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.

• Discussing project aims with the development team.
• Designing and building web applications using CodeIgniter.
• Troubleshooting issues in the implementation and debug builds.
• Working with front-end and back-end developers on projects.
• Testing functionality for users and the backend.
• Ensuring that integrations run smoothly.
• Scaling projects based on client feedback.
• Recording and reporting on work done in Codeignitor/Laravel
• Maintaining web-based applications.
• Presenting work in meetings with management.

Desired Candidate Profile

• Experience working with PHP, performing unit testing, and managing APIs such as REST.
• A solid understanding of application design using Codeignitor/Laravel.
• Knowledge of database design and querying using SQL.
• Proficiency in HTML and JavaScript.
• Practical experience using the MVC architecture.

• Experience 4 – 5 years
• Good in Backend Springboot
• write Rest API (Should be strong in this area)
• Good Analytical ability, Good coding practice, Knowledge of Spring Security (Desirable),
• UI Knowledge of Angular (Average knowledge should be enough)

a. Expert in Core PHP & OOP Concepts

b. Medium in Mysql DB

c. Expert in HTML & JS/Jquery

d. Knowledge on CSS id preferred

e. Experience on any one of the MVC framework is mandatory

Locus is a global decision- making platform in the supply chain that uses deep learning and proprietary algorithms to provide route optimization, real-time tracking, insights and analytics, beat optimization, efficient warehouse management, vehicle allocation and utilization, intuitive 3D packing and measurement of packages. Locus automates human decisions required to transport a package or a person, between any two points on earth, delivering gains along efficiency, consistency, and transparency in operations.

Locus, which has achieved a peak of 1 million orders processed in a day (200,000 orders an hour) and is trained & tested on over 100 million+ order deliveries, works in 75 cities across the globe. Locus works with several large-scale market leaders like Urban Ladder, Tata Group of Companies, Droplet, Licious, Rollick, Lenskart, other global FMCG, pharma, e-commerce, 3PL and logistics conglomerates.

Locus is backed by some of the biggest names in the market and recently raised $22 MN in Series B funding and also $4 Mn in a pre-Series B round. Earlier, In 2016, Locus raised $2.75 Mn (INR 18.3 Cr) in a Series A funding.

Locus was started by Nishith Rastogi and Geet Garg, two ex-Amazon engineers on a mission to democratize logistics intelligence for businesses across industries. Nishith was profiled by Forbes Asia in their ’30 Under 30’ 2018 list. Geet, on the other hand, holds a dual degree (BTech and MTech) in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology. Our team constitutes of engineers from Indian Institute of Technology and Birla Institute of Technology & Science- Pilani, and Data Scientists with PhDs from Carnegie Mellon University and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. Our multifaced product and business team is led by senior members from Barclays, Google & Goldman Sachs with immense operational execution experience.

Job Description

• Design & implement backend APIs at Locus.sh
• Mentor junior developers technically.
• Actively work to reduce tech debt in the Locus backend
• Work towards more stability & scalability of the backend
• Tech stack - Java, AWS, Aurora etc.

Eligibility

• 4-8 years of product company experience
• OOP implementation experience. Programming language does not matter, We use Java internally but have hired folks from non Java background.
• Hands on experience in SQL, Dynamo DB, Postgres etc preferred.
• Prior experience building REST APIs
• Advanced understanding of AWS stack
• Prior knowledge of solving problems at scale.

Perks:

• Healthy catered meals at office
• You decide your own Work From Home (WFH) and Out Of Office (OOO)
• Pet-friendly - bring your pets to the office any day. Locus family already has a Rottweiler and a Beagle

• Build efficient, effective, reusable and testable PHP modules.
• Responsible to write clean and well-structured code.
• Solve complex performance problems and architectural challenges.
• Prepare and maintain all applications utilizing standard development tools.
• Convey effectively with all task progress, evaluations, suggestions, schedules along with technical and process issues.
• Maintain as well as edit current websites and write semantic markup.