Python Developer

About koolio.ai

Website: www.koolio.ai

Koolio Inc. is a cutting-edge Silicon Valley startup dedicated to transforming how stories are told through audio. Our mission is to democratize audio content creation by empowering individuals and businesses to effortlessly produce high-quality, professional-grade content. Leveraging AI and intuitive web-based tools, koolio.ai enables creators to craft, edit, and distribute audio content—from storytelling to educational materials, brand marketing, and beyond. We are passionate about helping people and organizations share their voices, fostering creativity, collaboration, and engaging storytelling for a wide range of use cases.

About the Internship Position

We are looking for a motivated Backend Development Intern to join our innovative team. As an intern at koolio.ai, you’ll have the opportunity to work on a next-gen AI-powered platform and gain hands-on experience developing and optimizing backend systems that power our platform. This internship is ideal for students or recent graduates who are passionate about backend technologies and eager to learn in a dynamic, fast-paced startup environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in the development and maintenance of backend systems and APIs.
• Write reusable, testable, and efficient code to support scalable web applications.
• Work with cloud services and server-side technologies to manage data and optimize performance.
• Troubleshoot and debug existing backend systems, ensuring reliability and performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate frontend features with backend logic.

Requirements and Skills:

• Education: Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Technical Skills:
• Good understanding of server-side technologies like Python
• Familiarity with REST APIs and database systems (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, or NoSQL databases).
• Exposure to cloud platforms like AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure is a plus.
• Knowledge of version control systems such as Git.
• Soft Skills:
• Eagerness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
• Effective communication and teamwork capabilities.
• Other Skills: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and basic knowledge of containerization (e.g., Docker) is a bonus.

Why Join Us?

• Gain real-world experience working on a cutting-edge platform.
• Work alongside a talented and passionate team committed to innovation.
• Receive mentorship and guidance from industry experts.
• Opportunity to transition to a full-time role based on performance and company needs.

This internship is an excellent opportunity to kickstart your career in backend development, build critical skills, and contribute to a product that has a real-world impact.

What You'll do:

• 2-5 years of experience building scalable backends using Python
• In-depth knowledge of Python/Django or Flask
• Familiar with oauth integration Social Networking API (Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, Google+)
• Experience integrating with mobile Apps
• Django/Flask permissions model, caching, async mechanisms
• Understanding of caching, database interactions
• Able to engineer the best performing solutions and always keeping scalability in mind

What makes you a great fit:

• Strong problem solving skills
• Knowledge of data structures and algorithms
• Hungry for more responsibility and knowledge
• Passion for building robust systems that are engineered to handle failure scenarios, an undying love and attitude for maintaining coding standards
• Strong advocate for producing quality software who makes sure issues are raised and resolved
• Experience with at least one of the cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, Azure, Digital Ocean etc. (docker, Kubernetes, microservice good to have)

Must have skillsets:

Skills : Python/ Django or Flask

Experience required: 3 -5 years

Job Type: Full time/ Permanent

Perks and Benefits :

• 5 days working.
• Flexible shift timings
• Company-sponsored certifications.
• Team friendly culture
• Flat hierarchy
• Carrom, Table tennis games, Cricket Tournament Participation for interested employees
• Snack-filled pantry for team members
• Group Medical Insurance (*)

Come and Join the future.

This is an opportunity to work directly with Industry experts having 20+ years of experience in Technology and product development.

Roles and Responsibilities 

• Developing front end website architecture.
• Designing user interactions on web pages.
• Developing back end website applications.
• Creating servers and databases for functionality.
• Ensuring cross-platform optimization for mobile phones.
• Ensuring responsiveness of applications.
• Working alongside graphic designers for web design features.
• Seeing through a project from conception to finished product.
• Designing and developing APIs.
• Meeting both technical and consumer needs.
• Staying abreast of developments in web applications

Desired Candidate Profile

• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Proficiency with fundamental front end languages such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks such as Angular JS, and React JS.
• Proficiency with server-side languages like Nodejs, and Expressjs.
• Familiarity with database technology such as MySQL, Postgresql or MongoDB.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail.

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

1. Proficiency in Python 3.x based web and backend development
2. Solid understanding of Python concepts
3. Strong experience in building web applications using Django
4. Experience building REST APIs using DRF or Flask
5. Experience with some form of Machine Learning (ML)
6. Experience in using libraries such as Numpy and Pandas
7. Hands on experience with RDBMS such as Postgres or MySQL including querying
8. Comfort with Git repositories, branching and deployment using Git
9. Working experience with Docker
10. Basic working knowledge of ReactJs
11. Experience in deploying Django applications to AWS,Digital Ocean or Heroku

Responsibilities

1. Understanding requirement and congributing to engineering solutions at a conceptual stage to provide the best possible solution to the task/challenge
2. Building high quality code using coding standards based on the SRS/Documentation
3. Building component based, maintainable, scalable and reusable backend libraries/modules.
4. Building & documenting scalable APIs on the Open Spec standard
5. Unit testing development modules and APIs
6. Conducting code reviews to ensure that the highest quality standard are maintained
7. Securing backend applications and APIs using industry best practices
8. Troubleshooting issues and fixing bugs raised by the QA team efficiently.
9. Optimizing code
10. Building and deploying the applications

• Employment type

  Full-time

JD - Senior Dev with more than 5 years relevant experience

1. Working experience on web development using Python/Django
2. Comfortable with using Django framework.
3. Understanding of web servers
4. Knowledge in PostgreSQL, MySQL, and other database queries
5. Experience in using Redis cache.
6. Understanding of web technologies
7. Experience in REST API development using Django.
8. Strong hold on Apache
9. Integration of data storage solutions
10. Able to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system
11. Understanding of JavaScript, and front-end JS frameworks like VueJS, React JS and Angular JS
12. Good communication skill
13. .net/.NET core will be an added advantage

• 3-5 Years of experience in Backend Development.
• Must have experience in Python (FLASK framework).
• Have Deep understanding of how RESTful APIs work.
• Familiar with various design and architectural patterns that can work at scale.
• Sound knowledge of NoSQL/SQL Databases (Mongo DB preferred).
• Strong experience with at-Cloud technology, preferably AWS or GCP or Azure.
• Core experience in developing complex backend systems.
• Communicating complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Passionate about application scalability, availability, reliability, and security.