Freelance Python Team Lead & Developer (Hyderabad-based)

Procedure is hiring for Drover.

This is not a DevOps/SRE/cloud-migration role — this is a hands-on backend engineering and architecture role where you build the platform powering our hardware at scale.

About Drover

Ranching is getting harder. Increased labor costs and a volatile climate are placing mounting pressure to provide for a growing population. Drover is empowering ranchers to efficiently and sustainably feed the world by making it cheaper and easier to manage livestock, unlock productivity gains, and reduce carbon footprint with rotational grazing. Not only is this a $46B opportunity, you'll be working on a climate solution with the potential for real, meaningful impact.

We use patent-pending low-voltage electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) to steer and contain cows, replacing the need for physical fences or electric shock. We are building something that has never been done before, and we have hundreds of ranches on our waitlist.

Drover is founded by Callum Taylor (ex-Harvard), who comes from 5 generations of ranching, and Samuel Aubin, both of whom grew up in Australian ranching towns and have an intricate understanding of the problem space. We are well-funded and supported by Workshop Ventures, a VC firm with experience in building unicorn IoT companies.

We're looking to assemble a team of exceptional talent with a high eagerness to dive headfirst into understanding the challenges and opportunities within ranching.

About The Role

As our founding cloud engineer, you will be responsible for building and scaling the infrastructure that powers our IoT platform, connecting thousands of devices across ranches nationwide.

Because we are an early-stage startup, you will have high levels of ownership in what you build. You will play a pivotal part in architecting our cloud infrastructure, building robust APIs, and ensuring our systems can scale reliably. We are looking for someone who is excited about solving complex technical challenges at the intersection of IoT, agriculture, and cloud computing.

What You'll Do

• Develop Drover IoT cloud architecture from the ground up (it’s a green field project)
• Design and implement services to support wearable devices, mobile app, and backend API
• Implement data processing and storage pipelines
• Create and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code
• Support the engineering team across all aspects of early-stage development -- after all, this is a startup

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience developing cloud architecture on AWS
• In-depth understanding of various AWS services, especially those related to IoT
• Expertise in cloud-hosted, event-driven, serverless architectures
• Expertise in programming languages suitable for AWS micro-services (eg: TypeScript, Python)
• Experience with networking and socket programming
• Experience with Kubernetes or similar orchestration platforms
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools (e.g., Terraform, AWS CDK)
• Familiarity with relational databases (PostgreSQL)
• Familiarity with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)

Nice To Have

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

Job Description:

Summary

The Data Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the data infrastructure. They must have experience with SQL and Python.

Roles & Responsibilities:

● Collaborate with product, business, and engineering stakeholders to understand key metrics, data needs, and reporting pain points.

● Design, build, and maintain clean, scalable, and reliable data models using DBT.

● Write performant SQL and Python code to transform raw data into structured marts and reporting layers.

● Create dashboards using Tableau or similar tools.

● Work closely with data platform engineers, architects, and analysts to ensure data pipelines are resilient, well-governed, and high quality.

● Define and maintain source-of-truth metrics and documentation in the analytics layer.

● Partner with product engineering teams to understand new features and ensure appropriate

instrumentation and event collection.

● Drive reporting outcomes by building dashboards or working with BI teams to ensure timely delivery of insights.

● Help scale our analytics engineering practice by contributing to internal tooling, frameworks, and best practices.

Who You Are:

Experience : 3 to 4 years of experience in analytics/data engineering, with strong hands-on expertise in DBT, SQL, Python and dashboarding tools.

● Experience working with modern data stacks (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Airflow).

● Strong data modeling skills (dimensional, star/snowflake schema, data vault, etc.).

● Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

● Ability to work independently and drive business outcomes through data.

● Exposure to product instrumentation and working with event-driven data is a plus.

● Prior experience in a fast-paced, product-led company is preferred.

Description

Join company as a Backend Developer and become a pivotal force in building the robust, scalable services that power our innovative platforms. In this role, you will design, develop, and maintain server‑side applications, ensuring high performance and reliability for millions of users. You’ll collaborate closely with cross‑functional product, front‑end, and DevOps teams to translate business requirements into clean, efficient code, while participating in code reviews and architectural discussions. Our dynamic environment encourages continuous learning, offering opportunities to work with cutting‑edge technologies, cloud infrastructures, and modern development practices. As a key contributor, your work will directly impact product quality, user satisfaction, and the overall success of company's mission to streamline hiring solutions.

