Python Developer

As a Senior Backend & Infrastructure Engineer, you will take ownership of backend systems and cloud infrastructure. You’ll work closely with our CTO and cross-functional teams (hardware, AI, frontend) to design scalable, fault- tolerant architectures and ensure reliable deployment pipelines.

1. What You’ll Do :

• Backend Development: Maintain and evolve our Node.js (TypeScript) and Python backend services with a focus on performance and scalability.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Manage our infrastructure on GCP and Firebase (Auth, Firestore, Storage, Functions, AppEngine, PubSub, Cloud Tasks). 
• Database Management: Handle Firestore and other NoSQL DBs. Lead database schema design and migration strategies.
• Pipelines & Automation: Build robust real-time and batch data pipelines. Automate CI/CD and testing for backend and frontend services.
• Monitoring & Uptime: Deploy tools for observability (logging, alerts, debugging). Ensure 99.9% uptime of critical services.
• Dev Environments: Set up and manage developer and staging environments across teams.
• Quality & Security: Drive code reviews, implement backend best practices, and enforce security standards.
• Collaboration: Partner with other engineers (AI, frontend, hardware) to integrate backend capabilities seamlessly into our global system.

Must-Haves :

• 5+ years of experience in backend development and cloud infrastructure.
• Strong expertise in Node.js (TypeScript) and/or Python.
• Advanced skills in NoSQL databases (Firestore, MongoDB, DynamoDB...).
• Deep understanding of cloud platforms, preferably GCP and Firebase.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD, DevOps tools, and automation.
• Solid knowledge of distributed systems and performance tuning.
• Experience setting up and managing development & staging environments. 

• Proficiency in English and remote communication.

Good to have :

• Event-driven architecture experience (e.g., Pub/Sub, MQTT).
• Familiarity with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Google Monitoring).
• Previous work on large-scale SaaS products.
• Knowledge of telecommunication protocols (MQTT, WebSockets, SNMP).
• Experience with edge computing on Nvidia Jetson devices.

What We Offer :

• Competitive salary for the Indian market (depending on experience).
• Remote-first culture with async-friendly communication.
• Autonomy and responsibility from day one.
• A modern stack and a fast-moving team working on cutting-edge AI and cloud infrastructure.
• A mission-driven company tackling real-world environmental challenges. 

Requirements

• Design and implement a full-stack web application using Python Django framework and ReactJS.
• 1+ years of experience in building and deploying web applications.
• Experience in designing and using RESTful APIs.
• Basic knowledge in front-end technologies such as JavaScript, , ReactJS, HTML5, and CSS3.
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.
• Understanding of databases, SQL and non-relational, plus the Django ORM.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model.
• Experience in web mark-up like HTML and CSS.
• Experience with data structure libraries.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs.
• A knack for bench marking and optimization.
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token.
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools.
• Experience with common front-end development tools such as NPM etc.
• Strong knowledge of Git version control.
• Experience deploying Python applications into production.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) knowledge is a plus.
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Responsibilities

• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code.
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performance applications using Django framework in Python.
• Create and use the REST APIs for communicating with other apps.
• Assess and prioritize feature requests and work in Agile framework.
• Implementation of security and data protection algorithms.
• Integration of data storage solutions like databases, key-value stores, blob stores, S3 etc.
• Improve the functionality of existing systems and applications.
• High commitment to work and taking ownership of deliverables.
• Help to research and influence our path forward with strategic technology initiatives.

• Lead the development of the backend systems for our 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

Requirements

• 5+ years of software development experience
• Strong computer science fundamentals
• Deep and wide knowledge of Python ecosystem
• 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

• Apply fundamental software engineering design principles and write effective, scalable code.
• Develop back-end components to improve responsiveness and overall performance
• Strong understanding of multi-threading, synchronization & performance analysis of web applications
• Highly experienced with developing RESTful API’s
• Integrate user-facing elements into applications
• Develop unit tests, automation and debug code
• Improve & maintain the functionality of existing systems
• Implement security and data protection solutions
• Understand the big picture, coordinate with internal teams to understand user requirements and provide technical solutions

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or relevant field.
• 5+ work experience as a Python Developer
• Expertise in Django or at least one other popular Python web framework
• (like Flask or Pyramid)
• Excellent Python 3 development & debugging skills
• Knowledge of object oriented analysis & design as well as object-relational mapping (ORM) techniques
• Strong understanding microservices architecture & design patterns
• Strong understanding of RESTful API design principles, including good
• documentation of API using Swagger/OpenAPI specifications
• Familiarity with GIT
• Familiarity with microservices development & deployment, including CI/CD pipelines
• (e.g. Jenkins) and containerization platforms (e.g, Docker)
• Familiarity with front-end technologies (like JavaScript and HTML5)
• Excellent team spirit & exceptional problem-solving skills