Django Back-end Developer

Strong Software Engineering Profile

Mandatory (Experience 1): Must have 7+ years of experience using Python to design software solutions.

Mandatory (Skills 1): Strong working experience with Python (with Django framework experience) and Microservices architecture is a must.

Mandatory (Skills 2): Must have experience with event-driven architectures using Kafka

Mandatory (Skills 3): Must have Experience in DevOps practices and container orchestration using Kubernetes, along with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure

Mandatory (Company): Product companies, Experience working in fintech, banking, or product companies is a plus.

Mandatory (Education): From IIT (Candidate should have done bachelor degree Btech or Dual degree Btech+Mtech or Intergrated Msc), From other premium institutes NIT, MNNIT, VITS, BITS (Candidates should have done B.E/B.Tech)

Preferred

Preferred (Skills 1): Experience in Task Queues like Celery and RabbitMQ is preferred.

Preferred (Skills 2): Experience with RDBMS/SQL is also preferrable.

Preferred (Education): Computer science

Build and maintain scalable web applications using Python + Django

Develop REST APIs using Django REST Framework (DRF) for internal and partner integrations

Work on frontend screens (templates / HTML / CSS / JS) and integrate APIs in the UI

Implement authentication/authorization, validations, and secure coding practices

Work with databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL), ORM, migrations, indexing, and query optimization

Deploy and manage apps on Azure (App Service / VM / Storage / Azure SQL as applicable)

Integrate third-party services (payment, SMS/email, partner APIs) when required

Write clean, maintainable code, and support production debugging & performance improvements

Collaborate with product/ops teams to deliver features on time

Must Have Skills

• Python, Django (2–4 years hands-on)
• Django REST Framework (DRF) – building and consuming REST APIs
• Strong understanding of SQL and relational databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL)
• Frontend basics: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap (enough to handle screens + API integration)
• Experience with Git and standard development workflows
• Comfortable working on deployments and environments on Azure

Good to Have (Preferred)

• Azure exposure: App Service, Azure Storage, Azure SQL, Key Vault, CI/CD (Azure DevOps)
• Background jobs: Celery / Redis or cron-based scheduling
• Basic understanding of security practices: JWT/session auth, permissions, rate limiting
• Experience in fintech / gift cards / loyalty / voucher systems is a plus
• Unit testing (pytest/Django test framework) and basic logging/monitoring

🚀 Hiring: Python Developer at Deqode

⭐ Experience: 4+ Years

⭐ Work Mode:- Remote

⏱️ Notice Period: Immediate Joiners

(Only immediate joiners & candidates serving notice period)

Role Overview:

We are looking for a skilled Software Development Engineer (Python) to design, develop, and maintain scalable backend applications and high-performance RESTful APIs. The ideal candidate will work on modern microservices architecture, ensure clean and efficient code, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs and backend services using Python
• Build scalable microservices and integrate third-party APIs
• Design and optimize database schemas and queries
• Ensure application security, performance, and reliability
• Write clean, testable, and maintainable code
• Participate in code reviews and follow best engineering practices

Mandatory Skills (3):

1. Python – Strong hands-on experience in backend development
2. FastAPI / REST API Development – Building and maintaining APIs
3. SQLAlchemy / Relational Databases – Database modeling and optimization

• Working with the product team to develop new features focused on improving the user experience
• Improving existing features and working on streamlining client implementations through improved tools
• Improving our technical architecture and building out a continuous integration pipeline
• Modernizing our front-end in new frameworks
• Everything else - our team is small and you'll likely be involved in almost every tech-related thing going on
  
  

Requirements

• 1+ years of experience building consumer-facing web apps
• You are interested in the full-stack opportunity and love building a feature from start to finish
• Self-starter with a deep interest in tech - we want someone who will come in with opinions, and shape our engineering practices and decisions for the better
• An eye for design - you'll have an important role in making the product look great
• Believe in our mission and love the idea of working in education to help students succeed
  
  

Technologies you'll work with:

• NodeJS, http://sails.js/">Sails.JS
• http://react.js/">React.js, Redux, Redux-Saga
• Kubernetes, Postgres, ElasticSearch, Redis, RabbitMQ
• Whatever else you decide - we're constantly re-evaluating our stack and tools
• Having prior experience with the technologies is a plus, but not mandatory for skilled candidates.

Benefits

• Remote Option - You can work from any location of your choice
• Reimbursement of Home Office Setup
• Competitive Salary
• Friendly atmosphere
• Flexible paid vacation policy