Requirements:

• 1–15 years of professional experience in backend development, with a strong focus on building APIs and microservices.
• Proficiency in server‑side languages such as Python, Java, Node.js, or Go, and solid understanding of object‑oriented and functional programming paradigms.
• Extensive experience with relational (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Redis), including schema design and query optimization.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Hands‑on experience with version control (Git), CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks.
• Strong problem‑solving abilities, effective communication skills, and a collaborative mindset for working within multidisciplinary teams.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain high‑throughput backend services and RESTful APIs that support core product features.
• Implement data models and storage solutions, ensuring data integrity, security, and optimal performance.
• Collaborate with front‑end engineers, product managers, and designers to define technical requirements and deliver end‑to‑end solutions.
• Participate in code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and uphold coding standards and best practices.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize production systems, implementing robust logging, alerting, and performance tuning.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of development workflows, including CI/CD automation, testing strategies, and deployment processes.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, proposing innovative approaches to enhance system architecture.

Budget:

• Job Type: payroll
• Experience Range: 1–15 years

Role Overview

We’re hiring a Senior Backend Engineer who can build high-performance backend systems using Node.js. You’ll work on complex engineering problems, optimize for scale, and own features end-to-end.

Key Responsibilities

● Develop backend services, APIs, and microservices using Node.js frameworks (Express, Nest.js).

● Own modules end-to-end: design → implementation → testing → deployment.

● Write high-quality, testable, maintainable code.

● Optimize performance, scalability, and reliability across systems.

● Troubleshoot production issues, perform RCA, and improve stability. ● Work with databases (SQL & NoSQL), caching, and async processing.

● Collaborate with DevOps for CI/CD, deployments, and automation.

● Contribute to improving engineering standards, documentation, and processes

What we’re looking for:

● 4 to 7 years of hands-on backend development experience. ● Strong in Node.js, async patterns, TypeScript (preferred), and REST APIs. ● Solid understanding of: Data modeling Queues & background jobs Caching (Redis) API optimization ● Experience with relational DBs (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and NoSQL (DynamoDB/MongoDB/ Redis). ● Experience with messaging/queues: Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS, or equivalent. ● Familiarity with Docker, Git, and CI/CD pipelines. ● Exposure to AWS or cloud infrastructure. ● Strong debugging and performance tuning skills. ● Ability to work in a fast-paced, startup-like environment.

Here are answers to some questions you may have

Where is your office?

Chennai (Velachery)

Work Model Work from Office – because great stories are built in person!

Do you have an online presence?

https://amura.ai (we are @AmuraHealth on all social media)

For better insights: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11UHgXqYc7XSJ3IAdFyEm-EurgOzqsmzA/view?usp=sharing

• 4–7 years of professional C++ experience in performance-critical systems
• Expert knowledge of modern C++ (C++11/14/17)
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and memory models
• Deep experience with multithreading, atomics, lock-free programming, and CPU cache behaviour
• Excellent knowledge of Linux internals and system-level programming
• Experience with low-level debugging and profiling (gdb, perf, valgrind, flamegraphs)
• Proficiency with CMake/Make and Git

2. Trading Systems Experience (Highly Preferred)

• Hands-on experience with order management systems (OMS) and execution engines
• Knowledge of exchange protocols: FIX, ITCH, OUCH, FAST
• Experience handling market data feeds (L1/L2, multicast, UDP)
• Understanding of latency measurement, clock synchronization, and time stamping
• Experience with network tuning (kernel bypass, socket tuning, CPU pinning)
• Familiarity with trading lifecycle, risk checks, and throttling mechanisms

3. Education

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline

4. Soft Skills (Important for Trading Firms)

• Ability to work under extreme time and accuracy pressure
• Strong ownership of production systems
• Clear and direct communication with traders and quants
• Bias toward simple, fast, and reliable designs

5. Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize ultra-low-latency C++ trading applications
• Build and maintain exchange connectivity and order execution systems
• Develop real-time market data pipelines with strict latency requirements
• Optimize systems at CPU, memory, and network levels
• Implement lock-free or low-lock concurrent designs
• Analyze latency using profiling tools and improve tail latency
• Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and rapid recovery
• Work closely with Traders and Quant Researchers to implement strategies
• Participate in architecture and performance design reviews
• Review code, enforce best practices, and mentor junior engineers
• Support production systems and handle time-critical issues when needed