


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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Software is the connective tissue for much of the information economy. At Sudoviz, we are making it super easy for companies to build and operate secure software. Sudoviz is an Application Security Posture Management platform for the enterprise AppSecurity and software development teams. We're a covid-era, fully remote startup transforming the way enterprise software teams do security.
About you:
• We're looking for someone scrappy, hungry, and eager to take on the challenge as a Backend Engineer on our Platform Engineering Team.
• An ideal candidate has strong programming experience and has experience in architecting and building highly scalable systems.
• You are energetic and enthusiastic about learning and teaching.
• You understand and uphold the values and company culture as well as possess a positive mindset and a can-do attitude.
• You should be willing to contribute across all elements of the technical stack while working on our Platform
Minimum qualifications:
• 2+ years of professional backend software development experience
• Experience designing and implementing highly scalable and performant RESTful micro-services using GraphQL
• Proficiency in Python web and data science libraries (flask, Django, pandas, numpy)
• Fluency in database technologies (e.g. RDBMS, NoSQL, and Graph Databases - Neo4j)
• Experience with Version control like Git
• Experience using AWS, Kubernetes, and Docker containers
• Agile/Scrum/Lean development methodology experience
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• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
• Good project management skills and documentation skills
• Proficiency in Written and Verbal communication
• Positive solution-oriented mindset
• Ability to achieve consensus with peers and clearly share status updates
• Self-motivated and Self-managing individual
• Clearly and concisely communicate about complex technical, architectural problems
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1. Passion for Open source contribution
2. Experience in peak performance organizations/product companies
3. Experience working with a remote team with a global culturally diverse team



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Position: Senior Python developer/c++
Location: Noida
Experience: 5 to 7 years
CTC: As per company standards
NP: Immediate to 15 days
Job Responsibilities
1. Develop backend for applications in eCommerce / insurance/wealth management businesses
2. Design technically sound systems and deliver results in a fast manner
3. Building highly performant applications setting top standards in respective industries
Basic qualifications
1. 5 -7 years experience building highly performant applications in Python / C++
2. Good grasp of data structures and proficiency in problem-solving
3. Knowledge of design patterns

Job Title: Django Developer
Job Overview:
We are seeking a skilled Django developer to join our dynamic team. The ideal
candidate will have hands-on experience with the Django framework, proficiency in
Python, and a strong understanding of web development best practices. The Django
developer will be responsible for designing, implementing, testing, and maintaining
web applications that meet our clients; needs.
Responsibilities:
Design and develop robust, scalable, and secure web applications using the
Django framework.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new
features.
Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code.
Integrate user-facing elements using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Implement
and maintain RESTful APIs.
Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with
server-side logic.
Work with databases, including designing schemas, writing queries, and
optimising performance.
Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve issues in the development and production
environments.
Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best
practices.
Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers.
Requirements:
Proven experience as a Django developer or similar role.
Strong understanding of Python and the Django web framework.
Experience with front-end technologies, including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Knowledge of relational databases, ORM (Object-Relational Mapping), and
database design.
Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git).
Understanding of web security best practices.


