Python Developer

We're seeking an AI/ML Engineer to join our team

As an AI/ML Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) solutions to solve real world business problems. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, software engineers, and product managers, to deploy and integrate Applied AI/ML solutions into the products that are being built at NonStop io. Your role will involve researching cutting-edge algorithms, data processing techniques, and implementing scalable solutions to drive innovation and improve the overall user experience.

Responsibilities

• Applied AI/ML engineering; Building engineering solutions on top of the AI/ML tooling available in the industry today. Eg: Engineering APIs around OpenAI
• AI/ML Model Development: Design, develop, and implement machine learning models and algorithms that address specific business challenges, such as natural language processing, computer vision, recommendation systems, anomaly detection, etc.
• Data Preprocessing and Feature Engineering: Cleanse, preprocess, and transform raw data into suitable formats for training and testing AI/ML models. Perform feature engineering to extract relevant features from the data
• Model Training and Evaluation: Train and validate AI/ML models using diverse datasets to achieve optimal performance. Employ appropriate evaluation metrics to assess model accuracy, precision, recall, and other relevant metrics
• Data Visualization: Create clear and insightful data visualizations to aid in understanding data patterns, model behavior, and performance metrics
• Deployment and Integration: Collaborate with software engineers and DevOps teams to deploy AI/ML models into production environments and integrate them into various applications and systems
• Data Security and Privacy: Ensure compliance with data privacy regulations and implement security measures to protect sensitive information used in AI/ML processes
• Continuous Learning: Stay updated with the latest advancements in AI/ML research, tools, and technologies, and apply them to improve existing models and develop novel solutions
• Documentation: Maintain detailed documentation of the AI/ML development process, including code, models, algorithms, and methodologies for easy understanding and future reference

Requirements

• Bachelor's, Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, or a related field. Advanced degrees or certifications in AI/ML are a plus
• Proven experience as an AI/ML Engineer, Data Scientist, or related role, ideally with a strong portfolio of AI/ML projects
• Proficiency in programming languages commonly used for AI/ML. Preferably Python
• Familiarity with popular AI/ML libraries and frameworks, such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, etc.
• Familiarity with popular AI/ML Models such as GPT3, GPT4, Llama2, BERT etc.
• Strong understanding of machine learning algorithms, statistics, and data structures
• Experience with data preprocessing, data wrangling, and feature engineering
• Knowledge of deep learning architectures, neural networks, and transfer learning
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and services (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) for scalable AI/ML deployment
• Solid understanding of software engineering principles and best practices for writing maintainable and scalable code
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think critically and propose innovative solutions
• Effective communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and present complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

https://www.ynos.in/" target="_blank">YNOS is a next-generation funded startup founded by IIT Madras faculty and incubated at IIT Madras Incubation Cell. It is a digital platform for Entrepreneurs, Investors, Innovators and Eco-system enablers, providing actionable insights on the startup and investment landscape in India. We are passionate about solving tough problems using technology and data, making a difference

The Opening
We are presently seeking for our next enthusiastic, talented, and driven Python Backend Engineer to start right away. We'd want you to

• Be excited about building a next-generation intelligence platform
• Possess a can-do attitude and be open to new challenges
• Value working with a great team - self-assured, creative, and insightful individuals who work together to achieve amazing things
• Be willing to explore, learn, and contribute new ideas to the platform, thereby improving it
• Be high on self-belief and enthusiasm to work in a startup culture - small team, fast-paced work environment

As the Python Backend Engineer in https://www.ynos.in/" target="_blank">YNOS, you will

• Create reusable optimised code and libraries
• Deploy task management systems and automate routine tasks
• Build performant apps that adhere to the best practices, therefore increasing latency, performance, and scalability
• Improve the existing codebase while reducing technical debt
• Take charge of all elements of the application, including architecture, quality, and efficiency

• Proficient understanding of Python language
• Expertise in developing web apps and APIs using Python frameworks like Flask with an overall grasp of client-server interactions
• Familiarity with task management systems and process automation
• Comfortable with using Command Line and Linux systems
• Experience and understanding of version control systems like git, svn, etc
• Knowledge of NoSQL databases such as MongoDB

Good to have

• Expertise in other backend frameworks viz. Django, NodeJS, Go, Rust etc
• Knowledge of data-modelling, data-wrangling & data-mining techniques
• Experience with data visualisation tools & libraries such as Plotly, Seaborn etc
• Exposure to Statistical and Machine Learning (ML) techniques, particularly in the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Familiarity with front-end tools & frameworks such as HTML, CSS, JS, React, Vue, and others

Work location, Job type & Salary

• Our office is located at https://respark.iitm.ac.in/" target="_blank">IIT Madras Research Park, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, surrounded by the beautiful IITM Campus!
• This is a full-time position and we’d like you to relocate to Chennai
• Expected salary range ₹6L - ₹8L per annum

Responsibilities :

• Lead the development of the backend systems for our client's 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.
• You should have a min of 8 years of software development experience and management.
• 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.

