Python Developer

About CoinCROWD:

CoinCROWD is a cutting-edge platform in the digital finance space, focused on delivering innovative solutions that empower individuals and businesses in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. We are passionate about creating seamless, secure, and scalable solutions to simplify the way people interact with digital currencies. As we continue to grow, we're looking for skilled backend developers to join our dynamic engineering team.

Position Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Backend Developer with 5+ years of expertise in Python and Django to help us build and scale our backend services. As a key member of our engineering team, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining robust, scalable, and high-performance backend systems that support CoinCrowd’s innovative products.

This role will give you the opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment with cutting-edge technologies in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space.

Key Responsibilities:

• Backend Development: Design, develop, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Python-based backend services using the Django framework.
• API Development: Build and maintain RESTful APIs to integrate with various frontend and third-party services, ensuring reliability and scalability.
• Database Management: Work with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Redis) to manage and optimize data storage, retrieval, and performance.
• System Architecture: Participate in system design and architecture decisions, ensuring the backend is scalable, maintainable, and secure.
• Performance Optimization: Identify bottlenecks and optimize the backend to handle high-load environments, ensuring high performance and low latency.
• Security & Compliance: Implement security best practices to ensure sensitive user data is protected in compliance with applicable regulations (e.g., GDPR, PCI-DSS).
• Collaborate: Work closely with frontend developers, DevOps engineers, and product teams to ensure seamless integration across systems.
• Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code with strong adherence to coding standards and best practices.
• Continuous Improvement: Contribute to the continuous improvement of the development process and infrastructure, including adopting new tools, methodologies, and frameworks.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience: Minimum 5 years of professional experience in backend or server-side development, with strong expertise in Python and Django.
• Frameworks & Tools: Solid experience with Django, Django REST Framework (DRF), and other backend- related libraries/tools.
• Databases: Strong experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Redis). Proficiency in writing complex SQL queries.
• API Development: Hands-on experience in designing and developing RESTful APIs, including authentication mechanisms (JWT, OAuth, etc.).
• Cloud & DevOps: Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure) and DevOps tools like Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and version control (Git).
• Testing: Experience with unit testing frameworks (e.g., PyTest, Unittest) and TDD/BDD methodologies.
• Security Best Practices: Understanding of security practices such as encryption, authentication, and authorization.
• Problem Solving: Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with a focus on optimizing performance and scalability.
• Collaboration: Proven ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment, communicating technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Blockchain/Cryptocurrency: Experience with blockchain technologies or cryptocurrency platforms is a plus.
• Microservices Architecture: Familiarity with building microservices or serverless architectures. GraphQL: Experience with GraphQL APIs is a plus.
• Agile/Scrum: Experience working in Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Why CoinCROWD?

• Innovative Projects: Work on cutting-edge technology in the fast-growing blockchain and cryptocurrency space.
• Collaborative Culture: Join a dynamic, diverse, and collaborative team that values creativity and new ideas. Growth Opportunities: Opportunities to grow in your career as we expand our product offerings and technology stack.
• Competitive Compensation: Competitive salary, benefits, and potential for career advancement. Flexible Work: We support a flexible work schedule and the possibility for remote work.

CoinCROWD is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Initially you will be offered Equity based compensation which is common for a Web3.0 organisation. 

• To take lead and manage the backend team.
• Taking ownership and developing new micro services/systems to improve the products.
• Managing and adding on to our linux based content management system as well as our web servers.

• 4+ years of hands-on experience working with serverless architecture.
• Hands-on experience with products at a scale of > 50K DAUs.
• Should be able to architect and implement complex services/systems in a simple and scalable manner.
• Self starter with the ability to lead a team.
• Should be an expert in: Python. AWS Lambda, RDS and EC2 SQL databases, specifically postgresql. NOSQL Database, specifically dynamoDB.
• Should be able to write automated test cases for developed code.
• Should be proficient in the linux environment.
• Having the following skills will an added bonus: Experience developing with Neo4j databases. Firebase services. * Experience working with Docker and ECS.

• Your word counts You’ll get to play a key role in shaping up the product roadmap and will be involved in every stage
• Learning never stops With  advancing into the growth stage, there is immense potential and relevance to apply new developments you learn in your domain
• Sponsored training Do you want to learn something that helps improve your productivity or knowledge? We’ll sponsor that
• Remote friendly Even before Covid, half of us worked from home. Heck, you want to work from a village? Go for it.

• Healthy company culture We nurture a conducive environment for your personal and professional growth, and take extreme care to make sure you are happy at work
• Everyone gets to lead You own your idea, and you lead it’s execution
• Smart work is what matters with us We don’t count hours. We value getting the work done
• Teammates who will sing and jam with you

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