JAVA Full Stack Developer

🚀 Hiring: Python Full Stack Developer

⭐ Experience: 4+ Years

📍 Location: Gurgaon

⭐ Work Mode:- Hybrid

⏱️ Notice Period: Immediate Joiners

(Only immediate joiners & candidates serving notice period)

🎇 About the Role:-

We are looking for an experienced Python Full Stack Developer (Backend Focus) with 4–6 years of experience to join our dynamic team. You will play a key role in backend development, API design, and data processing, while also contributing to frontend tasks when needed. This position provides excellent opportunities for growth and exposure to cutting-edge technologies.

✨ Required Skills & Experience

✅ Backend Development: Python (Django/Flask), MVC patterns

✅ Databases: SQL, PostgreSQL/MySQL

✅ API Development: RESTful APIs

✅ Testing: pytest, unittest, TDD

✅ Version Control: Git workflows

✅ Frontend Basics: React, JavaScript

✅ DevOps & Tools: Docker basics, CI/CD concepts, JSON/XML/CSV handling

✅ Cloud: Basic Azure knowledge

A niche, specialist position in an interdisciplinary team focused on end-to-end solutions. Nature of projects range from proof-of-concept innovative applications, parallel implementations per end user requests, scaling up and continuous monitoring for improvements. Majority of the projects will be focused on providing automation solutions via both custom solutions and adapting machine learning generic standards to specific use cases/domains.

Clientele includes major publishers from the US and Europe, pharmaceutical bigwigs and government funded projects.

As a Senior Fullstack Developer, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable and performant web applications using modern technologies. You will work with cutting-edge tools and cloud infrastructure (primarily Google Cloud) and implement robust back-end services with React JS with Typescript, Koa.js, MongoDB, and Redis, while ensuring reliable and efficient monitoring with OpenTelemetry and logging with Bunyan. Your expertise in CI/CD pipelines and modern testing frameworks will be key to maintaining a smooth and efficient software development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Fullstack Development: Design, develop, and maintain web applications using JavaScript (Node.js for back-end and React.js with Typescript for front-end).
• Cloud Infrastructure: Leverage Google Cloud services (like Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub, etc.) to build scalable and resilient cloud solutions.
• API Development: Implement RESTful APIs and microservices with Koa.js, ensuring high performance, security, and scalability.
• Database Management: Manage MongoDB databases for storing and retrieving application data, and use Redis for caching and session management.
• Logging and Monitoring: Utilize Bunyan for structured logging and OpenTelemetry for distributed tracing and monitoring to ensure system health and performance.
• CI/CD: Design, implement, and maintain efficient CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration and deployment, ensuring fast and reliable code delivery.
• Testing & Quality Assurance: Write unit and integration tests using Jest, Mocha, and React Testing Library to ensure code reliability and maintainability.
• Collaboration: Work closely with front-end and back-end engineers to deliver high-quality software solutions, following agile development practices.
• Optimization & Scaling: Identify performance bottlenecks, troubleshoot production issues, and scale the system as needed.
• Code Reviews & Mentorship: Conduct peer code reviews, share best practices, and mentor junior developers to improve team efficiency and code quality.

Must-Have Skills:

• Google Cloud (GCP): Hands-on experience with various Google Cloud services (Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub, Firestore, etc.) for building scalable applications.
• React.js: Strong experience in building modern, responsive user interfaces with React.js and Typescript
• Koa.js: Strong experience in building web servers and APIs with Koa.js.
• MongoDB & Redis: Proficiency in working with MongoDB (NoSQL databases) and Redis for caching and session management.
• Bunyan: Experience using Bunyan for structured logging and tracking application events.
• OpenTelemetry Ecosystem: Hands-on experience with the OpenTelemetry ecosystem for monitoring and distributed tracing.
• CI/CD: Proficient in setting up CI/CD pipelines using tools like CircleCI, Jenkins, or GitLab CI.
• Testing Frameworks: Solid understanding and experience with Jest, Mocha, and React Testing Library for testing both back-end and front-end applications.
• JavaScript & Node.js: Strong proficiency in JavaScript (ES6+), and experience working with Node.js for back-end services.

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Experience with other cloud platforms (AWS, Azure).
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience working with TypeScript.
• Knowledge of other logging and monitoring tools.
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and project management tools (JIRA, Trello, etc.).

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5-10 years of hands-on experience as a Fullstack Developer.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex systems.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.

For this hire, we’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer who is independently able to architect and build an entire on-demand service platform from scratch. This would require knowledge of and proven experience in Backend (Golang, Python, C/C++, Java, Ruby), Web Frontend (React, Angular, Next, Vue), APIs (nodeJS), Cloud (AWS, GCP) and Database (RDBMS like Postgres and NoSQL)

Basic qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• 5+ years of relevant work experience
• Prior experience of having built or been involved in building an on-demand service platform from scratch (think Uber, Ola, Swiggy, Dunzo, etc.)

