Python Developer

JOB TITLE/HEADLINE: Backend Developer - Python/Django

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full time, permanent.

REPORTING TO: CTO

LOCATION: Mumbai

ABOUT THE ROLE:

WHAT WE EXPECT FROM YOU:

- Expert in Python, with knowledge of Python web framework - Django 
- Familiarity with backend automated testing tools and frameworks
- Experience with backend/API development
- Architect, develop and maintain backend libraries/codebase, database & server.
- Evaluate competitive and innovative products and design approaches to identify best practices and encourage innovation.
- Understanding the requirement of a client, document the scope and chart out a plan of implementing the scope
- Work with the design team to give inputs related to the wire-frames and then the design along with incorporating Client Feedback
- Explore the difference between B2B and B2C projects before implementing the code
- Work in teams of 2-3 on various projects as per the requirement using git as version control
- Having good knowledge of APIs creation and database architecture
- Good Grasp in respective technology (Django)
- Documenting the process and main functions along the developing process
- Design and develop highly scalable, highly available, reliable, secure, and fault-tolerant systems with minimal guidance for one of the fastest-growing companies in India.

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE:

- 2-5 years of experience required
- Strong hand on Django-Python
- Excellent knowledge of using the Git version control system and deployment via Git.
- You have creative visualisation, critical thinking, deductive & pragmatic reasoning and can think out-of-the-box
- Ability to quickly adapt & independently work in a fast-paced Agile environment with minimum supervision.
- A self-starter with demonstrated ability to take the initiative, who can proactively identify issues/opportunities and recommend action.

YOU WILL LOVE WORKING WITH FATAKPAY BECAUSE:

• We value balance. We are committed to providing an environment where you can balance great work with a great life.
• We’ll invest in your career. Our company’s increasing, and we’ll allow you to do the same. You’ll have access to several professional development opportunities so that you can keep up with the company’s evolving needs.
• We offer competitive compensation packages. We deeply value the talent our team brings to the table and believe that fair and equitable total compensation packages are part of our commitment to everyone who works here.
• Multicultural workplace. A multicultural and diverse team of colleagues from different states.
• An opportunity to wear many hats
• An entrepreneurial crew that supports risk, intuition, and frequent experimentation
• The opportunity to make an impact in a transformative industry
• A chance to build and lead a highly talented and driven team

OTHER PERKS & BENEFITS:

• Progressive and flexible work hours that match your personality and lifestyle.
• Compensation could include stock options for significant upside.
• Health benefits
• Cool gadgets and swags
• Attractive wellness programs
• Competitive performance bonus
• Paid sick leave
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Career development training.

ABOUT THE COMPANY:

Fatakpay Digital Private Ltd (Fatakpay) is a digital-only lending platform that provides virtual credit cards. The solution offers a 100% digital and paperless quick, transparent and secure way to transact in multilingual format with a ‘scan now, pay later’ facility and easy repayment options.

We're a company that strongly believes in teamwork, design, creativity and tech. We love to build the best possible Financial Tech products that make the world a better place.

It was founded by a team of four IIT- B, Erasmus University alum, and 70+ years of combined experience in Tech and Finance.

About Merito :-

• Design and build user-facing products, owning the entire process from gathering functional requirements from teams, through testing and staging, to deploying in a Python based stack
• Guide the team in making technical trade-offs
• Proactively identify bottlenecks, areas for improvement and put forth a plan to course-correct
• Design and implement maintainable backend services, including data processing pipelines, APIs and internal tools
• Coordinating with internal teams to understand user requirements and provide technical solutions

• Back-end software development
• Software engineering and designing data models and write effective APIs
• Working together with engineers and product teams
• Understanding business use cases and requirements for different internal teams
• Maintenance of existing projects and New feature development
• Consume and integrate classifier/ ML snippets from Data science team

What we are looking for:

• 2+ years of industry experience with the Python and Django framework.
• Degree in Computer Science or related field
• Good analytical skills with strong fundamentals of data structures and algorithms
• Experience building backend services with hands-on experience through all stages of Agile software development life cycle. 
• Ability to write optimized codes,debug programs, and integrate applications with third party tools by developing various APIs
• Experience with Databases.
• Experience with writing REST-APIs.
• Prototyping initial collection and leveraging existing tools and/or creating new tools
• Experience working different types of datasets (e.g. unstructured, semi-structured, with missing information)
• Ability to think critically and creatively in a dynamic environment, while picking up new tools and domain knowledge along the way
• A positive attitude, and a growth mindset

Bonus:

• Experience with relevant Python libraries such as Requests, sklearn, Selenium
• Hands on experience in Machine learning implementations
• Experience with Cloud infrastructure (e.g. AWS) and relevant microservices
• Good Humor

About us:

Strata is a commercial real estate investment platform that offers investors the opportunity to invest in pre-leased commercial assets such as offices, warehouses, and retail spaces across India.

