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- Hand on experience in Golang/Python/Ruby on Rails /Node.Js
- Must have at least 1+ years of experience in Team Handling

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BYJU'S is a worldwide education technology firm that provides highly engaging, adaptive, and efficient learning solutions to more than 150 million students located all over the globe. BYJU was established in India in 2011 to provide access to education of a superior standard for pupils located all over the globe.
BYJU offers a learning experience that is on par with the best in the world by using technologies that integrate mobile, interactive material, and individualized teaching methods. BYJU's geography-agnostic solutions and more than 12,000 teachers make education an engaging and delightful experience by using contextual and visual programs that adapt to the skill level, unique learning style, and pace of each student. BYJU'S, which has operations in more than 21 countries and learning programs in a variety of languages, has been named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential Companies for 2021.
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**Company Overview**
We are a VC-backed fintech startup developing an innovative online trading platform. As we scale, we're seeking a skilled Backend Engineer with expertise in Python to join our growing team and help build a robust, scalable infrastructure for our cutting-edge trading application.
We're based out of the UK and have our engineering team in India.
**Job Description**
We are looking for a backend developer who specialises in Python. Your role will focus on developing and maintaining the server-side logic, optimising performance, and ensuring seamless integration with the frontend. You’ll work closely with the engineering and product teams to deliver a high-quality, secure, and scalable platform.
**Responsibilities**
1. Develop and maintain server-side logic using Python
2. Design and implement APIs for seamless integration with frontend components
3. Optimise backend performance and scalability for high traffic and large data loads
4. Build and maintain databases, ensuring security, data integrity, and optimal performance
5. Collaborate with frontend engineers to ensure smooth integration between backend and frontend systems
6. Troubleshoot, debug, and optimise backend infrastructure
7. Implement data protection, security protocols, and authentication mechanisms (e.g., JWT)
8. Maintain and enhance real-time communication systems using WebSockets or similar protocols
**Required Skills**
1. Strong proficiency in Python and related technologies, knowledge of databases and SQL, and experience with web frameworks like Django or FastAPI
2. Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, and the ability to solve problems
3. Good understanding of OOPs, task broking services, Queues, Redis
4. Familiarity with RESTful API design and integration
5. Strong understanding of database management (e.g., PostgreSQL, Redis) and caching strategies
6. Familiarity with modern authentication and authorization mechanisms (e.g., JWT, OAuth)
7. Proficiency in working with cloud hosting services (AWS, Google Cloud, etc.)
8. Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes)
9. Knowledge of real-time communication protocols (e.g., WebSockets, TCP, SSE)
10. Strong understanding of security best practices for server-side applications
11. Experience with version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines
12. Minimum of 2-3.5 years of experience building scalable backend systems
**Perks**
1. Work From Anywhere Flexibility
2. Unlimited Leaves policy*
3. Competitive salary and unlimited growth opportunities
4. Insights on how HFT is done using cutting edge technology
If you’re passionate about building scalable, high-performance backend systems and want to be part of a cutting-edge fintech startup, we’d love to hear from you!
• Developing back-end components to improve responsiveness and overall performance
• Integrating user-facing elements into applications
• Test and debug programs
• Improve functionality of existing systems
• Implement security and data protection solutions
• Assess and prioritize feature requests
• Coordinate with internal teams to understand user requirements and provide technical
solutions
1. Demonstrable problem solving, analytical skills.
2. Ability to program (at Beginner or Advanced Beginner level in one or more programming
language like Java, C#, Python, JavaScript etc.).
3. Ability to think through a problem at conceptual level and propose solutions.
4. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
5. Keen desire to learn, stretch and a never-give-up attitude.
6. Very strong interpersonal skills and an easy-going personality.
7. Highly proactive, result-oriented and team player.
8. Ability to stay current with new technology.
Roles and Responsibilities
1. Engineering graduates passing in 2022 starting to kick start their career in technology.
2. Ideal candidate should have hand-on interest in programming and some experience in
writing software applications. If you have a GitHub profile, please provide link to your work.
Nice to have internship / college project.
3. Knowledge of one or more programming language to write fully executable and functional
code is very desirable. Knowledge of databases is also desirable. Both these may be at a
Beginner or Advanced Beginner level.
4. You should be focused, enthusiastic, motivated, and have a desire to progress by learning,
executing and experimenting.
• Proven working experience in backend app development and experience with Node JS.
• Build advanced ecommerce backend applications for the multiple client platforms (both React and Android).
• Understanding of design principles and good architecture patterns.
• Proper Data Structures and Algorithm knowledge is a must.
• Graph QL and Apollo Server knowledge.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Work with outside data sources and APIs like the one of Unicommerce.
• Create Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance.
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.
• Translate designs and wireframes into high quality code.
• Have a good understanding of CI/CD tools (any).
• Robust knowledge of popular databases like MongoDB, Elastic Search, DynamoDB, Redis etc;
• Knowledge about AWS Services like EC2, Lambda, Kinesis, Redshift, S3 is super plus.
MUST HAVE
• CI/CD
• 3+ years in Node JS
• HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• MongoDB, Elastic Search, DynamoDB, Redis
• AWS Services like EC2, Lambda, Kinesis, Redshift, S3 is super plus.
• Data Structures and Algorithm knowledge is a must.
Period: 6 months+
JD:
● 4-7 years of experience building and scaling APIs and web applications.
● Experience building and managing large scale data/analytics systems.
● Have a strong grasp of CS fundamentals and excellent problem solving abilities. Have a good
understanding of software design principles and architectural best practices.
● Be passionate about writing code and have experience coding in multiple languages, including at least
one scripting language, preferably Python.
● Be able to argue convincingly why feature X of language Y rocks/sucks, or why a certain design decision
is right/wrong, and so on.
● Be a self-starter—someone who thrives in fast paced environments with minimal ‘management’.
● Have experience working with multiple storage and indexing technologies such as MySQL, Redis,
MongoDB, Cassandra, Elastic.
● Good knowledge (including internals) of messaging systems such as Kafka and RabbitMQ.
● Use the command line like a pro. Be proficient in Git and other essential software development tools.
● Working knowledge of large-scale computational models such as MapReduce and Spark is a bonus.
● Exposure to one or more centralized logging, monitoring, and instrumentation tools, such as Kibana,
Graylog, StatsD, Datadog etc.
● Working knowledge of building websites and apps. Good understanding of integration complexities and
dependencies.
● Working knowledge linux server administration as well as the AWS ecosystem is desirable.
● It's a huge bonus if you have some personal projects (including open source contributions) that you work
on during your spare time. Show off some of your projects you have hosted on GitHub.









