Backend Engineer

Job Title : Python Developer (Immediate Joiner)

Experience Required : 3+ Years

Employment Type : Full-time

Location : Gurugram, India (Onsite)

Working Days : 6 Days (5 Days WFO + 1 Day WFH)

Job Summary :

We are seeking a talented and experienced Python Developer with a strong background in Django and a proven ability to build scalable, secure, and high-performance web applications. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with RabbitMQ, Redis, Celery, and PostgreSQL, and will play a key role in developing and maintaining robust backend systems. This is an onsite opportunity for immediate joiners.

Mandatory Skills : Python, Django, RabbitMQ, Redis, Celery, PostgreSQL, RESTful APIs, Docker.

Key Responsibilities :

• Design, develop, and maintain Django-based web applications and APIs.
• Implement asynchronous task handling using RabbitMQ and Celery.
• Optimize application performance using Redis for caching and session storage.
• Manage database operations, including schema design and query optimization, using PostgreSQL.
• Collaborate with front-end developers, DevOps teams, and stakeholders to deliver full-featured solutions.
• Write clean, modular, and well-documented code aligned with industry best practices.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve issues across the application stack.
• Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, and sprint planning.
• Ensure the scalability, performance, and security of backend services.

Required Technical Skills :

• Minimum 3 Years of experience in Python development.
• Strong hands-on experience with the Django framework.
• Proficiency in RabbitMQ for message brokering.
• Practical experience with Redis for caching and session management.
• Experience using Celery for background job/task queue management.
• Solid knowledge of PostgreSQL (database design, indexing, and optimization).
• Understanding of RESTful API development and integration.
• Familiarity with Docker and containerization.

Preferred Skills :

• Exposure to CI/CD tools and pipelines.
• Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP.
• Knowledge of Django ORM optimization techniques.
• Basic familiarity with front-end technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Soft Skills :

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to thrive in an agile, fast-paced development environment.

Job Description :

Our goal is to hire an individual Mid/Senior web developer, who is capable of working independently and accepting guidance from senior leads. Responsibilities are centered around helping the maintenance and ongoing development of our existing platform.

We are looking for a motivated, intelligent individual with a passion for information technology, who can hit the ground running within our existing systems.

Specific responsibilities include:

Develop and improve website functionalities to facilitate online experience through custom programming and installing third-party API solutions.

Work closely with internal teams to ensure the development of sites and applications meet business needs and standards.

Maintain the current websites for smooth functionalities.

Qualifications:

3 years+ experience in website development using HTML, CSS, Javascript, JSON and Ajax.

2 years+ experience with MySQL and PHP

Familiarity with responsive design.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent degree.

Be able to learn new programming/scripting languages.

Version control (Git etc.)

You need to be self-motivated, reliable, organized, details and results-oriented. We value work ethic and integrity.

Primary Duties

• Build a broad knowledge across various systems and processes via knowledge transfer and capture any missing information on the wiki

• Gather software requirements by talking to various stakeholders and document them

• Implement software solutions after discussing the requirements and taking direction from the Technical lead and talking to other colleagues within and outside the team

• Provide necessary effort and time estimates for tasks to aid scheduling and prioritization

• Provide necessary 3rd line support to the Operations teams including software fixes as needed

• Work on any BAU development activity including on-boarding new data sets and delivering new markets into the system

• Work with external vendors from time to time to gather necessary requirements for new data or changes to existing data specifications

• Maintain pro-active communication with relevant stakeholders and keep them updated on progress

General

• Any other duties commensurate with the post holder’s position and seniority; and
• All employees should understand that it is their personal responsibility to comply with all organisational, statutory and regulatory policies and procedures.

Experience, Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• 4+ years’ experience of programming in Java.
• 4+ years’ experience working with SQL including complex queries, stored procedures, views, database design and solid understanding of database concepts (preferably SQL Server)
• Experience of both Linux and Windows environments, scripting and tools
• Willing to carry out operational data tasks alongside developing new solutions
• Well organised with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple streams of work
• Excellent communication skills

Beneficial

• Experience working with Cloud environments (preferably AWS)
• Experience in handling financial data sets and familiarity with financial instruments (equities, futures, FX)
• Experience working with data pipelines and building ETL solutions
• Experience working with tools like Flink, Kafka and Tableau

Educational & Professional Qualifications

• Educated to degree (or equivalent) level or higher.
• A degree with mathematical and computing content (e.g. Computer Science, Maths, Physics)

• 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.
• Developing ideas for new programs, products, or features by monitoring industry developments and trends.
• Recording data and reporting it to proper parties, such as clients or leadership.
• 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.

Minimum 3+ Years of hands-on experience in developing Python Applications. 
Excellent knowledge of Python and experience in or in-depth understanding of core Python 
Knowledge in Lists, Tuples, and Dictionaries
Excellent knowledge of Python Constructor- Parameterized and Non-Parameterized
Must have experience in core python concepts about data structure, OOPS concepts, XML parsing, XML to JSON, optimizations

Developers should have developed Web Based applications., back end, SQL
Agile and scrum methodology

Should not be test automation, Application development frame work

Excellent Communication Skill

Good to Have 

Django/ Flask 
Strong Hands-on experience in HTML, CSS, DTL(Django Template Language), SASS.
knowledge of SQL