We are one of the fastest-growing PropTech platforms in India and are backed by Elevation Capital, Mayfield, Kotak Investment Advisors, Gruhas (a venture by Nikhil Kamath of Zerodha) and DLF Family Office.

Our headquarter is in Bangalore, India.

We are a small yet close-knit team of 35+ people.

About you:

You have a knack for product and strongly equipped with engineering skills to make it a reality. You don’t jump into implementation unless you have clearly understood the problem/requirements and have a written design. You don’t hesitate asking questions and giving critical reviews while respecting others’ opinions. You are a fearless engineer, and not afraid to fail, not on production though ;) You have a strong sense of ownership. You have a startup experience. You don’t feel annoyed if required to work on off days in case of production incidents (no development).

Your responsibilities:

You will primarily work on the backend maintaining the existing platform and writing new enhancements and features. Apart from your own features, as a senior member of the team you will be expected to be actively involved in overall design discussions and peer code reviews. You will factor in extensibility, maintainability, scalability and security in designs and code. You will ensure that best engineering practices are followed. You will support your team members when they are facing challenges, and mentor them when appropriate. You will strive for overall engineering excellence.

Must-have Skills:

• 4-8 years of total experience
• 2+ years of experience in Django and DRF. You must be pro at it. The team will be looking up to you for making most out of DRF.
• Designing and building  scalable web applications
• Good understanding of REST principles
• SQL database design and queries
• Working knowledge of AWS

Good-To-Have Skills:

• Angular or any other JavaScript frontend framework
• Designing microservices
• DevOps experience

FAQ's.

1. Your technology ingredients?

Programming languages:
Our backend is written in Python using Django framework. And the frontend is in AngularJS. Currently there is no mobile app.

Infrastructure:
We are an AWS shop and use their services for most needs, Docker for containerization and ECS as orchestrator, RDS as database, S3 for storage and SQS as messaging backend.

Other tools:
BitBucket for Git and CI/CD pipeline, Trello for project management; and Google Meets and Slack for communication.

2. Your hiring plan?

Currently the engineering team comprises of 3 engineers, and we plan to grow it to 8 by the end of 2021.

3. Your Interview process?

We will try to finish the process within two weeks. In case we can’t go ahead with  your candidature, we will clearly and immediately let you know. But in case of competing applications, we may request you to wait for a week or two.

1. 15 minutes introductory call to discuss requirements and expectations
2. 30 minutes online coding assignment on a screen sharing session
3. 1 hour technical interview covering problem solving, code review and aptitude
4. 15 minutes call with co-founder for final discussion

In case of inability to come to a conclusion from either side, we may go for an additional round.

4. Your WFH and WFO policy?

Due to Covid-19 the team is working from home and will continue till March-2022. After that we will work from the Bangalore or Pune office (yet to be finalised). You should be open to relocate to any of the cities.

5. Your funding status?

In March 2020, Strata raised $1.5 million in seed funding; and $6 million in Series-A in July 2021.

• Total of 3-5 years of experience building cutting-edge products.
• Must have a degree in Computer Science or a related field. Strong understanding of object-oriented programming, concurrency, and fundamentals of computer science.

• Technically Hands-on, prior experience with scalable Architecture.
• Bring 3-5 years of software engineering and product delivery experience, with a strong background in algorithms.
• Excellent command over Data Structures and Algorithm Proficiency in implementation of algorithms and use of advanced data structures to solve problems in computing
• Exceptional coding skills in an Object-Oriented programming language (Python preferred with Django framework).
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Experience with web technologies Java/Python, Linux, Apache, MySQL, solr, memcache, redis.
• Experience in architecting & building real-time, large-scale e-commerce applications.
• Experience with high-performance websites catering to millions of daily traffic is a plus.

• Java/ Python, MySQL, Redis, ElasticSearch, Problem Solving, Scalability, Design Patterns, Distributed System

• Develop complex software products that include scale, algorithmic complexity, and a huge amount of data.
• Build cutting-edge scalable systems by writing simple and efficient code.
• Code, develop, design, and architect features related to the existing application. We expect you to own modules end to end and take pride in the work products you ship
• Contribute to all aspects of an agile software development lifecycle including design, architecture, development, documentation, testing, and operations.
• Design, implement, and maintain highly scalable, multi-tier, distributed server software applications
• Deliver across the entire app life cycle, design, build, deploy, test, release to app stores, and support
• Working directly with developers and product managers to conceptualize, build, test, and release products
• Take responsibility for performance and stability for all server functions
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency

• 5+ years experience
• Previously managed a team
• Built & managed backend systems from scratch previously.
• Lead the core backend engineering team, including mentoring, coaching, architecture, devops, code review and software infrastructure
• Should be more proficient with Django.
• Work with the executive team to shape and execute the product roadmap
• Direct our team environment to achieve sprint deliverables and acceptance criteria
• Design and monitor metrics to assess product and infrastructure performance
• Hire, build and shape the team