Lead Django Developer

Key Skills and Requirements

· Minimum 3+ years of hands-on experience in Node.js and Express.js

· Bachelor Degree in Computer Science OR in related field B.sc - IT/ BCA /MCA/B.Tech/M.Tech

· Programming experience in Web Application development with Node.js and Express.js

· Must have experience in JavaScript, Node.js, Express.js or have extensive exposure in any MVC framework

· Expert in MySQL and Store Procedures

· Knowledge of REST API / Web API protocol

· Understanding HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, Ajax, JSON, OOPs well enough

· Good to have: React Js.

· Strong coding skills, good analytical and problem-solving skills

· Ability to write clear, concise, well-structured, and well-organized code

· Experience with third-party libraries and APIs(Zoho, Leadsquared, Knowlarity, Exotel, LCode, Karza, Google API, DIGIO, etc)

· Ability to identify weaknesses in existing code and improve it

Plus but not required

· A plus if you have Slide experience with Git Command lines.

· A plus if you have any experience with Github, Gitlab, Bitbucket.

· A plus if you have any experience with UI Design

· A plus if you have any experience with PHP, CodeIgniter

· A plus if you have any experience with React JS/Angular JS

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

· Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features

· Work with outside data sources and APIs

· 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

About TechWeirdo:

Techweirdo delivers secure enterprise solutions from SaaS to On-Premise, anywhere, from Application to AI. We offer consultation, services and products to holistically address the digital transformation goals of the enterprises. 

Skills/ Role Requirements:

• Strong hands-on experience of Django REST framework
• Experience in working in a dockerized environment
• Implementation knowledge of scalable microservices architecture
• Experience in using celery
• Domain-driven design principles
• Strong SQL skills
• Ability to deploy a python backend on production in a dockerized environment with Nginx and Gunicorn
• Experience in integrating ML models in Django or Flask is a plus
• Experience with AWS services like S3, API gateway, SES, SQS, SNS, Aurora, Dynamo is plus
• Knowledge of lambda and cloudformation are plus
• Knowledge of React is plus

Working with TechWeirdo be like:

• Surrounded by curious learners: With a Growth Mindset as our core strength, we created a learning environment with curious tech learners.
• New challenges every day: There is no ordinary day at TechWeirdo, if you like solving problems, then this is the right place for you.
• Zero micro-management, limited supervision: We encourage our team to take on challenging tasks and solve complex problems by taking ownership of their tasks. We trust our team to take calculated risks.
• Great networking: You will be connected with c-suite executives of top organizations while working with our winning team.
• Building technology how you want, when you want: We welcome people who see things differently as they are the one who has ability to change the world.
• Being heard in every meeting: At TechWeirdo, suggestions are encouraged, initiatives are supported, and opinions and perspectives are valued.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Rewrite existing APIs in NodeJS. 
• Remodel the APIs into Micro services-based architecture. 
• Implement a caching layer wherever possible. 
• Optimize the API for high performance and scalability. 
• Write unit tests for API Testing.
• Automate the code testing and deployment process.

Skills Required: 

• At least 2 years of experience developing Backends using NodeJS — should be well versed with its asynchronous nature & event loop, and know its quirks and workarounds. 
• Excellent hands-on experience using MySQL or any other SQL Database. 
• Good knowledge of MongoDB or any other NoSQL Database. 
• Good knowledge of Redis, its data types, and their use cases. 
• Experience with graph-based databases like GraphQL and Neo4j. 
• Experience developing and deploying REST APIs. 
• Good knowledge of Unit Testing and available Test Frameworks. 
• Good understanding of advanced JS libraries and frameworks. 
• Experience with Web sockets, Service Workers, and Web Push Notifications. 
• Familiar with NodeJS profiling tools. 
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git. 
• Good knowledge of creating and maintaining DevOps infrastructure on cloud platforms. 
• Should be a fast learner and a go-getter — without any fear of trying out new things Preferences. 
• Experience building a large scale social or location-based app.

• Minimum 3 years of experience in Node JS.
• Minimum 1 years of experience in Mongo DB (optional)
• Good Hands-on experience in Angular or React.
• Experience in designing and building large-scale, high availability, secure web applications and REST-full API using Node.js in an agile methodology.
• Good Hands-on experience in Node Js frameworks like Express, .
• Strong proficiency with JavaScript and Node.JS
• Knowledge and understanding of Event Loop architecture.
• Knowledge and understanding of promises and (async or await)
• Implementation of security like oauth 2.0, JWT and data protection.
• Good Hands-on experience on cache server.
• Knowledge and understanding of Request, Axios, proficiency in REST-ful APIs.
• Knowledge of data structures and Algorithms, Node Global variables and In-built libraries
• Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and Workarounds
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications.