Principal Engineer (Python)

Job Title : Python Django Developer

Location : Gurgaon (On-site)

Work Mode : 6 Days a Week (Work from Office)

Experience Level : 3+ Years

About the Role :

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Python Django Developer to join our team in Gurgaon. This role requires a hands-on developer with expertise in building scalable web applications and APIs using Python and Django. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in relational databases, message brokers, and distributed systems.

Key Responsibilities :

• Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable, and secure web applications using Python and Django.
• Build and optimize back-end services, RESTful APIs, and integrations with third-party tools.
• Implement and maintain asynchronous task processing using Celery and RabbitMQ.
• Work with PostgreSQL to design and optimize database schemas and queries.
• Utilize Redis and Kafka for caching, data streaming, and other distributed system needs.
• Debug and troubleshoot issues across the application stack.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and deliver solutions.
• Ensure code quality through comprehensive testing, code reviews, and adherence to best practices.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

Technical Expertise:

• Proficiency in Python and strong experience with Django framework.
• Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL for database design and management.
• Familiarity with RabbitMQ, Celery, and Redis for asynchronous processing and caching.
• Experience with Kafka for building real-time data pipelines and event-driven architectures.

Other Skills:

• Strong understanding of software development best practices and design patterns.
• Proficiency in writing efficient, reusable, and testable code.
• Good knowledge of Linux/Unix environments.
• Familiarity with Docker and containerized deployments is a plus.

Soft Skills:

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Good communication and teamwork abilities.
• Ability to work independently and in a collaborative team environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in microservices architecture.
• Exposure to DevOps tools and practices.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies like React or Angular is a bonus.

Company Description :

Simform is a product engineering company founded in 2010 that helps organizations ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies and progressive enterprises. Their remote agile teams of engineers are focused on identifying and solving critical business challenges with proven technology practices such as DevOps, cloud-native development, and quality engineering services. Simform's mission is to solve complex software engineering problems and make organizations more competitive and agile.

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Skills :

Experience: 4+ Years

Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Mandatory skills: Python3, Django, Microservices, Any cloud(AWS/Azure/GCP), Docker, Design Pattern

Good-to-have skills: DevOps, Kubernetes, Team leading, Front-end

Why Simform? Some of the perks and benefits of working at Simform are :

- Flat-hierarchical, friendly, engineering-oriented, and growth-focused culture.

- Flexible work timing, Leaves for life events, work from home

- Free health insurance

- Office facility with large, fully-equipped game-zone, in-office kitchen, affordable lunch service, and free snacks.

- Sponsorship for certifications/events, library service

Role Description :

• Collaborate with clients and project teams to understand business requirements and develop efficient, high-quality code that meets or exceeds client expectations.
• Optimize application performance for smooth operation on multiple delivery platforms, including cloud environments like AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Design and implement low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications using frameworks such as Django, Flask, or FastAPI.
• Lead the integration of user interface elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic.
• Integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system, ensuring proper integration of data storage and third-party libraries/packages into the application.
• Create scalable and optimized database schemas tailored to specific business logic and handle large volumes of data from databases or over HTTP(S)/WebSockets.
• Conduct thorough testing using pytest and unittest, and perform debugging to ensure applications are bug-free and run smoothly.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior developers on the team.
• Communicate effectively with clients to understand their needs and provide updates on project progress.

Skills and Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience as a Python developer with strong client communication skills and team-leading experience.
• In-depth knowledge of different Python frameworks such as Django, Flask, or FastAPI.
• Strong knowledge of cloud technologies, particularly AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Deep understanding of microservices architecture, multi-tenant architecture, and best practices in Python development.
• Familiarity with serverless architecture and frameworks such as AWS Lambda or Azure Functions.
• Experience with deployment using Docker, Nginx, Gunicorn, Uvicorn, Supervisor, Docker.
• Hands on experience with SQL and NoSQL database as PostgreSQL , AWS DynamoDB
• Understanding of different types of Object Relational Mappers (ORMs) including SQLAlchemy, Django ORM.
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple API integrations and write modular, reusable code.
• Experience with frontend technologies and frameworks like React, Vue or HTML, CSS, JS enhancing full-stack development capabilities.
• Solid understanding of user authentication and authorization mechanisms across multiple systems and environments.
• Familiar with fundamental design principles for scalable applications and proficient in object event-driven programming in Python.
• Strong skills in unit testing, debugging, and code optimization.
• Experience with modern software development methodologies, including Agile and Scrum.
• Familiarity with container orchestration tools such as Kubernetes.
• Understanding of data processing frameworks such as Apache Kafka, Spark. ( Good to have )
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Ability to create solution prototype and conduct proof of concept of new tools.

• Work in research and understanding of new tools and areas.

• Clearly articulate pros and cons of various technologies/platforms and perform

detailed analysis of business problems and technical environments to derive a

solution.

• Optimisation of the application for maximum speed and scalability.

• Work on feature development and bug fixing.

Technical skills

• Must have knowledge of the networking in Linux, and basics of computer networks in

general.

• Must have intermediate/advanced knowledge of one programming language,

preferably Python.

• Must have experience of writing shell scripts and configuration files.

• Should be proficient in bash.

• Should have excellent Linux administration capabilities.

• Working experience of SCM. Git is preferred.

• Knowledge of build and CI-CD tools, like Jenkins, Bamboo etc is a plus.

• Understanding of Architecture of OpenStack/Kubernetes is a plus.

• Code contributed to OpenStack/Kubernetes community will be a plus.

• Data Center network troubleshooting will be a plus.

• Understanding of NFV and SDN domain will be a plus.