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You will play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and maintaining our data infrastructure, run tests and update the systems
· Job function and requirements
o Expert in Python, Pandas and Numpy with knowledge of Python web Framework such as Django and Flask.
o Able to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system.
o Basic understanding of frontend technologies like HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
o Able to build data pipelines.
o Strong unit test and debugging skills.
o Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
o Good understanding of RDBMS databases among Mysql or Postgresql.
o Able to analyze and transform raw data.
· About us
Mitibase helps companies find warm prospects every month that are most relevant, and then helps their team to act on those with automation. We do so by automatically tracking key accounts and contacts for job changes and relationships triggers and surfaces them as warm leads in your sales pipeline.
About Gobillion
Gobillion is a YCombinator backed IIM-NIT alumni co-founded social commerce startup headquartered in San Francisco, USA with offices in New Delhi, Bangalore and Guwahati. We are bringing e-commerce 2.0 to the next 400 million online customers across India, through a community and social driven approach. Our co-founding has diversified experience with prestigious organizations including McKinsey & Company, Deloitte US, EY, Adobe and SAP Labs.
Gobillion has been rapidly scaling and is backed by some of the world’s most prestigious investors from US, Europe, SE Asia and India including - YCombinator, Justin Mateen (Founder - Tinder), Pioneer Fund, Soma Capital, Venture Souq, Goodwater Capital, LetsVenture, Vikalp Sahni (Co-Founder- Gobibibo) amongst others.
We have been selected for and globally validated by the world’s leading investors/accelerators including YCombinator, Founder Institute Silicon Valley, NASSCOM 10000 Startups - India and Assam Startup. We have been named as the Top 10 Global startup for YCombinator S21 by Alex Mitchell.
Summary of role: As a Developer, you will be working alongside our product team in the conceptualization, design and development of server side components. You will be doing the following on the job
- Write clean, manageable code and maintain proper documentation
- Create, test and deploy and maintain the applications on production servers
- Continuously discover, analyze, and implement new technologies and frameworks to maximize development efficiency
- Lead team in crafting solutions in different areas and ensure timely delivery
- Ensure secure architecture for Servers
Why Join Us?
- You will have a chance to be a leader and have the responsibility to scale Gobillon across India's most fast growing cities
- The opportunity to join one of India’s fastest growing companies at an early stage - We are giving our early team members to benefit from a strong ESOP pool and be part of our growth journey
- Joining an amazing team of Gobillion rockstars from colleges like IIMs, IITs, NITs etc. and from organizations including McKinsey & Company, Deloitte US, EY, Adobe, SAP Labs, Urban Company, Udaan, Amazon, Delivery, Ninjacart, Accenture etc.
- Wear the Gobillion badge with pride - We are looking for owners with a founder’s mindset - not just employees. If you are passionate about our mission about making e-commerce social for the next 400M customers in India and serve as culture carriers - we are the right place for you!
Key Responsibilities of this Role:
- Experience with DevOps and writing REST APIs & Micro services architecture
- Strong programming expertise in Node js, Nest Js
- Good understanding of Mongo databases and other NoSql Databases and SQL Database
- Solid hold on Data structures and Algorithm
- Good understanding of System Design
- Development expertise in AWS services like Lambda, SQS, SNS
- Good understanding of DevOps and Server security
- Exposure to Cloud Platforms like AWS (preferred), Azure or Google Cloud
- Unix command line experience
- Well-versed with Software Development Life Cycle
- Demonstrate the ability to be a self-starter and learn quickly
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Passion for learning and implementing new technologies
- Excellent understanding of software Architectures



Backend/Fullstack Developer
About the Company:
Company is India’s largest and best-established digital wealth management service that helps its customers create wealth for their long-and-short-term goals. Founded in 2012, Company is a pioneer in the digital financial services category and is recognised for creating simple and elegant user experiences in a complex domain. We do this by simplifying complex investing concepts and automating best practices, so our customers can grow their wealth without worry. We achieve this by combining cutting-edge technology, data-driven algorithms, awesome UX and friendly customer support. Our task is ambitious and we like to work hard as well as smart. We want to build a team that relishes challenges and contributes to a new way of thinking and investing in India. We are also invested in the growth of our colleagues and providing a supportive and thriving working environment for everyone. We have been recognised by Great Place To Work® as one of India’s best companies to work for.
Role specific info:
- 4-12 years of experience building good quality production software
- Excellent knowledge of at least one ecosystem based on Elixir/Phoenix, Ruby/Rails, Python/Django, Go/Scala/Clojure
- Good OO skills, including strong design patterns knowledge
- Familiar with datastores like MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, Redshift etc.
- Familiarity with react.js/react-native, vue.js etc. • Knowledge of deploying software to AWS, GCP, Azure
- Knowledge of software best practices, like Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Continuous Integration (CI)
What would you do here:
- Writing quality code using language best practices.
- Working in a highly collaborative team.
- Building good software using the latest tools and techniques.
- Participating in design reviews, coding modules, code reviews and unit testing.
- Taking ownership of quality and usability of your code.
- Mentoring co-workers.
- Leading efforts in improving technology architecture.


