Python Developer

The candidate should have extensive experience in designing and developing scalable data pipelines and real-time data processing solutions. As a key member of the team, the Senior Data Engineer will play a critical role in building end-to-end data workflows, supporting machine learning model deployment, and driving MLOps practices in a fast-paced, agile environment. Strong expertise in Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, AWS SageMaker, and Terraform is essential. Additional experience with infrastructure automation and CI/CD for ML models is a significant advantage.

Key Responsibilities

1. Design, develop, and maintain high-performance ETL and real-time data pipelines using Apache Kafka and Apache Flink.
2. Build scalable and automated MLOps pipelines for training, validation, and deployment of models using AWS SageMaker and associated services.
3. Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to provision and manage AWS environments.
4. Collaborate with data scientists, ML engineers, and DevOps teams to streamline model deployment workflows and ensure reliable production delivery.
5. Optimize data storage and retrieval strategies for large-scale structured and unstructured datasets.
6. Develop data transformation logic and integrate data from various internal and external sources into data lakes and warehouses.
7. Monitor, troubleshoot, and enhance performance of data systems in a cloud-native, fast-evolving production setup.
8. Ensure adherence to data governance, privacy, and security standards across all data handling activities.
9. Document data engineering solutions and workflows to facilitate cross-functional understanding and ongoing maintenance.

Job Title: Deployment Lead (Python, Linux, AWS) 

Location: Coimbatore

Overview 

We are seeking an experienced Deployment Lead to oversee the end-to-end deployment lifecycle of our applications and services. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Python, strong Linux administration skills, and hands-on experience with AWS cloud infrastructure. You will work closely with engineering, DevOps, QA, and product teams to ensure reliable, repeatable, and scalable deployments across multiple environments. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Lead and manage deployment activities for all application releases across development, staging, and production environments. 
• Develop and maintain deployment automation, scripts, and tools using Python and shell scripting. 
• Own and optimize CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or AWS CodePipeline). 
• Oversee Linux server administration, including configuration, troubleshooting, performance optimization, and security hardening. 
• Design, implement, and maintain AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, Lambda, IAM, RDS, ECS/EKS, CloudFormation/Terraform). 
• Ensure robust monitoring, logging, and alerting using tools such as CloudWatch, Grafana, Prometheus, or ELK. 
• Collaborate with developers to improve code readiness for deployment and production reliability. 
• Manage environment configurations and ensure consistency and version control across environments. 
• Lead incident response during production issues; conduct root-cause analysis and implement long-term fixes. 
• Establish and enforce best practices for deployment, configuration management, and operational excellence. 

Required Skills & Qualifications 

• 5+ years of experience in deployment engineering, DevOps, or site reliability engineering roles. 
• Strong proficiency in Python for automation and tooling. 
• Advanced experience with Linux systems administration (Ubuntu, CentOS, Amazon Linux). 
• Hands-on work with AWS cloud services and infrastructure-as-code (CloudFormation or Terraform). 
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration platforms like ECS, EKS, or Kubernetes. 
• Strong understanding of CI/CD tools and automated deployment strategies. 
• Familiarity with networking concepts: DNS, load balancers, VPCs, firewalls, VPN, and routing. 
• Expertise with monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions. 
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills; able to lead troubleshooting efforts. 
• Excellent communication and leadership abilities. 

• Developing models and business logic (e. g. transactions, payments, diet plan, search, etc).
• Architecting servers and services that enable new product features.
• Building out newly enabled product features.
• Monitoring system uptime and errors to drive us toward a high-performing and reliable product.
• Take ownership and understand the need for code quality, elegance, and robust infrastructure.
• Worked collaboratively on a software development team.
• Built scalable web applications.

Skills:

• Minimum 4 years of industry or open-source experience.
• Proficient in at least one OO language: Python(preferred)/Golang/Java.
• Writing high-performance, reliable and maintainable code.
• Good knowledge of database structures, theories, principles, and practices.
• Experience working with AWS components [EC2, S3, RDS, SQS, ECS, Lambda]

Required Skills:

• 4+ year of experience in Development in JAVA technology.
• Strong Java Basics
• SpringBoot or Spring MVC
• Hands on experience on Relational Databases (SQL query or Hibernate) + Mongo (JSON parsing)
• Proficient in REST API development
• Messaging Queue (RabitMQ or Kafka)
• Microservices
• Any Caching Mechanism
• Good at problem solving

Good to Have Skills:

• 4+ years of experience in using Java/J2EE tech stacks
• Good understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced internet start-up environment.
• Experience in technical mentorship/coaching is highly desirable.
• Understanding of AI/ML algorithms is a plus.

Vah Vah! is an ed-tech company that offers online makeup courses in micro-batches to students across India to learn from the leading teachers in top cities. We provide holistic education with lots of practical training that makes our students job-ready with not just the base skills but also the soft skills for great customer service. Our teachers have more than 15+ years of experience in training makeup and have certified more than 1000+ students. Vah Vah! is founded by executives with extensive experience running consumer business and mobile games at scale (over 100 million players) at Zynga. Vah Vah! is backed by a leading investment firm.

Website Link: https://vahvah.com/

The Mission

Vah Vah teaches professional makeup to budding makeup artists and influencers through live online classes. We have students from Srinagar, all the way to the Andamans. And experienced teachers who have worked in Bridal Makeup, Ramp Shoots, Film and more. We empower our students to join the workforce as fully trained makeup artists. This is the future of vocational education, and you can help build it.

Our Culture

• Amazing workplace and colleagues to work with
• We have the right mixture of creativity, analytics and hustle to move fast in the right direction.
• You will work with colleagues who don’t take themselves too seriously but move mountains.
• See yourself evolving every month with new problems to solve and new skill to master.
• Work with the smartest engineers so you can learn from them.
• Competitive salary at par with the best in the industry
• Great stock options so you can benefit from the company's growth.
• Immense exposure to new technologies

Responsibilities:

• Compile and analyze data, processes, and codes to troubleshoot problems and identify areas for improvement.
• Collaborating with the front-end developers and other team members to establish objectives and design more functional, cohesive codes to enhance the user experience.
• Participating in continuing education and training to remain current on best practices, learn new programming languages, and better assist other team members. Taking lead on projects, as needed.

Requirements:

• Overall experience of 2-5 years in building backend services using languages like NodeJs, Java etc
• Fluency or understanding of specific languages, such as Java, Node.Js, Python, and operating systems may be required.
• Strong understanding of the web development cycle and programming techniques and tools.
• Focus on efficiency, user experience, and process improvement.
• Strong problem solving and verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently or with a group.
• Sound knowledge on source control and DevOps

What you get:

• Amazing workplace and colleagues to work with
• Competitive salary at par with the best in the industry
• Immense exposure to new technologies

The key aspects of this role include:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable applications using Python.
• Contribute to the entire implementation process including driving the definition of improvements
based on business need and architectural improvements.
• Act as a subject matter expert for Application Software developers and Engineers.
• Handle server-side code for a production platform and contribute to new features.

To be the right fit, you'll need:
• More than 4+ years of experience as a software developer in Python, with knowledge of at least one
Python web framework such as Django, Flask, etc.
• Good understanding of common design patterns and architecture principles to design reliable and
Scalable applications
• Strong communication skills
• Knowledge of databases line NoSQL or MongoDB
• Good to have AWS and Docker or Web services
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3