Python Developer - Backend

The company is a US based startup founded in 2018 to build an edge data platform for the
autonomous world.Rich data in large volumes is getting collected at the edge (outside a datacenter) in use cases like autonomous vehicles, smart manufacturing, satellite imagery, smart retail, smart agriculture etc.These datasets are characterized by being unstructured
(images/videos), large size (Petabytes per month), distributed (across edge, on-prem and
cloud) and form the input for training AI models to get to higher degrees of automation.
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.

Role:

This role is an individual contributor role with key responsibilities in developing web server
backends for Akridata management plane software that provides a ‘single pane of glass’ for users to manage assets, specify and monitor large volume data pipelines at scale involving 10s of petabytes of data.

This role involves:

1. Working with tech leads and the rest of the team on the feature design activities and
picking appropriate tools and techniques for implementation.
2. Be a hands-on developer able to independently make correct implement choices, follow
sound development practices to ensure an enterprise grade application.
3. Guide and mentor junior team members.

What we are looking for:

1. A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science with strong CS fundamentals and
problem solving.
2. 5+ years of hands-on experience with software development with 3+ years on web
backend development.
3. A good understanding of backend application interactions with relational databases like
MySQL, Postgres etc
4. Knowledge of web server development frameworks preferably on Python.
5. Enthusiastic to work in a dynamic, fast paced startup environment.

Good to have:

1. Hands-on experience with designing database schema and implementing and debugging SQL queries for optimal performance for large datasets
2. Experience working with applications deployed on Kubernetes clusters.
3. Experience with working on a product from early stages of it’s development typically in a
startup environment.

We are looking for a strong Java Developer to join our team! As a Java Developer, you will have to have a strong under-
standing of Java and the different frameworks like Spring, etc., and have experience working on Cloud and Containers.

The Developer will perform duties and tasks to support a complete life cycle management (example: Analysis, Technical
Requirements, Design, Coding, Testing and implementation of Systems, etc.).
The Developer will work closely with the Product and Technical teams across different regions primarily Europe and will

be part of an Agile Team. The role includes research and Continuous Development of new Products based on new Tech-
nologies. This position collaborates with the operations team routinely and henceforth excellent English communication

skills (bothwritten and verbal) are essential.
 A clean coder who will always leave the code in better shape than they found it.
 A curious person who never stops learning and loves to try new things, even when theydon’t succeed on the
first try
 A team-oriented developer with the motivation to bring out the best in others
 A person who shares our appreciation for transparency and is willing to share theirexperience and knowledge
for the benefit of the team
 Someone who is willing to take a stand for something they believe in.
 Somebody that takes pride in their work and knows that development is a craftsmanship
Duties & Responsibilities
 Conducts systems and requirements analysis, creates and contributes to task lists, cost and time analysis
 Performs assigned functions and tasks to meet project plan and quality review requirements.
 Raises issues as appropriate to support effective resolutions.
 Analyzes specifications and user requirements to perform assigned applications development work.
 Assists with system and componentdesigns to meet requirements.
 Participates and documents design and code reviews to improve quality.
 Analyzes, designs, codes, tests, and documents to develop application software.

 Develops unit tests and unit test plans to deliver quality code.
 Performs applications maintenance and support functions to support problem resolution.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or IT related field
• 4-7 years of experience working across different product domains in a product development/engineering role

• Good communication skills necessary to manage business requests and work with different teams across differ-
ent geographies and time-zones; experience working with remote and distributed teams will be an added ad-
vantage

• Hands-on working knowledge and experience is requiredin:
a. Java (Spring, Spring Boot, etc.)
b. Experience working in GCP or AWS or Azure
c. Experience working in Containers & Unix Platforms
d. Relational Databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL, etc.)
e. Messaging (RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Kafka etc.)
f. Agile Methodologies (Scrum, TDD, BDD, etc.)
g. Understanding of Microservices Architecture, Domain Driver Design, Test Driven Development and
Secure Design patterns and architecture is a must
h. Data Structures and Algorithms using Java or other Programing Languages
i. Strong organizational skills
j. Agile Methodologies (Scrum, TDD, BDD, etc.)
• Experience with several of the following tools/technologies is desirable:
a. GIT (Bit Bucket, Gitlab, etc.), Jira, Gradle, Maven, Jenkins, SharePoint, Eclipse/IntelliJ.
b. Multiple Java technologies around Spring, Spring Bootetc.
c. Design Patterns and implementing the Design Patterns
d. Development of Complex Application and System Architectures
e. NoSQL Databases (Redis, Mongo, etc.)
f. Experience working with CI/CD pipelines with for example GitHub Actions.
• Knowledge of the following technologies is a plus:
a. Other Programming Languages (NodeJS, etc.)
b. Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery Tools like Jenkins, Git, etc.
c. Application Servers like Tomcat, etc.
d. HTML5, CSS, AJAX, React
e. Full stack development
f. Secure Development based on OWASP standards

Job brief
We are looking for a Senior Python Developer to join our engineering team and help us develop and maintain various software products. Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end.
Python Developer responsibilities include designing product, writing, and testing code, debugging programs, and integrating applications with web services.
Skills And Qualifications
• Expert in Python, with knowledge of multithreading and multitasking framework
• Expert in PySpark and Spark Framework
• Expert in Docker and Container Environment.
• Strong unit test and debugging skills
• Knowledge on MySql, Hive, Hadoop and NoSQL Databases
• Good Understanding of event-driven programming in Python
• Hands on experience on Kubernetes and container management using Kubernetes on Azure Cloud
• Hands on experience on Azure Cloud Load Balancer and VPC networking
• Good Understanding of Azure Cloud services
• Knowledge of user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments. eg. Single Sign On (SSO)
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools as Git
• Understanding of accessibility and security compliance
• Implement security and data protection solutions
• Coordinate with internal teams to understand user requirements and provide technical solutions