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Guide complex projects autonomously, from technical design to launch
• Write high-quality code (i.e., reliable, readable, efficient, testable), provides quality code reviews, and creates comprehensive tests and quality documentation using software engineering principles. This includes knowledge of data structures, algorithms, programming and associated programming languages and frameworks, and major phases/activities of the software research and development life cycle (e.g., requirements, design, build, experiment, test, debug, deploy, monitor). 
• Conduct code reviews and provide feedback to other developers
• Participate in architectural and design discussions, and contribute to the development of software engineering practices and standards
• Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in software development, and identify opportunities to apply them in our products

Requirements:

• Experience with front-end frameworks such as React.js, Vue.js, Next.js or Angular, and back-end frameworks such as Golang, Java, Javascript, Python Node.js, Ruby
• Experience with cloud-based technologies such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
• Experience with agile development methodologies, continuous integration and delivery, and DevOps practices
• Familiarity with architecture styles/APIs (REST, RPC, etc.)
• Experience creating and implementing well-tested, scalable, performant micro-services and other distributed systems
• Passion for building high-quality software that solves real-world problems
• Ability to learn quickly on the go. We’re looking for software engineers who thrive while learning new technologies and don’t believe in one-size-fits-all solutions. You should be able to easily adapt to meet the needs of our massive growth and rapidly evolving business environment

If You've Got These Skills, Even Better - 

• Experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction
• Experience working in a complex, matrixed organization juggling multiple dynamic projects

• upGrad was awarded the Best Tech for Education by IAMAI for 2018-19,
• upGrad was also ranked as one of the LinkedIn Top Startups 2018: The 25 most sought-after startups in India.
• upGrad was earlier selected as one of the top ten most innovative companies in India by FastCompany.
• We were also covered by the Financial Times along with other disruptors in Ed-Tech.
• upGrad is the official education partner for Government of India - Startup India program.
• Our program with IIIT B has been ranked #1 program in the country in the domain of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

• Writing clean, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code.
• Develop and support software including applications, database integration, interfaces, and new functionality enhancements.
• Coordinate cross-functionally to insure project meets business objectives and compliance standards. 
• Support test and deployment of new products and features.
• Participate in code reviews.

• A highly talented developer with 6-9 years of hands-on experience in building secure and scalable web based applications using Java in backend and JS based frontend frameworks
• Strong knowledge of Java 8+, databases (SQL and NoSQL) , MySql, Mongo
• Experience working with Cassandra, Spring Boot, Apache Spark, Kafka, RabbitMQ is highly desirable.
• Working knowledge of any one or more of AngularJS/ReactJS/VueJS and CSS3, HTML5.
• Strong experience in data modelling for data storage tools in SQL; experience with noSQL is highly desirable.
• Experience building scalable solutions for 2x, 5x and 10x growth with high quality and flexibility.
• Practitioner of test driven development practices. Experience in creating and adhering to best practices for development.
• Experience working with container technologies like Docker and knowledge of CI/CD processes for automated integration and deployment. Basic knowledge of AWS preferred.
• Strong experience in Microservices (SRP) paradigm.
• Willing to learn new technologies (Golang).

• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code.
• Perform Code reviews of other team members.
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic
• Implementation of security and data protection
• Integration of data storage solutions.
• Liaise with the product management team and architect the application / improve the architecture wherever necessary.

Skills And Qualifications

• 7+ years of the overall experience.
• Strong Practical knowledge and understanding of RESTful API
• Excellent Python coding skills and understanding of Python best practices (PEP8)
• Should handle a team of minimum 4 members
• Excellent detail-oriented, problem-solving skills and the ability to quickly learn and apply new concepts, principles, and solutions
• 7+ years of good hands-on experience in Python, with knowledge of Django
• Good hands-on experience in SQL Database (MYSQL / Postgres)
• Familiarity of Front End Development ( ReactJS )
• Knowledge of user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Able to create database schemas that represent and support business processes.
• Strong unit test and debugging skills
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools GIT.
• Has experience of working in an Agile Environment.
• Fluent in English (written and oral) Fluency in a second language is preferred.
• Comfortable working remotely with great communication skills for a remote work environment.

Bonus qualifications

• Knowledge of any cloud. ( Especially Azure )

Skills we are looking for :

- Experience in developing full-stack applications at scale in ReactJs/AngularJs & NodeJs.

- Strong knowledge and experience in HTML(5), CSS, SCSS, and Advanced JavaScript

- Good knowledge of coding RESTful APIs.

- Strong knowledge of Web Storage (Cookie, Local Storage, and Session Storage)

- Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JWT

- Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools

- Ability to work in a lean-agile development environment.

Good to know :

- Using GIT

- Knowledge of AWS

- Familiarity with GraphQL will be a brownie point