Python Developer

About the Company:

Gruve is an innovative Software Services startup dedicated to empowering Enterprise Customers in managing their Data Life Cycle. We specialize in Cyber Security, Customer Experience, Infrastructure, and advanced technologies such as Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Our mission is to assist our customers in their business strategies utilizing their data to make more intelligent decisions. As a well-funded early-stage startup, Gruve offers a dynamic environment with strong customer and partner networks.

Why Gruve:

At Gruve, we foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and contribute their best work. If you’re passionate about technology and eager to make an impact, we’d love to hear from you.

Gruve is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and thank all who apply; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Position summary:

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Technical Lead with a strong background in Java, SaaS architectures, firewalls and cybersecurity products, including SIEM and SOAR platforms. The ideal candidate will lead technical initiatives, design and implement scalable systems, and drive best practices across the engineering team. This role requires deep technical expertise, leadership abilities, and a passion for building secure and high-performing security solutions.

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and development of scalable and secure software solutions using Java.
• Architect and build SaaS-based cybersecurity applications, ensuring high availability, performance, and reliability.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to the development team.
• Ensure best practices in secure coding, threat modeling, and compliance with industry standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product Management, Security, and DevOps to deliver high-quality security solutions.
• Design and implement security analytics, automation workflows and ITSM integrations.
•  Drive continuous improvements in engineering processes, tools, and technologies.
• Troubleshoot complex technical issues and lead incident response for critical production systems.

Basic Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, electronics engineering or a related field
• 8-10 years of software development experience, with expertise in Java.
• Strong background in building SaaS applications with cloud-native architectures (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• In-depth understanding of microservices architecture, APIs, and distributed systems.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of DevSecOps principles, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible, etc.).
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in an agile, fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with a track record of mentoring engineers.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with cybersecurity solutions, including SIEM (e.g., Splunk, ELK, IBM QRadar) and SOAR (e.g., Palo Alto XSOAR, Swimlane).
• Knowledge of zero-trust security models and secure API development.
• Hands-on experience with machine learning or AI-driven security analytics.

Job Summary:

As a Shopify App Developer at [Your Company Name], you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining custom applications for the Shopify platform. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create solutions that meet our clients' needs and improve their eCommerce operations. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Shopify app development, excellent problem-solving skills, and a passion for delivering exceptional user experiences.

Key Responsibilities:

• App Development: Design, develop, and deploy custom Shopify apps using Shopify’s API, Polaris, and other relevant technologies.
• Customization: Customize and extend Shopify’s existing functionalities to meet specific client requirements.
• Integration: Integrate Shopify apps with third-party services, APIs, and data sources as needed.
• Maintenance & Support: Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Shopify apps and provide ongoing support and maintenance.
• Collaboration: Work closely with project managers, designers, and other developers to ensure that app solutions align with project goals and client expectations.
• Testing & Quality Assurance: Conduct thorough testing of applications to ensure reliability, performance, and adherence to Shopify’s standards.
• Documentation: Create and maintain clear documentation for code, processes, and app functionality.
• Innovation: Stay updated with the latest Shopify developments, industry trends, and best practices to continuously improve app functionality and user experience.

Qualifications:

• Experience: Proven experience in developing Shopify apps, including a portfolio of past projects or apps.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in Shopify’s APIs, Liquid templating language, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and familiarity with Shopify Polaris design system.
• Programming Languages: Strong knowledge of backend programming languages such as Ruby, PHP, or Node.js.
• Database Management: Experience with database technologies such as MySQL, MongoDB, or PostgreSQL.
• Problem-Solving: Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues.
• Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Team Player: Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.

60 Decibels is a tech-powered impact measurement company that makes it easy to listen to the people who matter most. We've been in business as an independent entity since early 2019, when we spun out of the global Impact Investor Acumen.

We believe that the best way to understand social impact is by talking to the people experiencing that impact. It sounds obvious when you say it, but that is not the typical practice for many impact investors, corporations and foundations working to create social change. 

We collect social impact data directly from beneficiaries (customers / employees / suppliers) using our network of 1000+ trained research assistants in 75+ countries. We do it quickly and without the fuss typically associated with measuring social impact. Our research assistants speak directly to customers to understand their lived experience; and our team turns all this data into benchmarked social performance reports, with accompanying insights, to help our clients demonstrate and improve social performance. 

By making impact measurement simple, scalable, and comparable, we not only enable organizations to improve their products and services; we also help transform what it means to credibly measure impact, ensuring that the voices of those who matter most are always part of the story.

About the role: 

You’ll be an early engineer in a newly formed engineering team. This is a unique opportunity for you to learn, build, demonstrate, and subsequently own diverse components of our tech stack and evolve as we scale our business. As a core engineer in a small team, the role demands a high degree of self-drive and ownership, on a path to achieving outsized impact.

Your Primary Responsibility Will Be:

To Advance Our Integrated Data Capture And Insights Platform (Ruby/React/PostgreSQL) And Associated Tooling (Python)

Specifically, your responsibilities will include:

• Work with a diverse multidisciplinary team across Engineering, Product & Operations, to translate product specs into clean, functional, production-ready code.
• Participate actively in defining of the systems architecture vision to better support our team’s needs
• Grow our technical capacity by mentoring other engineers and interviewing candidates
• Collaborate with team members to identify systems, practices & technologies that suit our needs the best
• Seek, learn, adopt and advocate industry best practices. Contribute towards the engineering culture
• Troubleshooting coding problems quickly and efficiently to ensure a productive workplace

About You: First and foremost, you bring compassion and dedication to this work because it matters to you.

