Python Dev

What We’re Looking For

• 4+ years of backend development experience in scalable web applications.
• Strong expertise in Python, Django ORM, and RESTful API design.
• Familiarity with relational databases like PostgreSQL and MySQL databases
• Comfortable working in a startup environment with multiple priorities.
• Understanding of cloud-native architectures and SaaS models.
• Strong ownership mindset and ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Senior Software Engineer

Gocomet

**Desired Candidate**

- The ideal candidate is a self-motivated, multi-tasker, and demonstrated team-player. You will be a senior developer responsible for the development of new software products and enhancements to existing products.

- You should excel in working with large-scale applications and frameworks and have outstanding communication and leadership skills.

**Responsibilities**

- Writing clean, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code

- Develop and support software including applications, database integration, interfaces, and new functionality enhancements

- Own and complete full projects beginning with identifying and communicating the problems to be solved, getting and incorporating feedback on proposed architectural solutions, and making a final decision as the owner of a project.

- Show curiosity to not only learn new things but fully understand how they work

- Be highly productive - have a reputation for getting things done quickly and efficiently

- Be a mentor for other engineers

- Deconstruct a problem into an executable action plan for themselves and other engineers - also perform them in a high-quality way without issue

- Set and maintain high individual and team expectations

- Actively participate in frequent code/design/architecture reviews

- Be able to communicate well with all engineers regardless of seniority

- Generate support for a company/team decision

**Requirements**

- At least 2 years experience in Development with extensive experience using Ruby/Golang/Python/Nodejs.

- Excellent understanding of Object Oriented Programming

- Ability to self-manage and work autonomously in a collaborative environment

- A focus on detail including around automated tests and documenting your code

- An agile mindset and the ability to adapt to changing priorities and requirements

- Good in analyzing and solving problems

- Passionate to work in a start-up

**What you will get**

- Product ownership - take autonomy over core products & product features

- Be a part of early tech team

- Stock options

**Our stack**

Microservice Architecture, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Ruby on Rails, ReactJs, Nodejs, Jenkins, RabbitMQ, Flutter, Apache Kafka

Our continuous releases are integrated with Jenkins, Bitbucket & Kubernetes. On the frontend, we use React for the views, organize the data flow with Flux architecture, and test our application with RSpec.

On the backend, we're a Rails shop (ROR) riding on AWS/GCP and Postgres RDS.

Working Days: 5 (Saturday and all Sunday’s off).

About GoComet (www.gocomet.com)

     GoComet - our Logistics Resource Management (LRM) SaaS platform leverages the combined power of data science and machine intelligence. It facilitates sharp reverse auctions bringing out the best possible end to end rates for shipments, saves time, optimises operations, and increases deal transparency and efficiencies for enterprises’ freight procurement processes.

Owing to our growing impact and potential, the Singapore Government (SGInnovate) is now backing us as an investor. Also, our global customers (including Fortune 500 Conglomerates) like Schaeffler, Glenmark, Sun Pharma, Polyplex, Indorama Ventures - trust, and recommend us.

Besides, we were also recently mentioned in the Gartner Visibility Guide.

• Work experience as a Python Developer
• Expertise in at least one popular Python framework (like Django, Flask or Pyramid)
• Knowledge of object-relational mapping (ORM)
• Familiarity with front-end technologies (like JavaScript and HTML5)
• Team spirit
• Good problem-solving skills
• Write effective, scalable code
• Develop back-end components to improve responsiveness and overall performance
• Integrate user-facing elements into applications
• Test and debug programs
• Improve functionality of existing systems
• Implement security and data protection solutions

• 3 years Willing to take efforts to advance in the technology or learn new technologies.
• Solid understanding of OOPs concepts.
• Willing to take efforts to advance in the technology or learn new technologies.
• Good communication skills and a continuous learner.
• Experience working on waterfall or Agile (Agile model preferred)
• Solid understanding of Python scripting and/or frameworks like Django, Flask Back up RRS.

• Back-end development using Python/Django
• Front-end development using CSS, HTML and JS
• Write reusable, testable, and efficient code
• Implement security and data protection
• Use Amazon Relational Database Service
• Commit, push, pull and sync to Bitbucket, GitLab
• Deployment of code on MS Azure and AWS
• Build efficient scripts and cron jobs in GCP
• Connect apps and automate workflows using Integromat

Simform is a fast-growing software services company mainly serving and having a presence in North America. Simform has built a solid work culture that is focused on learning, growth, and work-life balance. Simform is well-known for its very good work culture and loved by employees.

Please read more about the company and work culture here : https://www.simform.com/careers/

Job Description :

Summary : Major focus will be the development of server-side logic to ensure high performance and responsiveness to requests received from front-end. Deployment on the production server.

Responsibilities :

- Understanding the project requirement and coding the programs efficiently to meet the client's requirements to the closest proximity.

- Optimise output to run smoothly on multiple delivery platforms.

- Design and implement low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications.

- Integration of user interface elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic.

- Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system.

- Integration of data storage and third-party library/package into the application.

- Create or integrate any such thing manually if not available on standard package list.

- Create the best fitted and scalable database schema for particular business logic.

- Should be hands-on in reading large volumes of data from the database, or over HTTP(S)/WebSockets.

- Ensure programs and applications are bug-free and run smoothly.

Skills And Qualifications :

- Familiarity with Python web stacks and In-depth knowledge of different frameworks (Django, Flask, etc.)

- Understanding different types of Object Relational Mappers.

- Ability to work on multiple API integrations, and write modular reusable code.

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

- Good knowledge of a server-side templating language.

- Basic understanding of front-end frameworks such as Angular, ReactJs, VueJs and technologies such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3

- Knowledge of user authentication and authorisation between multiple systems, servers, and environments

- Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application

- Familiarity with object event-driven programming in Python

- Strong unit test and debugging skills

- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git, Mercurial or SVN.