Soft skills

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.

• Highly driven, positive attitude, team player, self-learning, self motivating and flexibility

• Strong customer focus - Decent Networking and relationship management

• Flair for creativity and innovation

• Strategic thinking This is an individual contributor role and will need client interaction on technical side.

Must have Skill - Linux, Networking, Python, Cloud

Additional Skills-OpenStack, Kubernetes, Shell, Java, Development

Required Skills:

● Expert in Python, with knowledge of at least Django (More web frameworks are a plus)

● Familiarity with some ORM (Object Relational Mapper) libraries

● Able to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system

● Understanding of the threading limitations of Python, and multi-process architecture

● Good understanding of server-side templating languages (such as Jinja 2, Mako, etc depending on your technology stack)

● Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3 (is a plus)

● Understanding of accessibility and security compliance

● Knowledge of user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments

● Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application

● Familiarity with event-driven programming in Python

● Understanding of the differences between multiple delivery platforms, such as mobile vs desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform

● Able to create database schemas that represent and support business processes

● Strong unit test and debugging skills

● Proficient understanding of code versioning tools

● Knowledge of application deployment process and server set up

● Integration of data storage solutions

Responsibilities:

● Owning one or more of the web services; adding new features, resolving bugs, and refactoring/ improving code base.

● Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications

● Translating product requirements into functional, maintainable, extensible software that is in-line with company objectives.

● Good knowledge of software engineering best practices, including unit testing, code reviews, design documentation, debugging, troubleshooting, & agile development.

● Work on cutting-edge web technologies to make a powerful impact on 1M+ enterprise users

● Be part of a growing team that will design, develop, and test software and cross-product applications which span across different Planview products

● Work in an agile engineering team writing maintainable and scalable code for software components and influencing team decisions

● Contribute to the product’s architecture vision and execution, working closely with cross-product teams and other leaders within the R&D department

● Collaborate with stakeholders to imagine, design, develop, test, and launch software that impacts our customers and inspires your peers

● Drive continuous improvement of software quality, CX and maintainability of features

● Continuous learning of technology trends, tools, and approaches, including sharing this knowledge with your team

About the company:

Gigmo Solutions is a fast growing tech. startup with a mission to fundamentally disrupt customer support industry through perfectly tuned symphony of Artificial Intelligence based conversational bots and Gig workers.

With our engineers spread out in 10+ countries across 4 continents, Gigmos is uniquely poised to fundamentally change the technical customers support industry.

Role - Python Developer

Experience 3+ Years

Work Location – Gurugram (Haryana)

Responsibilities

• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code
• 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
• Developing RESTful APIs
• Implementation of security and data protection
• Integration of data storage solutions ( Postgresql,Mysql )
• Design, develop, and maintain web scraping scripts using Python.
• Use web scraping libraries like Beautiful Soup, Scrapy, Selenium and other scraping tools to extract data from websites.

Skills And Qualifications

• Expert in Python, with knowledge of Python web frameworks (Django, Flask, Fast API)
• Familiarity with some ORM libraries -SQL Alchemy /Tortoise
• Able to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system.
• Understanding of the threading limitations of Python, and multi-process architecture
• Good understanding of REST APIs.
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
• Understanding of accessibility and security compliance
• Knowledge of user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• Familiarity with event-driven programming in Python
• Understanding of the differences between multiple delivery platforms, such as mobile vs desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform.
• Able to create database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Strong unit test and debugging skills.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools ( Git )
• Familiarity with real-time databases ( PostgreSQL, MySQL )
• Must have worked in the field for at least 3+ years.
• Requires a bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering or a related field from a good Institute (Tier-1, Tier -2 Colleges)
• Experience with Python development and web scraping techniques.

CTC: As per Industry Standards.

• Back-end software development
• Software engineering and designing data models and write effective APIs
• Working together with engineers and product teams
• Understanding business use cases and requirements for different internal teams
• Maintenance of existing projects and New feature development
• Consume and integrate classifier/ ML snippets from Data science team

What we are looking for:

• 2+ years of industry experience with the Python and Django framework.
• Degree in Computer Science or related field
• Good analytical skills with strong fundamentals of data structures and algorithms
• Experience building backend services with hands-on experience through all stages of Agile software development life cycle. 
• Ability to write optimized codes,debug programs, and integrate applications with third party tools by developing various APIs
• Experience with Databases.
• Experience with writing REST-APIs.
• Prototyping initial collection and leveraging existing tools and/or creating new tools
• Experience working different types of datasets (e.g. unstructured, semi-structured, with missing information)
• Ability to think critically and creatively in a dynamic environment, while picking up new tools and domain knowledge along the way
• A positive attitude, and a growth mindset

Bonus:

• Experience with relevant Python libraries such as Requests, sklearn, Selenium
• Hands on experience in Machine learning implementations
• Experience with Cloud infrastructure (e.g. AWS) and relevant microservices
• Good Humor

• 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

Designing and developing high-volume, low-latency applications for
critical systems and delivering high-availability and performance
• Contributing in all phases of the development lifecycle
• Writing well designed, testable, efficient code
• Test cases should be upto the mark
• Performance tuning knowledge is a must. Experience is an added advantage.
• In Backend – fundamentals of all languages is a must• Good hands-on software development experience with proven working experience
in Python development
• Expert in Python, with knowledge of at least one Python web framework (such
as Django, Flask)
• Familiarity with some ORM (Object Relational Mapper) libraries
• Able to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Understanding of the threading limitations of Python, and multi-process
architecture
• Strong unit test and debugging skills
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and
CSS3
• Understanding of memory model/GC from performance point of view.