Backend Engineer

Position Title : Python Django Developer

Location : Gurgaon (6 Days WFO)

Experience : 3+ Years

Job Overview :

We are looking for a skilled Python Django Developer with a strong background in developing scalable, high-performance web applications. The ideal candidate must have 3+ Years of hands-on experience in Django and related technologies, including RabbitMQ, Redis, Celery, and PostgreSQL, to ensure seamless background task management, caching, and database performance.

Key Responsibilities :

• Develop, maintain, and enhance Django-based web applications and APIs.
• Design and implement message broker solutions using RabbitMQ for asynchronous communication.
• Integrate Redis for caching and session management to optimize application performance.
• Implement and manage task queues using Celery for efficient background processing.
• Work with PostgreSQL, ensuring proper database design, query optimization, and performance tuning.
• Collaborate with front-end developers, DevOps engineers, and stakeholders to deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Write clean, modular, and well-documented code following best practices.
• Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve issues across the application stack.
• Participate in code reviews, system design discussions, and team meetings.
• Ensure scalability, reliability, and security of applications.

Required Technical Skills :

• Minimum 3+ Years of relevant experience in Python and Django framework.
• Proficiency in RabbitMQ for message brokering.
• Hands-on experience with Redis for caching and session management.
• Strong knowledge of Celery for distributed task queues.
• Experience with PostgreSQL, including database design, indexing, and optimization.
• Expertise in RESTful API design and development.
• Understanding of Docker and containerized applications.

Preferred Skills :

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS or GCP.
• Knowledge of Django ORM and its performance optimizations.
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to adapt to an agile development environment and evolving requirements.

Educational Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain full-stack applications using Python and React.
• Collaborate with designers, product managers, and other developers to build user-friendly interfaces and seamless APIs.
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
• Debug and resolve technical issues promptly.
• Implement unit and integration tests to ensure high-quality deliverables.
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends, tools, and technologies.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to team best practices.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• 3–5 years of hands-on experience with Python and React.
• Strong understanding of JavaScript, ES6+, and TypeScript (preferred).
• Proficient in building RESTful APIs and integrating with frontend frameworks.
• Experience with state management libraries (e.g., Redux, Context API).
• Familiarity with databases such as MongoDB, PostgreSQL, or MySQL.
• Experience with modern build tools and package managers like Webpack, Babel, NPM, or Yarn.
• Hands-on experience with version control tools, particularly Git.
• Knowledge of containerization and CI/CD pipelines is a plus.

About Kanerika:

Kanerika Inc. is a premier global software products and services firm that specializes in providing innovative solutions and services for data-driven enterprises. Our focus is to empower businesses to achieve their digital transformation goals and maximize their business impact through the effective use of data and AI.

We leverage cutting-edge technologies in data analytics, data governance, AI-ML, GenAI/ LLM and industry best practices to deliver custom solutions that help organizations optimize their operations, enhance customer experiences, and drive growth.

Awards and Recognitions:

Kanerika has won several awards over the years, including:

1. Best Place to Work 2023 by Great Place to Work®

2. Top 10 Most Recommended RPA Start-Ups in 2022 by RPA Today

3. NASSCOM Emerge 50 Award in 2014

4. Frost & Sullivan India 2021 Technology Innovation Award for its Kompass composable solution architecture

5. Kanerika has also been recognized for its commitment to customer privacy and data security, having achieved ISO 27701, SOC2, and GDPR compliances.

Working for us:

Kanerika is rated 4.6/5 on Glassdoor, for many good reasons. We truly value our employees' growth, well-being, and diversity, and people’s experiences bear this out. At Kanerika, we offer a host of enticing benefits that create an environment where you can thrive both personally and professionally. From our inclusive hiring practices and mandatory training on creating a safe work environment to our flexible working hours and generous parental leave, we prioritize the well-being and success of our employees.

Our commitment to professional development is evident through our mentorship programs, job training initiatives, and support for professional certifications. Additionally, our company-sponsored outings and various time-off benefits ensure a healthy work-life balance. Join us at Kanerika and become part of a vibrant and diverse community where your talents are recognized, your growth is nurtured, and your contributions make a real impact. See the benefits section below for the perks you’ll get while working for Kanerika.

