Python Developer

Job Title : Senior Python Scripting Engineer (Testing)

Experience : 7 to 8 Years

Location : Bangalore

Employment Type : Full-Time

Job Overview :

• We are looking for a Senior Python Scripting Engineer with 4 to 5 Years of advanced Python scripting experience and 2 years of testing experience.
• The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing robust automation scripts, ensuring software quality, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance product reliability.

Key Responsibilities :

• Develop and maintain advanced Python scripts for automation and software development.
• Design, implement, and execute test cases, automation scripts, and testing frameworks to ensure software quality.
• Collaborate with developers and QA teams to identify and resolve software defects.
• Optimize existing scripts and test cases to improve efficiency and accuracy.
• Work on test automation, debugging, and continuous integration pipelines.
• Maintain clear documentation for scripts, test cases, and processes.

Required Skills & Qualifications :

• 7 to 8 Years of overall experience in software development/testing.
• 4 to 5 Years of strong hands-on experience in Python scripting (Advanced Level).
• 2 Years of experience in Software Testing (manual and automation).
• Experience with test automation frameworks like PyTest, Selenium, or Robot Framework.
• Proficiency in debugging, troubleshooting, and optimizing scripts.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, version control systems (Git), and Agile methodologies.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a dynamic environment.

Preferred Skills :

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Exposure to performance testing and security testing.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

Senior BackEnd Engineer

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in building scalable applications, a deep understanding of back-end technologies, and experience with cloud infrastructure. As a Back End Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining a scalable workflow management system. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to build robust and efficient applications that meet the needs of our users. Your expertise in Scala, Python, AI Agents/APIs, and GCP will be crucial in ensuring our system is reliable, performant, and scalable.

Key Responsibilities:

Back-End Development:

• Build and maintain back-end services and APIs using Scala.
• Implement and optimize Orchestration workflow system involving database queries and operations.
• Build API integrations with Third Party APIs and services.
• Ensure robust and scalable server-side logic.

Cloud Integration:

• Deploy, manage, and monitor applications on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Utilize GCP services to enhance application performance and scalability.
• Implement cloud-based solutions for data storage, processing, and analytics.

Collaboration And Communication:

• Work closely with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to sharing team knowledge.
• Document development processes, coding standards, and project requirements.

Qualifications:

• Educational Background:
• Completed a masters/bachelor degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Technical Skills:
• Proficiency in Scala programming language.
• Strong experience with React and ReactJS.
• Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and its services.
• Knowledge of front-end development tools and best practices.
• Understanding of RESTful API design and implementation.
• Soft Skills:
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
• Eagerness to learn and adapt to new technologies and challenges.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with version control systems such as Git.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Understanding of workflow management systems and their requirements.
• Experience with containerization technologies like Docker.

Must have Skills

• Scala - 4 Years
• React.Js - 1 Years
• RESTful API - 4 Years
• Docker - 2 Years
• Python - 3 Years
• Artificial Intelligence - 2 Years

Responsibilities:

• Ability to work in an existing codebase and collaborate with a diverse team
• Experience in building enterprise-scale backend REST APIs with frameworks such as Nest.js & Express.js using an API-first paradigm
• Intimate knowledge of crafting highly performing database queries
• Hands-on experience implementing relational database structures, including tables, indexes, views, etc.
• A mindset towards building systems for the cloud and DevOps fundamentals
• Working knowledge of cloud infrastructure services is good to have. If not then willingness to learn should be there.
• Focus towards building security, performance, and scalability into services from the beginning
• Experience with debugging code and troubleshooting technical issues in order to craft appropriate solutions

About us

Skit (previously known as http://vernacular.ai/" target="_blank">Vernacular.ai) is an AI-first SaaS voice automation company. Its suite of speech and language solutions enable enterprises to automate their contact centre operations. With over 10 million hours of training data, its product - Vernacular Intelligent Voice Assistant (VIVA) can currently respond in 16+ languages, covering over 160+ dialects and replicating human-like conversations.

Skit currently serves a variety of enterprise clients across diverse sectors such as BFSI, F&B, Hospitality, Consumer Electronics and Travel & Tourism, including prominent clients like Axis Bank, Hathway, Porter and Barbeque Nation. It has been featured as one of the top-notch start-ups in the Cisco Launchpad’s Cohort 6 and is a part of the World Economic Forum’s Global Innovators Community. It has also been listed in Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia start-ups 2021 for its remarkable industry innovation.

We have an opening for a Software Engineer(Solution) role which you might be interested in.

Responsibilities of your role:

• You will be coordinating our enterprise account-specific teams called squads, consisting of members from engineering, machine-learning, and conversation-design teams.

There are five working groups in the organization, (i) Business (ii) Research (iii) Solutions (iv) Product, and (v) Operations, where you will be joining the Solutions working group.

• You will be collaborating with the sales team to design an appropriate solution to the customer's problems and help them showcase the value in the product.
• You will be collaborating with the operations team to ensure we are not compromising on our quality standards.
• You will also be co-working with the product working group to help them improve the overall platform and to prioritize the high-impact initiatives in the roadmap.

Work you will be doing:

• You will be building bespoke voicebots for enterprise clients using internal tools.
• You're expected to help build the Solutions stack whose goal it is to reduce the amount of effort put into building our voicebots. 
• You will be involved in analyzing client calls where you're expected to use either data pipelines or SQL to get insights into caller behavior.

Mandatory Requirements:

• Professional experience of at least 1 year.
• Has experience with integrating or building HTTP APIs
• Has hands-on experience of working with Python
• Good communicator

Optional Requirements:

• Has experience working in any of Django Rest Framework, Redis, Celery

Skit uses a microservices architecture where we employ both HTTP and GRPC to communicate between our services.

We don't expect you to have worked on all of it. We're looking for Python programmers who are ready to pick up the rest of the tech stack on the job.

Languages:

• Python
• Golang

Frameworks:

• Python:
  • Django Rest Framework
  • Celery
• Golang:
  • Gorm
  • GorillaMux

Tools/Orchestration/VCS:

• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Argo Workflows
• Gitlab
• Github

• Lead a full product development lifecycle from ideation, design, development, to roll out and support
• Own the delivery of multiple features of the product end to end while hands-on in development as well
• Advocate best development practices such as continuous integration/continuous delivery, automation (testing and infrastructure)

1. 7+ Years’ of experience, managing teams of 5+ people
2. Must have excellent programming, debugging and scripting skills with a solid understanding of Object Oriented Design principles.
3. Proficiency in at least two of the following: Java, NodeJS, Go, JavaScript, Python programming stacks, and passion for software engineering and craftsman-like coding prowess
4. Knowledge of software practices like refactoring, clean code, domain driven design, Encapsulation etc
5. Hands on experience managing databases like MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis.
6. Exposure to event driven systems and event streaming engines like Kafka
7. Good knowledge of DevOps tooling like docker, kubernetes, ansible/chef, AWS.