Member of Technical Staff

• A can-do attitude to new challenges.
• Good Understanding of Computer Science Fundamentals such as Operating Systems, Databases, and Networking.
• Knowledge of Python programming language along with a basic understanding of Python Web Frameworks such as Django, and Flask.
• Basic knowledge of Cloud Computing(AWS) will be a Plus.
• Basic Knowledge of Angular Front-end Framework will be a Plus.
• We operate in a fast-paced, startup-like environment, so the ability to work in a dynamic, agile environment is essential.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential for this role. You must communicate with clients, team members, and stakeholders.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to join our passionate team. If you have a strong background in backend development, a track record of delivering scalable and reliable solutions, and are eager to contribute to complex projects, we would love to hear from you.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop robust, high-performance backend solutions using Python and related technologies.
• Lead the architecture and design discussions for major backend components and services.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to gather and analyze software requirements.
• Mentor and guide junior and mid-level engineers, fostering their technical growth.
• Review code and provide constructive feedback to ensure code quality and adherence to best practices.
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks, scalability challenges, and technical issues.
• Participate in sprint planning, task estimation, and agile development processes.
• Keep up-to-date with industry trends, tools, and best practices to continuously improve our backend systems.
• Drive the adoption of coding standards, design patterns, and engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with frontend engineers to ensure seamless integration between frontend and backend components.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum of 4 years of professional experience in backend development.
• Strong proficiency in Python and backend frameworks like Django and Flask.
• In-depth knowledge of database systems, both relational (MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, etc. ).
• Proven track record of designing and developing scalable and maintainable backend services.
• Experience with RESTful API design and best practices.
• Solid understanding of software architecture, design principles, and software development lifecycle.
• Previous experience leading or mentoring engineers is a strong plus.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive attitude towards challenges.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e. g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization (Docker) is a plus.

• System engineering and implementation in Python and Golang.
• Working on performance issues using creative experiments and internally developed product features.
• Research, propose, and integrate relevant open-source projects based on product objectives.
• Write organized, efficient, and well documented Python/Golang code as an example for junior engineers.
• Participation in all levels of product definition, design, implementation, testing, and deployment.
• Must include the ability to discuss abstract system architectures from ideas through implementation and
• creatively apply domain experience to solve technical challenges.
• Mentoring software engineers, fostering an environment of trust and accountability.

• A strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive. As an integral part of the development team, you will need the
• following skills to succeed.
• Strong Python skills to develop framework(s).
• Hands-on to design & develop re-usable framework components.
• Hands-On experience on developing framework, designing re-usable framework components.
• Experience in engineering practices such as code refactoring, design patterns, design driven
• development, Continuous Integration, building highly scalable applications, application security and functional programming.

• Knowledge of Cloud native would be an advantage.
• Understanding of Kubernetes from Architecture side and also understand the Standard API.
• Code contributed to CNCF or similar community will be plus.
•  Performance benchmarking of K8’s or any cloud will be added     advantage. 

• Deep understanding of technology and passionate about what you do.
• Background in designing high performant scalable software systems with strong focus to optimize
• hardware cost.
• Solid collaborative and interpersonal skills, specifically a proven ability to effectively guide and influence within a dynamic environment.
• Strong commitment to get the most performance out of a system being worked on.
• Prior development of a large software project using service-oriented architecture operating with real time constraints.

• You will get a chance to work on cloud-native and hyper-scale products
• You will be working with industry leaders in cloud.
• You can expect a steep learning curve.
• You will get the experience of solving real time problems, eventually you become a problem solver.

• Competitive Salary
• Health Insurance
• Open Learning - 100% Reimbursement for online technical courses.
• Fast Growth - opportunities to grow quickly and surely
• Creative Freedom + Flat hierarchy
• Sponsorship to all those employees who represent company in events and meet ups.
• Flexible working hours
• 5 days week
• Hybrid Working model (Office and WFH)

• Candidates for this position can expect the hiring process as follows (subject to successful clearing of every round)
• Initial Resume screening call with our Recruiting team
• Next, candidates will be invited to solve coding exercises.
• Next, candidates will be invited for first technical interview
• Next, candidates will be invited for final technical interview
• Finally, candidates will be invited for Culture Plus interview with HR
• Candidates may be asked to interview with the Leadership team
• Successful candidates will subsequently be made an offer via email
• As always, the interviews and screening call will be conducted via a mix of telephonic and video call.