About the role:

As a Senior Java Developer, you will utilize your extensive Java programming skills and expertise to design and develop robust and scalable applications. You will collaborate with cross- functional teams, provide technical leadership, and contribute to the entire software development life cycle. With your deep understanding of Java technologies and frameworks, you will ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions that meet the project requirements and adhere to coding standards.

Role Responsibilities:

• Discuss new features and collaborate with the development and UX team, commercial product manager and product owner to get functionalities specified and implemented.
• Agree the technical implementation with involved component owners and estimate its work effort.
• Write great code and do code reviews for other engineers
• Implement, test and demonstrate new product features in an agile process.
• Develop complete sets of functionalities including the backend and frontend.
• Create new microservices, or migrate existing services, to run on a cloud infrastructure
• Work on further usability, performance improvements or quality assurance, including bug fixes and test automation.
• Watch out for potential security issues and fix them, or better avoid them altogether 

Role requirements:

• BTech computer science or equivalent
• Java development skills with at least 3 to 5 years of experience. Knowledge of the most popular java libraries and frameworks: JPA, Spring, Kafka, etc
• Have a degree in computer science, or a similar background, or you just have enough professional experience to blow right through all your challenges
• Are a great communicator, analytic, goal-oriented, quality-focused, yet still agile person who likes to work with software engineers; you will interact a lot with architects, developers from other teams, component owners and system engineers
• Have a clear overview of all layers in computer software development, including REST APIs and how to make and integrate them in our products
• Have Java server-side development and SQL (PostgreSQL) and nice to have NOSQL (Mongo Db or Dynamo DB) database knowledge.
• Are open to pick-up innovative technologies as needed by the team. Have or want to build experience with cloud and DevOps infrastructure (like Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Concourse, etc.)
• Speak English fluently

Employee Benefits:

1. Culture:

1. Open Door Policy: Encourages open communication and accessibility to management.
2. Open Office Floor Plan: Fosters a collaborative and interactive work environment.
3. Flexible Working Hours: Allows employees to have flexibility in their work schedules.
4. Employee Referral Bonus: Rewards employees for referring qualified candidates.
5. Appraisal Process Twice a Year: Provides regular performance evaluations and feedback.

2. Inclusivity and Diversity:

1. Hiring practices that promote diversity: Ensures a diverse and inclusive workforce.
2. Mandatory POSH training: Promotes a safe and respectful work environment.

3. Health Insurance and Wellness Benefits:

1. GMC and Term Insurance: Offers medical coverage and financial protection.
2. Health Insurance: Provides coverage for medical expenses.
3. Disability Insurance: Offers financial support in case of disability.

4. Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits:

1. Company-sponsored family events: Creates opportunities for employees and their       families to bond.
2. Generous Parental Leave: Allows parents to take time off after the birth or adoption of a child.
3. Family Medical Leave: Offers leave for employees to take care of family members' medical needs.

5. Perks and Time-Off Benefits:

1. Company-sponsored outings: Organizes recreational activities for employees.
2. Gratuity: Provides a monetary benefit as a token of appreciation.
3. Provident Fund: Helps employees save for retirement.
4. Generous PTO: Offers more than the industry standard for paid time off.
5. Paid sick days: Allows employees to take paid time off when they are unwell.
6. Paid holidays: Gives employees paid time off for designated holidays.
7. Bereavement Leave: Provides time off for employees to grieve the loss of a loved one.

6. Professional Development Benefits:

1. L&D with FLEX- Enterprise Learning Repository: Provides access to a learning repository for professional development.
2. Mentorship Program: Offers guidance and support from experienced professionals.
3. Job Training: Provides training to enhance job-related skills.
4. Professional Certification Reimbursements: Assists employees in obtaining professional      certifications.
5. Promote from Within: Encourages internal growth and advancement opportunities.