Roles and Responsibilities:
- Combine excellent abstract reasoning ability to document, architect, develop and test software with the commitment to excellence/defect free before being deployed.
- Write and implement low latency applications & software solutions that integrate with different systems.
- Rapidly incorporate new technologies as required & deliver successfully by self.
- Work closely with mentors, team members, team leads, program managers and stakeholders to investigate, fix, optimize, test and deploy high quality solutions.
- Drive the technical design, implementation and maintenance of larger tech initiatives geared toward improving and scaling of products.
- Accurately schedule & and track progress of self & team members. Create end to end Work Breakdown & estimates for modules being implemented.
- Participate in planning & recognizing inconsistencies (e.g., scope, resources, feasibility, usability, customer value, etc.) in product requirements and alert the Project Mentor. Handle independently or assist the Mentor in building, testing, and documenting product releases.
- Support the team in deploying product functionality & assist the TLs in troubleshooting in the production environment.
- Proactively promote Tech Culture by writing blogs, making presentations which will help you learn & grow.
- Effectively communicate one-on-one with on-shore / off-shore product teams / developers; gather and clarify requirements from technical folks / product managers / business teams.
- Proactively assist and serve as a role model for the team members to follow the team software development process; consistently innovate the team processes to improve team productivity and quality.
Skill Set:
- Strong Analytical, Problem Solving Skills and participates in all activities with urgency, a results orientation, and a strong work ethic.
- Must have technical knowledge of Python.
- Must have hands-on experience in developing Restful APIs and Web Services.
- Knowledge of Django (or any other established Python web frameworks) would be a plus.
- Knowledge of Angular or React or similar technologies would be an added advantage.
- Strong experience with relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and/or NoSQL databases.
- Experience with unit testing and test-driven development.
- Experience working with Linux/Unix Operating system & comfortable with command line.
- Experience with modern software engineering workflows and tools (e.g. Agile, JIRA, Git, CI/CD, Amazon Web Services, Observability and Monitoring tools like ELK, Datadog, NewRelic, etc.).
- Experience in all areas of SDLC, including architecture and design, development, and testing.
- Extremely passionate about code reviews, engineering best practices and mentoring/coaching the developers to make them successful.
- Excellent understanding of feature estimation and ability to communicate issues and risks that may impact timelines, budget, or resources.
- Experience with Agile development lifecycle.
- Can gather and clarify requirements from technical folks / product managers / business teams.
- Lead by example & act as a role model for the team.
How will you grow here:
- Work in multiple projects & teams spread across different domains and technologies.
- Work & interact directly with senior directors in an open and flat hierarchical structure.
- You can own all aspects of leading software products and projects.
- You get to work with top-notch engineers and leaders with decades of experience in building and delivering great software.
- Work with CXOs / Senior Directors of various emergent companies in US & India.
- Get involved with the newest products, latest technologies and different methodologies.
- Opportunity to Mentor the Best and Get Mentored by the Best.
How we thank you for your invaluable contribution:
- Events, activities and outings aplenty (We really party hard!).
- A stimulating and energetic work environment which encourages creativity.
- Hackathons, Gaming Evenings, Poker Nights and much more!
- Flexible Timings, Flexible Holiday Calendar, Work from Home Option.
- Competitive salary (best in the industry).
- Beverages and snacks throughout the day, on the house!
- Recreation center to let off some steam.
- Office lunch option (fresh and savoury ghar ka khana).
- Medical Insurance (stay healthy, stay happy)


Responsibilities
- Team Management: Manage, lead and guide a team of backend developers and interns working under you.
- API Development: Designing, developing, and testing APIs for mobile and web applications by understanding technical specification docs & communicating with the stakeholders.
- Product Creation: Understanding the products and proposing and implementing product improvements
- Customer Management: Accurately translate user and business needs into functional backend code.
Requirements
- Fluency in Python
- Ability to lead and set an example
- Experience with FastAPI and/or Flask
- Basics of SQL and NoSQL databases
- A keen eye for improving and optimising code
- Experience with performance and optimization problems and a demonstrated ability to identify and address performance bottlenecks.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment is a must. Open source contribution is a plus.
Experience
- Backend Development: 2+ years
- Python: 2+ years
- FastAPI / Flask: 1+ year
- SQL / NoSQL databases: 3+ months
Open roles:
All roles are fully remote. You can be anywhere in the world to apply for these positions.