• Golang, Java, Python, Ruby, Node.

What You'll Do


You will be part of our data platform & data engineering team. As part of this agile team, you will work in our cloud native environment and perform following activities to support core product development and client specific projects:

• You will develop the core engineering frameworks for an advanced self-service data analytics product.
• You will work with multiple types of data storage technologies such as relational, blobs, key-value stores, document databases and streaming data sources.
• You will work with latest technologies for data federation with MPP (Massive Parallel Processing) capabilities
• Your work will entail backend architecture to enable data modeling, data queries and API development for both back-end and front-end data interfaces.
• You will support client specific data processing needs using SQL and Python/Pyspark
• You will integrate our product with other data products through Django APIs
• You will partner with other team members in understanding the functional / non-functional business requirements, and translate them into software development tasks
• You will follow the software development best practices in ensuring that the code architecture and quality of code written by you is of high standard, as expected from an enterprise software
• You will be a proactive contributor to team and project discussions

Who you are


• Strong education track record - Bachelors or an advanced degree in Computer Science or a related engineering discipline from Indian Institute of Technology or equivalent premium institute.
• 2-3 years of experience in data queries, data processing and data modeling
• Excellent ANSI SQL skills to handle complex queries
• Excellent Python and Django programming skills.
• Strong knowledge and experience in modern and distributed data stack components such as the Spark, Hive, Airflow, Kubernetes, Docker etc.
• Experience with cloud environments (AWS, Azure) and native cloud technologies for data storage and data processing
• Experience with relational SQL and NoSQL databases, including Postgres, Blobs, MongoDB etc.
• Familiarity with ML models is highly preferred
• Experience with Big Data processing and performance optimization
• Should know how to write modular, optimized and documented code.
• Should have good knowledge around error handling.
• Experience in version control systems such as GIT
• Strong problem solving and communication skills.
• Self-starter, continuous learner.

Good to have some exposure to

• Start-up experience is highly preferred
• Exposure to any Business Intelligence (BI) tools like Tableau, Dundas, Power BI etc.
• Agile software development methodologies.
• Working in multi-functional, multi-location teams

What You'll Love About Us – Do ask us about these!

• Be an integral part of the founding team. You will work directly with the founder
• Work Life Balance. You can't do a good job if your job is all you do!
• Prepare for the Future. Academy – we are all learners; we are all teachers!
• Diversity & Inclusion. HeForShe!
• Internal Mobility. Grow with us!
• Business knowledge of multiple sectors

As a software engineer, you will be the part of a team that focuses on building software applications that scale well. You will play a significant role in shaping our software architecture that provides measurable customer value. You understand both technology and business to know the right trade-offs to make. You will be a technical mentor for your team members. You will work closely with your peers, managers, product, design, and operations teams to create solutions that meet business requirements. You will drive engineering and operational excellence across Scatter. You will collaborate with other engineers to surface common pain points, develop solutions and evangelize best practices.

Qualifications:

2-3 years of professional software engineering experience building customer-facing web and/or mobile applications Strong coding skills using Python, Django, is mandatory. Knowledge on Html, Css, React Js, Jquery, Bootstrap or equivalent programming language is added advantage Graduated from Tier 1 or Tier 2 engineering colleges Excellent knowledge of Data Structures and Algorithms Bachelor or Master degree in Computer Science or a related discipline Experience working in an agile environment Self-quick learner and passionate problem solver Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills, with an enthusiastic attitude to support and resolve customer problems Good oral and written communication skills Above all, an insatiable desire and ability to learn

Nice to have skills:

Experience with large-scale SaaS applications Experience building web and mobile applications Experience designing services on top of cloud infrastructure like AWS, Azure, etc Prior experience in building product from 0-1

Benefits

Ownership and autonomy to drive customer and culture initiatives Opportunity to get mentored and mentor junior engineers Remote work

1. Building REST API's & Services In Django Framework
2. Building reusable code and libraries for future use
3. Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability
4. Implementation of security and data protection
5. Design and implementation of the database schema
6. Design and implementation of data storage solutions
7. Implementing CI/CD pipeline

• Proficient knowledge of a back-end programming language Python
• Hands-on experience with Python Frameworks like Django
• Proficient knowledge of MySQL, PostgreSQL
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes (Relational & NoSQL)
• Understanding of queueing systems like Redis/AWS SQS
• User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Data migration, transformation, and scripting
• Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms such as mobile vs desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git

• Experience in Docker
• HandsOn Knowledge with implementing CI/CD pipelines
• Experience in managing applications on AWS
• Management of hosting environment, including database administration and scaling application to support load changes
• Product wide application-level thinking on API and data modeling