Mandatory Criteria :

• Candidate must have Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes of atleast 2 years in production environments.
• Candidate should have Expertise in at least one public cloud platform [GCP (Preferred), AWS, Azure, or OCI).
• Proficient in backend programming with Python, Java, or Kotlin (at least one is required).
• Candidate should have strong Backend experience.
• Hands-on experience with BigQuery or Snowflake for data analytics and integration.

About the Role

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Cloud Backend Engineer with 4–7 years of experience, who has worked extensively on at least one major cloud platform (GCP, AWS, Azure, or OCI). Experience with multiple cloud providers is a strong plus. As a Senior Development Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, building, and scaling backend services and infrastructure on cloud-native platforms.

# Experience with Kubernetes is mandatory.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable, reliable backend services and cloud-native applications.
• Build and manage RESTful APIs, microservices, and asynchronous data processing systems.
• Deploy and operate workloads on Kubernetes with best practices in availability, monitoring, and cost-efficiency.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.
• Collaborate with frontend, DevOps, and product teams in an agile environment.
• Ensure high code quality through testing, reviews, and documentation.

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes of atleast 2 years in production environments (mandatory).
• Expertise in at least one public cloud platform [GCP (Preferred), AWS, Azure, or OCI].
• Proficient in backend programming with Python, Java, or Kotlin (at least one is required).
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and cloud-native architecture.
• Experience with containerization using Docker and Kubernetes-native deployment workflows.
• Working knowledge of SQL and relational databases.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working across multiple cloud platforms.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Exposure to monitoring, logging, and observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Cloud Monitoring).
• Hands-on experience with BigQuery or Snowflake for data analytics and integration.

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of NoSQL databases or event-driven/message-based architectures.
• Experience with serverless services, managed data pipelines, or data lake platforms.

About Telstra:

Telstra is Australia’s leading telecommunications and technology company, with operations in more than 20 countries. At Telstra, We've implemented an IT strategy that employs leading-edge software engineering practices to help deliver a superior customer experience with improved trust and speed of delivery, lower cost, and simplified architecture, systems and processes.

Your key responsibilities and major tasks include, but are not limited to

• As a backend Java developer, you will work within a specific problem space critical to Telstra’s current needs where you will design, develop, and deploy backend services with a focus on scalability, high availability, and low latency.
• Review and integrate all application requirements, including functional, security, integration, performance, quality, and operations requirements.
• Apply engineering best practices such as Agile, CI/CD, and DevOps as part of a high performing motivated team.
• Collaborate and grow in a dynamic and autonomous environment while working in small, agile, and cross functional teams
• Pivot to working on new features and developments, to providing production support in the production and pre-production environments assisted by all team members. This responsibility is equally shared by all members of the team.
  
  

We are looking for candidates with the following experience and skills:

Essential skills and Experience

• 3 years – 7 years year experience in this area
• Must have strong Java programming background (preferably Java 8+)​
• Preferred Frameworks – Spring Boot​
• Unit Testing, Integration testing and Automated testing. ​
• Experience with Continuous Integration/Deployment​
• Microservices development – HTTP, REST API​ design and implementation​
• Comfortable to operate in an agile, dynamic environment​.

• Implement best practices for the engineering team across code hygiene, overall architecture design, testing, and deployment activities
• Drive technical decisions for building data pipelines, data lakes, and analyst access.
• Act as a leader within the engineering team, providing support and mentorship for teammates across functions
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent job experience
• Experienced developer in large data environments
• Experience using Git productively in a team environment
• Experience with Docker
• Experience with Amazon Web Services
• Ability to sit with business or technical SMEs to listen, learn and propose technical solutions to business problems

·       Experience using and adapting to new technologies

·       Take and understand business requirements and goals

·       Work collaboratively with project managers and stakeholders to make sure that all aspects of the project are delivered as planned

·       Strong SQL skills with MySQL or PostgreSQL

• Experience with non-relational databases and their role in web architectures desired

 Knowledge and Experience:

• Good experience with Elixir and functional programming a plus

• Several years of python experience
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent organizational skills

Proven verbal and written cross-department and customer communication skills