We're looking for exprienced Python developers with over 2+ years of production experience and strong expertise in building web applications and APIs using Python, Django and DRF. We are looking for cadidates who are go-getters and are leaning towards leadership positions. Candidates must have a proven history of building, scaling, optimising and securing Python based backends and APIs using a microservice architecture.
Bonus Skills : Experience with ReactJs, Node.js, FastAPI
We would prefer candidates who can join immediately or are currently serving their notice period. Jumpers please excuse, your application will be ignored
Key Skills Required
- Proficiency in Python 3.x based web and backend development
- Solid understanding of Python concepts
- Strong experience in building web applications using Django
- Experience building REST APIs using DRF or Flask
- Experience with some form of Machine Learning (ML)
- Experience in using libraries such as Numpy and Pandas
- Hands on experience with RDBMS such as Postgres or MySQL including querying
- Comfort with Git repositories, branching and deployment using Git
- Working experience with Docker
- Basic working knowledge of ReactJs
- Experience in deploying Django applications to AWS,Digital Ocean or Heroku
Responsibilities
- Understanding requirement and congributing to engineering solutions at a conceptual stage to provide the best possible solution to the task/challenge
- Building high quality code using coding standards based on the SRS/Documentation
- Building component based, maintainable, scalable and reusable backend libraries/modules.
- Building & documenting scalable APIs on the Open Spec standard
- Unit testing development modules and APIs
- Conducting code reviews to ensure that the highest quality standard are maintained
- Securing backend applications and APIs using industry best practices
- Troubleshooting issues and fixing bugs raised by the QA team efficiently.
- Optimizing code
- Building and deploying the applications
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About the Role
If you are interested in developing the future architecture of Uber's Rider stack by building its core building blocks, join the Rider Backend Platform team. We build backend architectural components and frameworks comprising of services, libraries, state storage and other building blocks that aim to optimise the core Rider flow and foundational features that are shared among all rider products, including but not limited to, Uber Rider app, UberLite, m.uber.com, etc.
What You'll Do
- Work with Rider product engineering teams to identify, design and build solutions that help scale Rider services and platforms.
- Drive adoption of best practices in code health, testing, and maintainability
- Analyze and decompose complex software systems and collaborate with cross-functional teams to influence design for scalability and testability
- Work with smart and motivated teammates in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
- Build elegant backend platform components for high throughput and low latency distributed systems.
- Solve challenging problems with cutting edge design and algorithms.
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- 4+ years Strong meaningful Individual contributor experience as a software engineer
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- Fast learner: We're looking for software engineers who thrive on learning new technologies and don't believe in one-size-fits-all solutions. You should be able to adapt easily to meet the needs of our massive growth and rapidly evolving business environment.
- A team player: You believe that you can achieve more on a team -- that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. You rely on others' candid feedback for continuous improvement.
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Business acumen: You understand requirements beyond the written word. Whether you're working on an API used by other developers, an internal tool consumed by our operation teams, or a feature used by millions of customers, your attention to details leads to a delightful user experience.
About the Team: **Rider Backend Platform**
Builds the core building blocks needed to power the rider experiences on the different Rider facing apps including the core Uber app, Uber Lite, Web as we move on to become the preferred transportation platform for millions of riders all over the world.
Uber
At Uber, we ignite opportunity by setting the world in motion. We take on big problems to help drivers, riders, delivery partners, and eaters get moving in more than 600 cities around the world.
We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where everyone and everything can move independently. If you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let's move the world forward, together.