Looking to hire for a contractual role.
Period: 6 months+
JD:
● 4-7 years of experience building and scaling APIs and web applications.
● Experience building and managing large scale data/analytics systems.
● Have a strong grasp of CS fundamentals and excellent problem solving abilities. Have a good
understanding of software design principles and architectural best practices.
● Be passionate about writing code and have experience coding in multiple languages, including at least
one scripting language, preferably Python.
● Be able to argue convincingly why feature X of language Y rocks/sucks, or why a certain design decision
is right/wrong, and so on.
● Be a self-starter—someone who thrives in fast paced environments with minimal ‘management’.
● Have experience working with multiple storage and indexing technologies such as MySQL, Redis,
MongoDB, Cassandra, Elastic.
● Good knowledge (including internals) of messaging systems such as Kafka and RabbitMQ.
● Use the command line like a pro. Be proficient in Git and other essential software development tools.
● Working knowledge of large-scale computational models such as MapReduce and Spark is a bonus.
● Exposure to one or more centralized logging, monitoring, and instrumentation tools, such as Kibana,
Graylog, StatsD, Datadog etc.

● Working knowledge of building websites and apps. Good understanding of integration complexities and
dependencies.
● Working knowledge linux server administration as well as the AWS ecosystem is desirable.
● It's a huge bonus if you have some personal projects (including open source contributions) that you work
on during your spare time. Show off some of your projects you have hosted on GitHub.

BitClass is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the backend efforts and, in the process design, develop, and deploy its customer centric applications.

The person will have the opportunity to design and build an **early stage, rapidly evolving platform from scratch** and carry out these primary responsibilities -

* Optimize components for maximum performance across multiple devices and browsers

* Write performant REST APIs for both internal and external consumption

* Build micro services and their deployment process

* Work with problems of scale, leveraging technologies that are distributed in nature.

* Perform code reviews


### Required qualifications and must have skills

* Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
* Proven-deep-expertise with Python programming (2+ years of hands-on experience in Python and backend development)
* Building performant and scalable applications from scratch
* Experience in working with frameworks like Django, Flask, etc.
* Experience with building APIs and services using REST, SOAP, etc.
* Experience with any RDBMS and strong SQL knowledge
* Comfortable with Unix / Linux command line
* Object-oriented concepts & design patterns
* Sytem and database desinging skills

### Nice to have Skills

Knowledge of other programming languages beyond Python
Familiarity with managing infrastructure on AWS
Experience with working with/building data analytics pipleline
Familiarity with NoSQL databases
Good understanding of Docker and container platforms (Kubernetes)
Security-first architecture approach
Application benchmarking and optimization

### Interpersonal Attributes

You are driven by the impact your work creates
You can answer the why behind any technological choice you make
You can work independently as well as part of a team
You aren't afraid to roll up your sleeves: This role will evolve over time, and we'll want you to evolve with it!

 Job Location - Bangalore

We are actively seeking software development engineers who are interested in designing robust trading systems and refining programs to efficiently manage various types of financial market data that facilitate our quantitative investment research. By designing and improving the firm's internal applications, the SDE will play a key role in expanding the firm's trading capabilities.

 

Responsibilities:

• Management & scaling up existing infrastructure for high-frequency market data capture.
• Develop a scalable and consistent data handling infrastructure for the above data to facilitate efficient backtesting of quantitative investment strategies.
• Perform R& D; to build a software platform in Python for backtesting various kind of investment strategies using the above databases.
• This will involve studying the strategy development process and performance evaluation metrics.
• Develop autopilot risk-management systems to monitor live performance of the Portfolio.
• Improve the existing algorithms to achieve better execution price and reduce the latency.

 

Requirements:

Our ideal candidate would have graduated with a degree in computer science from a top university with 1-3 years industry experience, along with:

• High Level of proficiency in Python and good knowledge of Matlab/C++/C#.
• Past experience in dealing with large datasets and Knowledge of database administration and network programming will be a plus.
• Well-versed in software engineering principles, frameworks and technologies.
• The ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving abilities.
• A keen interest in learning about the financial markets.

The ideal person for this role is a problem-solver with an inquisitive and innovative mind, who loves to collaborate with other teams to drive the company forward. Requirements : You have understanding of basic algorithms and data structures, complexity analysis and software design. You have experience implementing event sourcing and micro-services architecture. You have 2 + years of hands-on experience creating technology systems using any of the languages such as Python, Node, Java Knowledge of front end frameworks such as React.js, Angular.js is a plus. You have some experience and good understanding of at least one open-source distributed system (such as RabbitMQ, Kafka, Redis, Elasticsearch, Cassandra, etc.). You have experience with web standards (like as REST APIs, web security mechanisms. Experience with a public cloud Cloud like AWS/GCP/Azure with exposure to Kubernetes is a preferred. You are an excellent communicator of ideas, both verbal and written. You take initiatives and do not depend on hand holding for implementing things which can make great impact. You can work coherently with a diverse set of engineers Responsibilities: a) Design and develop microservices and other technology framework for Omnichannel Retail. b) Build technology for unmanned retail. c) We have critical systems managing inventory, fulfilment, Point-of-sale, customer app etc and we will build many more such systems supporting omni-channel retail. Participate in our product development from ideation to deployment and beyond. Work with our data team to make our product smarter and more intuitive to use. Maintain and help optimise existing systems.