Backend Developer

What we are looking

• You must have experience in Python, including development of microservices using flask/fastapi/sanic.
• You hold knowledge of at least one Python web frameworks
• You have experience in NoSQL databases such as MongoDB
• You are familiar with relational databases and unstructured data.
• You are familiar with some ORM (Object Relational Mapper) libraries.
• You have prior exposure to code versioning tools such as Git.
• You understand fundamental design principles behind a scalable application

Good to have

• Experience in cloud services such as AWS
• Knowledge of user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Understanding of the threading concepts in Python and multi-process architecture

What you'll do

• Create database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system.
• Develop and integrate RESTful APIs and services for business use cases
• Perform unit and integration tests on developed modules

• Hands-on experience in development of rest services using python
• Good knowledge Django or Flask framework
• Designing database tables and structures
• Skilled at optimizing large complicated SQL statements
• Knowledge of best practices when dealing with relational databases
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git
• Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX
• Experience in owning Code Quality and Code Review processes
• Good understanding of application debugging techniques
• Experienced in Agile methodologies
• Strong analytic, problem solving, and programming ability
• Initiative and drive to contribute
• Excellent organizational and task management skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work in global cross-office teams

Additionally, we seek individuals with the following qualifications:

• Understanding of SEO and accessibility issues and how they relate to development
• Experience with NoSQL using MongoDB/Cassandra is a plus.
• Experience in working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) like S3, EMR, EC2 is preferred

• 6+ years of experience with expertise in Django CMS, Python, REST framework, AI framework
• MySQL Db usage, SQL queries
• Experience in using scraping tools.
• Microservices
• Docker and Kubernetes hands-on experience
• AWS Redis cache integration
• Deployment on AWS cloud, auto-scale
• Work will be rotational Shifts/ UK Shift
• Must be flexible to work on weekends/stretch for some hours

• You will design and develop large scale distributed services.
• You will analyze and improve the efficiency, scalability, stability, and security of the platform as a whole.
• You will act as the primary owner of one or more components while driving innovation in your area of ownership.
• You will proactively research & evaluate new tools, technologies, and techniques to improve the value of the system.
• You will work with engineering leadership in solving and architecting solutions for challenging or complex development issues.
• You will work independently and handle dependencies with very minimal oversight.
• You will take initiatives in developing and maintaining integrations of best practices within the back-end.
• You will help identify systemic issues, performance bottlenecks and work on design/architect improvements.

• You have 2+ years of experience in product software development.
• You have designed and scaled up the system.
• You have a strong understanding of Data Structures and Algorithms.
• You are an incessant problem solver and tougher the problem gets, more fun you have.
• You have strong command in any one or more of the following languages: Python.
• You understand the business impact of your decisions.

Your Responsibilities:

• Own the backend stack – Python based, that powers our product

• Collaborate with Data Scientists, Backend Developers(Node.js), Front-end developers, DevOps to design and implement new features
• Build and maintain several Backend Jobs and REST’ful Services which will be used internally in a Macroservices/Distributed services environment.
• Deploy and monitor the Jobs and endpoints ensuring availability and scalability(ability to handle 100X data processing load)
• Work on full project lifecycle starting from requirements gathering/understanding the problem to deploying and maintaining the project.

Skills that you bring Along:

• A minimum 8+ years of extensive work experience with Python and related frameworks – particularly Flask.
• Extensive experience in designing and scheduling backend Python jobs
• Hands on working in different file formats like Json, Parquet, csv etc. coming from Data Science side.
• Extensive experience with databases such as Postgres and Mongo.
• Extensive experience in Cloud Infrastructure (AWS based) – e.g. AWS API Gateway, Lambda Functions etc.
• Experience with cache like Redis and/or Memory cache
• Good experience in Microservices/Macroservices or Event driven Architectures
• Good experience with design patterns
• Experience in writing advanced SQL-queries, good knowledge of PL/SQL
• Good understanding of Software Design Principles and domain-driven design
• Good experience with Continuous Delivery and Containerization(Docker)
• Good experience in designing and maintaining REST’ful API endpoints
• Ideally maintaining infrastructure-as-code using Terraform
• Ideally experience in parallel data processing and building end-to-end Data Pipelines using tools such as Airflow/Prefect and Spark/Dask
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain complex topics in a simple manner

• Hands-on experience in backend programming languages.
• Experience in Python 3.X & Django is a must. Knowledge of .NET, Java, PHP is an added advantage.

• Hands-on experience in front-end technologies like Angular, jQuery, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SCSS, etc.

• Experience with leading technical teams and acting as a technical mentor.
• Experience in client communication & reporting to the client-side management team.
• Experience in AWS is an added advantage.

Required Skills:

• Expert in Python and Django framework
• Expert in developing backend applications with RESTful APIs Using Django Rest Framework
• Good understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, ReactJS , HTML5, and CSS3
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• Proficient understanding of GitHub
• Strong programming basics, with a clear understanding of Object-Oriented and Functional programming.
• Good communication skills and ability to work with global teams to define and deliver on projects.