About KAFQA

At Kafqa, we are building the next generation performing arts platform. Our mission is to transform how India learns, performs & watches performing arts. Our launch services consist of technology-enabled dance classes in our proprietary studios, production facilities, and social media broadcasting & competitions.

Founder & Team

The founder is Shariq Plasticwala. He is a graduate of IIT Bombay & Stanford GSB. He was part of the founding team of Amazon India where he played a key role for over 8 years. Among his roles at Amazon, he was the CEO of Amazon’s first joint venture in India and a Board Member of Amazon’s payments business. The other members of the founding team consisted of senior executives from Shiamak Davar & Byju’s.

Background

•   At least 6+ years experience in back-end development in a fast-paced environment, working in Python & Django Framework
• Should Have experience leading a team.
•   Deep understanding of technologies used in web products, including Rest APIs
•   Sound understanding of SQL/NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
•   Deep familiarity with UNIX, major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), DevOps.
•   Understanding of databases, and related tools, paradigms.

Opportunity

Here are some of the things you might have to do on any given day:

•   Developing APIs and endpoints for deployments of our product.
•   Infrastructure Development such as building databases, creating and maintaining automated jobs.
•   Build out the back-end to deploy and scale our product.

About Us

Our client is the ultimate secure platform to trade popular cryptocurrencies and earn an interest up to 17% p.a. on your crypto holdings. 

We offer  trading with the lowest fee in the market and offer the highest interest on your crypto assets to help compound your wealth, all on a single platform.

With our all-in-one trading and investment solutions, we empower users to navigate the crypto-verse.

Job Location: Bangalore

Role & Responsibilities

• 4+ years of recent hands-on coding and in-depth knowledge of building applications in the python framework.
• Have in-depth knowledge of development in Django framework, hands-on experience in working with WebSockets, deploying and managing applications in AWS.
• Have hands-on experience in working with storage, server, and client technologies
• Have testing, and debugging skills, and have experience in working with git, aws.
• Solid OOP and software design knowledge – you should know how to create software that’s extensible, reusable, and meets desired architectural objectives.
• Work with the product team to understand end-user requirements, formulate use cases, and then translate that into a pragmatic and effective technical solution.
• Dive into difficult problems and successfully deliver results on schedule.
• Can take ownership of end to end system
• Firefight with the production issues
• Experience in a peak performance organization, preferably a tech startup

Key Responsibilities:

1. Write clean, structured code and develop back-end components that are scalable and reusable which aligns with the existing architecture.
2. Own and manage team processes, releases, and systems and integrate user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic
3. Design, build, test, and document code and databases
4. Coordinate with internal teams to understand user requirements and provide technical solutions
5. Make architecture decisions that contribute to maintainable systems
6. Architect and build the backend for the corresponding web service (Django)

Skills Required:

1. 2+ years of experience with Django, Experienced & expertise in Python framework - Django and Rest
2. Strong systems, architecture and database fundamentals, experience with scaling web technologies
3. Should have basic knowledge of Front End
4. Should have good database design knowledge
5. Should be able to write good quality code with good documentation
6. Experience in creating REST API's
7. Basic understanding of tech stacks - Postgres and Git
8. The ability to work independently is a must

Affinsys is a Cognitive CX platform that combines Human & AI realms to help businesses with  customer experience management, hyper-personalization & operations automation. With laser sharp focus on Customer Experience automation for financial services, we use Deep learning, NLP, computer vision, big data, recommendation system & speech analytics fused with our domain knowledge of working with 100's of banks across 50 countries to help financial institutions shift : from legacy to latest channels (Embedded Financial services), from transactions to goal based journeys (Personalized customer experience), from reactive service provider to proactive advisor (Robo/AI based advisory), from silos to ecosystem (Open banking).