Principal Engineer (Python)

Who Are We?

Pibit is a Y Combinator-backed, insurtech startup co-founded by IIT Roorkee alumni, focused on transforming the underwriting landscape with Generative AI. Our SaaS offering helps insurance companies in the US make smarter, faster decisions by leveraging advanced AI to optimize underwriting processes, reduce risk, and improve premiums. As we continue to expand, we're looking for an ambitious, results-driven SDE2 to join our Engineering team.

Position Overview:

We are looking for a seasoned Backend Developer with a strong background in building scalable SaaS applications and expertise in AWS cloud infrastructure. This is an onsite role where you'll take ownership of the entire product lifecycle, contribute to system design, mentor team members, and thrive in a dynamic startup environment.

Key Responsibilities

Code Quality and Development:

• Develop and maintain high-quality, scalable, and maintainable codebases.
• Establish and enforce coding standards, perform code reviews, and ensure adherence to best practices.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production bugs efficiently.

System Design:

• Lead and contribute to Low-Level Design (LLD) and High-Level Design (HLD) for complex system architectures.
• Drive technical discussions to define the technical roadmap for the product.

API Integration:

• Design, develop, and integrate APIs to ensure seamless functionality with third-party systems.
• Ensure security, scalability, and performance in API implementations.

AWS Expertise:

• Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Implement robust CI/CD pipelines and monitor systems using AWS services.

Mentorship and Team Collaboration:

• Mentor interns and freshers to build their technical capabilities and confidence.

Ownership and Management:

• Take full ownership of the product lifecycle, from ideation to deployment.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment of business goals with technical deliverables.
• Exhibit a proactive, managerial ownership attitude in delivering results.

Startup Journey:

• Be an integral part of scaling products from 1 to 10, contributing to product-market fit and growth strategies.
• Adapt and thrive in fast-paced, dynamic startup environments.

What We're Looking For

Must-Have:

• Strong proficiency in Python with hands-on experience of 2+ years in building SaaS applications.
• In-depth knowledge of AWS services and cloud infrastructure with hands-on experience of 1+ years.
• Expertise in LLD and HLD for designing scalable and reliable systems with hands-on experience of 2+ years.
• Proven track record of API integration and troubleshooting production bugs.
• Understanding of frontend-backend integration for delivering seamless user experiences.

Good-to-Have:

• Experience in managing code quality, performing reviews, and adhering to development best practices with hands-on experience of 1+ years.
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and microservices architecture.
• Exposure to observability tools for performance monitoring and debugging.
• Basic to intermediate knowledge of frontend development, with experience in JavaScript frameworks like React.

Attitude:

• Self-enabled: Demonstrates autonomy in problem-solving and decision-making.
• Proactive: Takes initiative to resolve challenges without supervision.
• Collaborative: Works effectively with cross-functional teams and fosters a team-oriented environment.
• Resilient: Thrives in a startup setting embracing agility and adaptability.

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive base salary.
• Career growth opportunities in a fast-growing, YC-backed startup.
• Work with a passionate, forward-thinking team who work hard & party hard.

Onsite Opportunity (No Remote work available)

• Lead the development of the backend systems for our first product
• Build reliable, secure and performant backend systems
• Drive test coverage and continuous delivery automation within the team
• Mentor and provide feedback to teammates

Requirements

• 5+ years of software development experience
• Strong computer science fundamentals
• Deep and wide knowledge of Python ecosystem
• Can write code that is readable, maintainable, secure and performant
• Know the importance of tests and how to approach writing different types of tests
• Good intuition for REST API design
• Deep understanding of relational databases, transactions, entity-relationship modeling
• Comfortable writing highly concurrent systems
• Experienced in using profilers, tuning garbage collection, optimizing SQL queries

• Integration of client-side elements developed by a frontend developers with server side logic
• Building reusable code and libraries for future use
• Test and debug programs
• Coordinate with other team members to understand user requirements and provide technical solutions

Skills and Competencies:

• Proficient knowledge of Python with a backend server framework like Flask or Django
• Understanding accessibility and security compliance from the Business statement & implement them accordingly
• Building API endpoints - Project structuring, build reusable components, etc
• Integration of multiple data sources and databases into the application code
• Creating database schemas that represent and support the business use case
• Experience with building the infrastructure for serving the front-end app and assets would be a value-add
• Experience with scripting for task automation and data analysis
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies and platforms, such as JavaScript, HTML, and CSS would be a value-add
• Professional, precise communication skills

Qualification and Experience:

• B.E. / B. Tech. / MCA / PGDCA / M.Sc. (CS) /M.E. / M. Tech
• At least 2 years of experience in Backend Development
• Proficient knowledge of Python or any other back-end programming language
• Demonstrated experience with Object Oriented design and development
• Experience in working with MongoDB or other NoSQL databases would be a value-add
• Knowledge of Microservices, Dockers, Kubernetes
• Exposure to Google Cloud Platform and/or Amazon Web Services

What You'll do:

• 2-5 years of experience building scalable backends using Python
• In-depth knowledge of Python/Django or Flask
• Familiar with oauth integration Social Networking API (Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, Google+)
• Experience integrating with mobile Apps
• Django/Flask permissions model, caching, async mechanisms
• Understanding of caching, database interactions
• Able to engineer the best performing solutions and always keeping scalability in mind

What makes you a great fit:

• Strong problem solving skills
• Knowledge of data structures and algorithms
• Hungry for more responsibility and knowledge
• Passion for building robust systems that are engineered to handle failure scenarios, an undying love and attitude for maintaining coding standards
• Strong advocate for producing quality software who makes sure issues are raised and resolved
• Experience with at least one of the cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, Azure, Digital Ocean etc. (docker, Kubernetes, microservice good to have)

Must have skillsets:

Skills : Python/ Django or Flask

Experience required: 3 -5 years

Job Type: Full time/ Permanent

Perks and Benefits :

• 5 days working.
• Flexible shift timings
• Company-sponsored certifications.
• Team friendly culture
• Flat hierarchy
• Carrom, Table tennis games, Cricket Tournament Participation for interested employees
• Snack-filled pantry for team members
• Group Medical Insurance (*)

We are looking for 2-3 years experienced Django Developer to join immediately in Delhi.

Responsibilities

As a Backend Developer,  you will be responsible for -

•  Building the Complete Backend of our web application and Mobile App from scratch.
• Work closely with the Frontend Engineer to integrate the algorithmic input from the Frontend Framework.
• Work closely with the product owners to create dynamic infographics with intuitive user controls.
• Participate in UAT, troubleshoot, bugs and application integration issues
• Optimize applications for best user experience
• Create and maintain documentation related to the developed processes and applications

Qualification & Experience

• 2-3 years of demonstrable experience designing, building, and working as a Django Developer for enterprise web application
• Ideally, this would include the following:
• Expert-level proficiency with Python, Django, and Django Rest Framework.
• Understanding of REST concepts and interacting with REST APIs
• Understanding of  Postgresql 
• Basic Understanding of Frontend Framework like React.js
• Deep understanding of a few Backend concepts:
• Familiarity with Elastic Search and AWS Technology
• Familiarity with Apache and Ngnix etc.
• Understanding of Python coding Standards
• In addition, the ideal candidate would have great problem-solving skills and familiarity with code versioning tools such as Github

Location:- Delhi

• 2+ years of experience in Python, Django, Mongo, Express, MySQL, etc
• Have built applications capable of serving high volume with low latency in production
• Following practices of agile development with continuous integration/deployment
• Experience in deploying applications in AWS cloud
• Knowledge in building applications for Fintech/payments domain is a bonus
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS or equivalent from a reputed institution
• Self-starter, hustler, and a desire to achieve greatness is a MUST
• Immediate joining preferred
• You will have the flexibility to design the application and systems from the ground up.
• Your primary responsibility is to implement business logic in the backend and create awesome restful APIs for seamless integration with our mobile front end.