You are a pragmatic and product-driven engineer who is interested in solving user problems and delivering value while taking into account tradeoffs between Business and Tech. You have a bias towards action: you get your hands dirty and actively tackle problems in a way that leads to the best outcomes and brings teams together. You successfully balance flexibility and rigour, using informed judgment to make decisions. You model critical thinking and introspection, taking strategic risks and growing from mistakes. You are decisive and bold, have a growth mindset, are an excellent communicator, and know the value of being a part of an effective team

Minimum Qualification:

• At least 4+ years of experience in software engineering building SaaS platforms, products and APIs
• At least 1+ years in your current role as a senior engineer
• Strong proficiency in Ruby on Rails (primary) and Python (additional)
• Strong proficiency in data modelling, RDBMS (Postgres preferred) and NoSQL databases.
• Proficient in software design, modularity, testability and software quality
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills

Additional desired qualifications:

• Preferred prior experience in the following stack: Python, Ruby On Rails, React, Postgres, AWS
• Experience in working on natural language processing, and ML for text and audio.
• Fast self-learner, with aptitude and interest in learn new technologies, languages & frameworks
• Experience working on data-pipelines, and data transformation systems.
• Experience setting up, managing and ensuring best practices on public clouds like AWS, GCP, or Azure (we use AWS)

Working with 60 Decibels

We are a fun, international and highly-motivated team who believes that team members should have the opportunity to expand their skills and career in a supportive environment. We offer a competitive salary, the opportunity to work flexibly and in a fun, supportive working environment. If this sounds like the role for you, get in touch!

60 Decibels is deeply committed to having a workplace that is inclusive and anti-discriminatory. We believe that our team must embody the compassion, listening, and sense of shared humanity that is so central to our goal as an organization. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation age, marital status, veteran status, or disability.

As a growing company, we are building towards a more universally accessible workplace for our employees. At this time, we do use some cloud-based technologies that are not compatible with screen readers and other assistive devices. We would be happy to discuss accessibility at 60 Decibels in greater depth during the recruitment process.

 About our team and our culture: we are a fun and hardworking global team that is full of smart, mission-driven folks who combine an entrepreneurial spirit with a commitment to make a positive change in the world.  

We consistently hear from our clients that the best thing about 60 Decibels is the people. To get a feel for our slightly nerdy, not-take-ourselves-too-seriously vibe, check out our monthly newsletter, The Volume.

Compensation: 60 Decibels offers a competitive salary and benefits package and the opportunity to work in a flexible, fun and supportive environment. The salary range will be adjusted according to costs of living in our country offices. 

Extra Perks: We have an unlimited leave policy and 12 monthly recharge days, on the first Friday of each month. We are a globally distributed team and we give team members opportunities to cross-pollinate and visit our different offices. 

Want to get to know us a little better?

> Sign up to receive The Volume, our monthly collection of things worth reading.

> Visit our website at 60decibels.com.

> Read about our team values here. 

Task:

• Develop, record, and maintain cutting-edge web-based PHP applications.
• Build innovative, state-of-the-art applications and collaborate with the User Experience (UX) team
• Ensure HTML, CSS, and shared JavaScript is valid and consistent across applications.
• Prepare and maintain all applications utilizing standard development tools.
• Utilize backend data services and contribute to increase existing data services API.
• Lead the entire web application development life cycle right from concept stage to delivery and post launch support.
• Refactor, optimize, and improve the existing codebase for maintenance and scale.
• Use test driven development and acceptance tests to ensure feature quality
• Convey effectively with all task progress, evaluations, suggestions, schedules along with technical and process issues.
• Document the development process, architecture, and standard components.
• Coordinate with co-developers and keeps project manager well informed of the status of development effort and serves as a liaison between development staff and project manager.
• Keep abreast of new trends and best practices in web development.

We wish:

• Previous working experience as a PHP Developer for 4 year(s)
• User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Familiarity with limitations of PHP as a platform and its workarounds
• Proficient in PHP, HTML5, JavaScript, JQuery Expert
• Experience with PHP MVC frameworks (Symfony, Laravel, Yii, CodeIgniter, Zend, etc.)
• Excellent relational database skills with MySQL
• Experience with building restful JSON web services
• Knowledge of API’s, such as Twitter, Facebook, Google maps, Instagram, etc.
• Understanding of responsive design frameworks such as bootstrap

Desirable:

• Should have problem-solving skills
• Good experience in oops concept
• Good experience  in MVC
• Good experience in jQuery & JavaScript
• Learn & work on new technologies/ frameworks.
• Knowledge of bootstrap

We Offer:

• Freedom to realize your ideas & individual career & development opportunities.
• A motivating work environment, flat hierarchical structure, numerous company events that cannot be forgotten, and fun at the workplace with flexibilities.
• Professional challenges and career development opportunities.

We are looking for a Backend Developer who has 4-6 years of experience in designing, developing, and implementing backend services using Python and Django.

- Responsibilities-

- Design highly scalable, testable code and follow Test Driven Development methodology 

- Able to write well-organized, modularised code with test cases.

- Contribute to the design and architecture of our backend APIs and deployment of microservices

- Ensure adherence to engineering best practices and maintain the overall quality of our codebase.

- Work with the product team to translate powerful ideas into everyday business value.

- Skills-

- Back-end programming language: Python

- Familiarity with Django or Flask framework

- Familiarity with AWS and Elastic Search

- Experience in SQL and NoSQL databases with an insight into various data modeling use cases

- Experience with system & unit testing

- Familiarity with containerized deployment

- Proficiency with Git

- Sound with data structures and algorithms and have a good understanding of design patterns, software architectures