PHP Developer

Experience Required: 2-5 Years

No. of vacancies: 2

Job Type: Full Time

Vacancy Role: WFO

Job Description

ChicMic Studios is hiring for a highly skilled and experienced Sr. Python Developer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a robust background in developing web applications using Django and Flask, with expertise in deploying and managing applications on AWS. Proficiency in Django Rest Framework (DRF), a solid understanding of machine learning concepts, and hands-on experience with tools like PyTorch, TensorFlow, and transformer architectures are essential.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and scale web applications using Django & DRF.
• Implement and manage payment gateway integrations and ensure secure transaction handling.
• Design and optimize SQL queries, transaction management, and data integrity.
• Work with Redis and Celery for caching, task queues, and background job processing.
• Develop and deploy applications on AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, Cloud Formation).
• Implement strong security practices including CSRF token generation, SQL injection prevention, JWT authentication, and other security mechanisms.
• Build and maintain microservices architectures with scalability and modularity in mind.
• Develop Web Socket-based solutions including real-time chat rooms and notifications.
• Ensure robust application testing with unit testing and test automation frameworks.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze requirements and deliver effective solutions.
• Monitor, debug, and optimize application performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Stay updated with emerging technologies, frameworks, and industry best practices.
• Create scalable machine learning models using frameworks like PyTorch, TensorFlow, and scikit-learn.
• Implement transformer architectures (e.g., BERT, GPT) for NLP and other advanced AI use cases.
• Optimize machine learning models through advanced techniques such as hyperparameter tuning, pruning, and quantization.
• Deploy and manage machine learning models in production environments using tools like TensorFlow Serving, TorchServe, and AWS SageMaker.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 2-5 years of professional experience as a Python Developer.
• Proficient in Python with a strong understanding of its ecosystem.
• Extensive experience with Django and Flask frameworks. 
• Hands-on experience with AWS services for application deployment and management.
• Strong knowledge of Django Rest Framework (DRF) for building APIs.
• Expertise in machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, and scikit-learn.
• Experience with transformer architectures for NLP and advanced AI solutions.
• Solid understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
• Familiarity with MLOps practices for managing the machine learning lifecycle.
• Basic knowledge of front-end technologies (e.g., JavaScript, HTML, CSS) is a plus.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science or a related field
• 5-8 years of relevant experience
• Proven track record of Team Leading/Mentoring a team successfully.
• Experience with web technologies and microservices architecture both frontend and backend.
• Java, Spring framework, hibernate
• MySQL, Mongo, Solr, Redis, 
• Kubernetes, Docker
• Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Programming, Data Structures, and Algorithms.
• Excellent teamwork skills, flexibility, and ability to handle multiple tasks.
• Experience with API Design, ability to architect and implement an intuitive customer and third-party integration story
• Ability to think and analyze both breadth-wise (client, server, DB, control flow) and depth-wise (threads, sessions, space-time complexity) while designing and implementing services
• Exceptional design and architectural skills
• Experience of cloud providers/platforms like GCP and AWS

Roles & Responsibilities

• Develop new user-facing features.
• Work alongside the product to understand our requirements, and design, develop and iterate, think through the complex architecture.
• Writing clean, reusable, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code.
• Encourage innovation and efficiency improvements to ensure processes are productive.
• Ensure the training and mentoring of the team members.
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs and optimize applications for maximum speed.
• Research and apply new technologies, techniques, and best practices.
• Team mentorship and leadership.

The Company:

We are a growing EV infrastructure startup with offices in IIT-Madras Research Park and Noida.

Sonik Mobility is a brand of our company Azhar Engineering incubated at IIT-Madras Research Park, which is primarily focused on developing and deploying smartest, lOT enabled and the most user-friendly EV charging stations and semi-autonomous battery swap stations in India ranging from 3.3 kW to 22 kw.

We are a company founded by two graduates and friends namely Mohammad Safa Azhar and Preak Gupta from The Pennsylvania State University, USA and are the only company providing the dual solution of charging and semi-autonomous battery swapping stations under one roof.

Our ideal candidate for this position must have a penchant to learn new things and above all must have a passion to change the status quo of EV charging infrastructure in India.

We believe that charging your EV should be as easy as refueling your ice vehicle if not easier.

The Position: We're looking for a Software Engineer/ Full Stack Developer to work on our application and integration with third party APIs.

