Platform Engineer Python Developer

Responsibilities:

• Lead simultaneous development for multiple business verticals.
• Design & develop highly scalable, reliable, secure, and fault-tolerant systems.
• Ensure that exceptional standards are maintained in all aspects of engineering.
• Collaborate with other engineering teams to learn and share best practices.
• Take ownership of technical performance metrics and strive actively to improve them.
• Mentors junior members of the team and contributes to code reviews.

Requirements:

• A passion to solve tough engineering/data challenges.
• Be well versed with cloud computing platforms AWS/GCP
• Experience with SQL technologies (MySQL, PostgreSQL)
• Experience working with NoSQL technologies (MongoDB, ElasticSearch)
• Excellent Programming skills in Python/Java/GoLang
• Big Data streaming services (Kinesis, Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Distributed cache systems(Redis, Memcache)
• Advanced data solutions(BigQuery, RedShift, DynamoDB, Cassandra)
• Automated testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines Infrastructure orchestration(Docker/Kubernetes/Nginx)
• Cloud-native tech like Lambda, ASG, CDN, ELB, SNS/SQS, S3 Route53 SES

Mandatory skills

Job Overview

We are looking for a talented Senior Backend Developer to join our team in developing backend servicing. As a key member of our development team, you will be responsible for cross-functional teams to design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Node.js. The ideal candidate is passionate about distributed systems, has experience with backend services and is excited about optimising applications for performance, scalability, and reliability.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Node.js.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements, architect solutions, and implement features.
• Write clean, modular, and maintainable code following best practices and coding standards.
• Optimise applications for performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Implement security measures to ensure data privacy and integrity in backend systems.
• Troubleshoot and debug issues to ensure smooth operation of production systems.
• Perform code reviews to maintain code quality, consistency, and adherence to coding standards.
• Stay updated with the latest trends and technologies in backend development, Node.js, and related ecosystems

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Proven experience in backend development, with at least 4 years of experience using Node.js.
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles.
• Experience with web frameworks such as Express.js.
• Proficiency in building RESTful APIs and microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, PostgreSQL).
• Solid understanding of asynchronous programming and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and collaborative development workflows.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment, with excellent communication skills.

• 5-8 years of experience as a Java/J2EE developer.
• 1-3 years of experience with Angular / React is desirable.
• 1-3 years of experience in using Spring and Spring Boot frameworks.
• Thorough knowledge of server-side development.
• Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer or similar role.
• Good understanding of web services (WSDL SOAP, RESTful).
• Hands-on experience in using Application Servers like WebSphere.
• Expertise in relational databases (Oracle, SQL Server).
• E-commerce domain knowledge is desirable.
• Prior experience in developing desktop and mobile applications.
• Familiarity with common stacks.
• Knowledge of multiple frontend languages and libraries, like HTML/ CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery.
• Experience in implementation of Microservices
• Experience with AWS (S3, SQS, SNS, ECS, EC2, ALB, API Gateway, Lambda, etc.) is highly desirable
• Good understanding of Docker & Kubernetes is highly desired.
• Familiarity with databases (MySQL, MongoDB, PostgresSQL), web servers (Apache), and UI/UX designs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop,  implement and evolve our backend platform (whose APIs and functionality provided are used by other game services, apps, and admin back office)
• Develop highly efficient, robust, quality code for applications and services
• Maintain clean coding practices
• Enhancing and supporting existing functions, some of which are 24/7
• Supporting product owners as required
• Providing support to the testing team during testing phases of the projects
• Contributing to solution proposals as required
• Creating work effort estimates as required
• Mentor, train on the best practices junior software associates and other team members.

• Clean coding practices
• Knowledge of scalable web architectures is required
• A solid understanding of Linux, JVM is required
• Knowledge of DevOps, Docker, Build Pipelines is good to have
• Knowledge of git workflow is essential
• Working with SOA, Microservices.

Any specific knowledge / experience:

• Functional programming experience with immubtable datastructures is required
• Knowledge of Erlang / Elixir is a plus.
• Knowledge of Clojure is perfect

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering with specialization in Computer science or related field
• 4-10 years of experience as a software engineer in a product development setting
• Deep experience in Python with demonstrated ability to build modern products
• Experience in designing APIs and integration patterns, implementing secure and sustainable products with a focus on quality and scalability
• Experience in FastAPI, Django, or equivalent
• Experience in data modeling and efficient usage of PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or equivalent
• Experience with modern components like async python, pedantic, sqlalchemy, alembic, celery, google products API integration, etc. is a plus
• Understanding of CI/CD practices including code check-in policies, automated unit tests, automated code deployments, etc.
• Experience in other programming languages is a plus, especially Javascript and/or Typescript
• Experience building feature-rich and scalable web apps is a plus
• Ability to grasp new technologies and use them effectively to create industrial-strength software

• Must have experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Experience with Python/Node.JS/Typescript
• At least 2+ years as back-end software developer
• A deep understanding of the benefits of the Microservice and serverless paradigms
• Prepared technical documentation, and understand why it’s important
• Understanding of database principals: SQL and NoSQL
• Collaboration and communication skills (you’ll be working with clients and internal teams)
• An understanding of programming fundamentals (OOP, data structures, algorithms)
• Familiarity and comfort with REST API, Postman
• The ability to work independently or within a team structure.
• A “lead by example” attitude, and motivation to deliver work you’re proud of

Job Description:

• Programming and optimizing rust / wasm based smart contracts
• Design, research and develop blockchain-based solutions
• Developing decentralized high-performance systems
• Building reliable and fast data storages
• Working with virtual machines used by modern blockchains: WebAssembly, EVM, COSMWASM
• Implementing consensus algorithms and other protocols
• Security audits of third-party and internal solutions
• Establishing policies and procedures that produce secure, high-quality software
• Write and review technical proposals
• Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes
• Coding with concurrency, efficiency and scalability as primary motive
• Document systems, build runbooks, and automate those processes
• Being hands on by writing, testing, and deploying high-performance networking code
• Rigor on clean code, unit testing, code coverage and best practices
• Developing infrastructure software
• Supporting and Leading the team of junior developers.

Required qualifications:

3+ years experience in developing smart contracts, 2.5+ years of experience in Rust, willingness to learn on the go, ability to write clean code, a strong sense of responsibility.

Tech Stack:

Rust, cargo, git, linux, bash, ability to work with Docker.

Nice to have:

cryptography and system software development experience,understanding of design patterns, understanding of operating systems and networks, ability to design algorithms and mathematical models.