bonus
- Understanding on how to use a database like Postgres (prefered choice), SQLite, MongoDB, MySQL.
- Sound knowledge of object-oriented design and analysis.
- A strong passion for writing simple, clean and efficient code.
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools Git.
Experience:
- Min 5 year experience
- Startup experience is a must.
Location:
- Remote developer
Timings:
- 40 hours a week but with 4 hours a day overlapping with client timezone. Typically clients are in California PST Timezone.
Position:
- Full time/Direct
- We have great benefits such as PF, medical insurance, 12 annual company holidays, 12 PTO leaves per year, annual increments, Diwali bonus, spot bonuses and other incentives etc.
- We dont believe in locking in people with large notice periods. You will stay here because you love the company. We have only a 15 days notice period.

- Deep hands-on experience in designing & developing Python based applications
- Hands-on experience building database-backed web applications using Python based frameworks
- Excellent knowledge of Linux and experience developing Python applications that are deployed in Linux environments
- Experience building client-side and server-side API-level integrations in Python
- Experience in containerization and container orchestration systems like Docker, Kubernetes, etc.
- Experience with NoSQL document stores like the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)
- Development experience with modern JavaScript based front end frameworks, especially Vue.js
- Experience in test automation and TDD
- Experience testing interactive applications with unit testing frameworks for the various technology stacks
- Experience in using and managing Git based version control systems - Azure DevOps, GitHub, Bitbucket etc.
- Experience in using project management tools like Jira, Azure DevOps etc.
- Expertise in Cloud based development and deployment using cloud providers like AWS or Azure

- At least 2-5 years of working experience in web services, preferably in Python
- Should have built and released APIs in production
- Experience working with RDBMS and NoSQL databases
- Designing thoughtful, extensible data models
- Knowledge of identifying, defining and building micro-services
- Working knowledge of GCS, AWS, Azure or any other cloud provider
- Aggressive problem diagnosis and creative problem-solving skills
- Good communication skills - written and spoken




