Backend Developer

Job Description:  

Responsibilities: 

• Completing all tasks set by the supervisor and assisting wherever possible.  
• Observing existing strategies, techniques of coding, debugging, testing and adopting to the same 
• Ability to maintain composure under pressure 
• Ability to work in a team. 
• Good observation skills and a willingness to learn. 

Skills: 

• Proficiency in data structures and algorithms 
• Good problem solving and analytical thinking skills 
• Knowledge of Linux systems 
• Python coding knowledge 
• Knowledge of object-oriented programming 
• Good verbal and written communication skills.  

Requisition Raised by:  

Engineering Director 

Must have :

• Strong Experience in Python development
• Familiarity with Data Structures and Algorithms
• Experience in developing Enterprise scale applications
• Exposure to NLP
• Exposure / awareness of AI, ML
• Exposure to Windows Azure is an added advantage
• God understanding of project architecture and software development processes such as Agile and Scrum

Responsibilities :

• Partner with Business Stakeholders to translate business objectives into clearly defined analytical Projects
• Own the end-end process, from recognizing the problem to implementing the solution
• Understand customer’s requirements and design the optimum solution using Icertis’ AI applications
• Configure, Extend, and optimize Icertis AI app through Python scripts, NLP NER Analysis and other mechanisms
• Take full ownership of project / product features to implement, provide bug fixes and write tests and tooling for those features to ensure they work well at cloud scale.
• Plan and identify solutions and risks in assigned work
• You are expected to be hands on and write code on day to day basis and also mentor other team members

Responsibilities

• Develop, deploy, and maintain scalable products
• Participate in code reviews, and design discussions to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge
• Pair with team members for functional and non-functional requirements to write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, and maintainable code.
• Help to define roadmap and architecture based on technology and business needs
• Understand business requirements and work closely with the business to provide solutions

Eligibility

• Strong expertise in Backend Python Development with skills to create APIs, integrate the functions into UI, and store and retrieve data from a variety of databases.
• Strong experience with Django/Flask.
• Strong experience in writing unit tests.
• B.Tech/B.E (Preferred CSE)

• .Develop and maintain the backend for a web platform in the Fin-tech Industry domain.
• Create testing framework for all business use cases Maintain Deploy builds

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. 

Vah Vah! is an ed-tech company that offers online makeup courses in micro-batches to students across India to learn from the leading teachers in top cities. We provide holistic education with lots of practical training that makes our students job-ready with not just the base skills but also the soft skills for great customer service. Our teachers have more than 15+ years of experience in training makeup and have certified more than 1000+ students. Vah Vah! is founded by executives with extensive experience running consumer business and mobile games at scale (over 100 million players) at Zynga. Vah Vah! is backed by a leading investment firm.

Website Link: https://vahvah.com/

The Mission

Vah Vah teaches professional makeup to budding makeup artists and influencers through live online classes. We have students from Srinagar, all the way to the Andamans. And experienced teachers who have worked in Bridal Makeup, Ramp Shoots, Film and more. We empower our students to join the workforce as fully trained makeup artists. This is the future of vocational education, and you can help build it.

Our Culture

• Amazing workplace and colleagues to work with
• We have the right mixture of creativity, analytics and hustle to move fast in the right direction.
• You will work with colleagues who don’t take themselves too seriously but move mountains.
• See yourself evolving every month with new problems to solve and new skill to master.
• Work with the smartest engineers so you can learn from them.
• Competitive salary at par with the best in the industry
• Great stock options so you can benefit from the company's growth.
• Immense exposure to new technologies

Responsibilities:

• Compile and analyze data, processes, and codes to troubleshoot problems and identify areas for improvement.
• Collaborating with the front-end developers and other team members to establish objectives and design more functional, cohesive codes to enhance the user experience.
• Participating in continuing education and training to remain current on best practices, learn new programming languages, and better assist other team members. Taking lead on projects, as needed.

Requirements:

• Overall experience of 2-5 years in building backend services using languages like NodeJs, Java etc
• Fluency or understanding of specific languages, such as Java, Node.Js, Python, and operating systems may be required.
• Strong understanding of the web development cycle and programming techniques and tools.
• Focus on efficiency, user experience, and process improvement.
• Strong problem solving and verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently or with a group.
• Sound knowledge on source control and DevOps

What you get:

• Amazing workplace and colleagues to work with
• Competitive salary at par with the best in the industry
• Immense exposure to new technologies

We are looking for a Python Web Developer responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users. Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application; therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well.

• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server side logic
• Implementation of security and data protection
• Integration of data storage solutions 

Responsibilities Include

You will break down business opportunities and problems into software solutions. You will work closely with the CTO to help product and marketing stakeholders distill the product vision and roadmap, into a technology vision. You will be responsible for the evolution of an already bleeding-edge highly distributed systems at the back-end, and would need to work with front-end architects to come up with the best user experience for the gaming platform. You will be required to make decisions quickly, and work under strict timelines. You would lead technology strategy through analysis of market trends and product requirements. You would help set coding guidelines and help bring the most modern tools to keep engineering processes most efficient.

Requirements

• B.E/MS in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 10+ years or more of progressive software technology experience with at least 3 years in an architectural role.
• Completely hands on with technology and architecture. Start-up experience is a huge plus.
• Ability to quickly prototype and demonstrate technology value adds and educate + drive adoption within the extended technology team
• Excellent and robust understanding of scalable product system architecture(s), platforms and core technologies
• Demonstrated problem-solving and leadership skills to pursue correct engineering process in adverse conditions. Ability to embrace and demonstrate leadership beyond ownership
• Work with engineering leadership to setup and manage processes.
• Track record of thought leadership and out of the box thinking in the technology arena.
• Ability to work efficiently in an entrepreneurial and in a start-up environment
• A Java/Spring/Akka, Javascript or Golang rockstar.
• Deep and hands on knowledge of some of these technologies - MySQL, NodeJS, message brokers such as Kafka/RabbitMQ, NoSQL datastore such as Mongo, Cassandra, Arango, distributed caches such as Redis/memcached, container technology such as Docker and Kubernetes etc.
• Great proficiency in distributed systems design, with an ability to make the right trade-offs for creating future-proof solutions.
• Building quick PoCs and full-fledged solutions with various AWS managed services would be a big plus.