
Who are we?
Centre for Research on Start-ups and Risk Financing (CREST) has been set up by IIT Madras to provide thought leadership and intellectual impact to the start-up and innovation ecosystem. CREST has embarked on an ambitious mission of becoming one of the top global research centres in the area of start-ups and innovation. The core of CREST is the development of an AI-driven Intelligent
Information Platform that would enable cutting edge research as well as influence policy and practice like never before
With the recent exponential growth in the start-up and innovation ecosystem, new data-driven approaches would play a critical part in sustaining the current growth curve. The objective of CREST would be to become the gold standard of information and intelligence on Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Private Equity investments in India
The Opening
We are currently looking for our next passionate, skilled and motivated Python developer, who can join us immediately. The candidate should
● Be excited about building a next-generation intelligence platform
● Have a can-do attitude and ready for challenges
● Value working with a greatteam - confident, creative and thoughtful people who come together to achieve great things
● Be eager to experiment, learn and bring new things, improving the platform
● Be high on self-belief and enthusiasm to work in a startup-like culture - small team, fast-paced work environment If this is you, we're excited to interact!
As the Data Science Engineer in CREST, you will
● Write reusable code and build libraries for future use
● Establish solid data-pipelines and automate routine tasks
● Develop & deploy custom Machine Learning (ML) models using the latest
research in ML and Natural Language Processing (NLP)
● Build performant applications following best practices, maximizing speed and scalability
● Improve upon the existing codebase mitigating technical debt
● Take ownership of all aspects of the application - architecture, quality and efficiency
Requirements
● Proficient understanding of Python language
● Expertise with data-modelling, data-wrangling & data-mining techniques
● Familiar with Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) processes and hands-on experience with packages like Pandas, Numpy etc
● Experience with data visualisation tools and libraries like Plotly, Seaborn etc
● Good understanding of advanced Statistical and ML techniques on
regression, classification, forecasting etc
● Skilled in NLP and specifically ML applications in NLP like information
extraction, feature engineering, classification, building language models etc
● Should provide direction and mentorship to junior team members
● Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from premier educational institutions
● Minimum 2 years of experience (research or professional) in the
above-mentioned areas
Good to have
● Comfortable with using Command Line and Linux systems
● Experience and knowledge in version control systems like git, svn, etc
● Knowledge in developing & deploying web apps & web APIs with an overall understanding of client-server interactions
● Experience with NoSQL databases like MongoDB
Job type
● Full time, on-site
● Immediate joiner
● Initial appointment for 1 year, it would be renewed subsequently based on performance
Work location
Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu,
India - 600036
Why work with us?
● Get to interact with the best of the minds. IIT Madras has been ranked as the
top university in India for 5 years in a row
● Be at the forefront of the Entrepreneurial ecosystem in India
● Enormous opportunities for learning

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- Design and implement low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications using frameworks such as Flask, or FastAPI.
- Integrate multiple data sources and databases into a unified system while ensuring seamless data storage and third-party library/package integration.
- Create scalable and optimized database schemas to support complex business logic and manage large volumes of data.
- Conduct thorough testing using pytest and unittest, debugging applications to ensure they run smoothly.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- 3+ years of experience as a Python developer with strong communication skills.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field.
- In-depth knowledge of Python frameworks such as Flask, or FastAPI.
- Strong expertise in cloud technologies, GCP preferred.
- Deep understanding of microservices architecture, multi-tenant architecture, and best practices in Python development.
- Familiarity with serverless architecture and frameworks like GCP Cloud Functions.
- Experience with deployment using Docker, Nginx, Gunicorn.
- Hands-on experience with SQL and NoSQL databases such as MySQL and Firebase.
- Proficiency with Object Relational Mappers (ORMs) like SQLAlchemy.
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- Solid experience in unit testing, debugging, and code optimization.
- Hands-on experience with modern software development methodologies, including Agile and Scrum.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI.
- Experience with version control system.
Driving Results:
- A good single contributor and a good team player.
- Flexible attitude towards work, as per the needs.
- Proactively identify & communicate issues and risks.
Other Personal Characteristics:
- Dynamic, engaging, self-reliant developer
- Ability to deal with ambiguity
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- Self-confident and humble
- Open to continuous learning
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- SpringBoot or Spring MVC
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- Proficient in REST API development
- Messaging Queue (RabitMQ or Kafka)
- Microservices
- Java 8
- Any Caching Mechanism
- Good at problem-solving
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- 2+ years of experience in using Java/J2EE tech stacks
- Good understanding of data structures and algorithms.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced internet start-up environment.
- Experience in technical mentorship/coaching is highly desirable.
- Understanding AI/ML algorithms is a plus.
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- Experience in Node.JS working with large scale backend applications
- Expertise in any Relational or NoSQL databases and any of caching databases
- Experience in integrating with RESTful/GraphQL APIs and Microservice APIs
- Good problem solving and debugging skill
- Good knowledge of engineering excellence: Unit Testing/TDD, Code quality,
- Documentation, CI&CD
- Exposure on event-driven, asynchronous I/O
- Experience in Linux development and AWS ecosystem tools
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● Analyze business requirements
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Akridata is engaged with building products that solve these unique challenges and be at the forefront of this edge data revolution.
The company is backed by prominent VCs and has it’s entire software engineering team
based out of India and provides ample opportunities for from-scratch design and
development.
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