Objectives:

We are looking for a Software Engineer/Back-end Developer to work on our cloud-hosted application & integrate with 3rd party APIs. This will include the following:

• Maintain and keep up-to-date our cloud-hosted application
• Collaborate with the rest of the team to ensure applications align with organizational goals.
• Oversee the performance of the application to ensure they're always running properly.

• Improve our overall application process and continuously find ways to advance our company vision.

Responsibilities: As a software engineer/ Back-end developer, these will be some of your responsibilities

• Work closely with our hardware integration team to integrate the application with our hardware.
• Ensure the application is hosted and fully functional on cloud (AWS).
• Work closely with NPCI for integration into our system via APIs.
• Carry out regular security and performance checks
• Assesses feasibility of design and project parameters within time and cost constraints.

Requirements:

• B-Tech/M-Tech in Computer Science/Electronics/Engineering
• Proven experience of 2-3 vears (professional or otherwise)
• Strong knowledge of programming languages such PHP, Python, C, or C++.
• Knowledge of API integrations with 3rd party applications/hardware
• Knowledge of software and hardware integration
• Experience with hosting applications on cloud (AWS or Azure)
• Working knowledge of software development tools and technologies
• Desired skills:
• Experience with Battery Management systems
• Experience with CAN
• Knowledge of OCPP protocol
• AWS experience preferred
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Contribute individually to product solution development.

Note: CTC not a constraint for the right candidate.

Looking for Backend Developers (Node.js)

Roles & Responsibilities

• This role will be based in our brand new Hyderabad office. Join us in India’s beautiful “City of Pearls” and bring your ambition to life.
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• You'll be set up for success if you have:
• Working knowledge of Typescript and JavaScript development
• Basic understanding of NodeJS development and its eco system
• Basic understanding of SQL (MySQL and/or Postgres) and NoSQL (Mongo DB / DynamoDB) databases
• Basic understanding of REST / SOAP API schematics
• Basic understanding of code versioning tools(GIT, SVN).
• Strong computer science and Engineering background
• Even better if you have:
• Good understanding of using container technologies like Docker for application packaging and running them on Cloud
• Good understanding in setting up CI/CD for application stack
• Working exposure in test driven development and its methodology like Code coverage etc
• Good understanding in using code quality tools to measure and improve on technical debt
• We bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. So if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, this is the place to be.
• As part of our team you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We're using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry and we're not going to stop.
• If you're ambitious, inventive, brave and supportive, then you're the kind of person who's going to enjoy life at our organisation.
• We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment, both inside and outside of our walls, that values equality and diversity and where everyone can contribute at the highest level and have their voices heard. For us, this means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities.
• If you’d like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience.
• Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can.
• We look forward to hearing from you.

EXPERIENCE: 7 to 9 years in Java 2 Enterprise server side development. Must have applied knowledge of design patterns needed for building REST APIs and services for performance and scale.

SKILLS:

- Problem Solving and application of Object Oriented principles to development

- REST API development using Java, JAX-RPC,

- Server side development using Java, Spring Boot, Node.js

- Concurrent programming with Java

- Database programming in SQL with Oracle, MySQL or other RDBMs.

- Deployment to AWS and Kubernetes and building with Maven

- Affinity towards server side development

- Ability to understand existing code and re-engineer/re-factor/redesign.

- Written and spoken English communication and articulation.

NICE TO HAVE:

 - Working knowledge of GO Lang and Python scripting

- AWS Certifications

- Working knowledge of Elastic Search based persistence and search

- Secure coding practices

EDUCATION: Bachelor or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or Information Technology or related disciplines.

We are looking for a Node.js Developer who is proficient with writing API's, working with data, using AWS and capable of applying algorithms mainly machine learning-based to solve problems and create/modify features for our students. Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application. Therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well.

Responsibilities

• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic
• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
• Implementation of security and data protection
• Use of algorithms to drive data analytics and features.
• Ability to use AWS to solve scale issues.

• Proficient with Laravel & Codeignitor Framework 
• Have good database structures and algorithm platform
• Knowledge about OPP, MVC, RESTful
• Knowledge about HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AngularJS, ActiveJS, NodeJS, JQuery is an advantage
• Have experiences using GIT
• Use fluently one of relation database administration: Oracle, MySQL