Python Lead

Company: Amura Health

Location: Velachery, Chennai

Work Model: 6 Days Work From Office (Mandatory)

About Amura Health:

Amura Health is building a transformative health platform focused on improving human potential through better health outcomes. The company believes that healthier bodies lead to healthier brains, enabling people to solve more complex problems, contribute meaningfully to society, and create a better future.

The organization is building next-generation healthcare technology products and platforms that aim to redefine the way medicine is practiced globally. With a strong focus on innovation, scale, and impact, Amura Health operates in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment where engineers work on meaningful and technically challenging problems.

Role Overview

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Backend Engineer with strong expertise in Node.js and distributed backend systems. The ideal candidate should have experience building scalable APIs, microservices, and backend infrastructure capable of handling high-performance workloads.

This role requires end-to-end ownership of backend modules, including architecture, development, testing, deployment, optimization, and production support. The candidate will collaborate closely with engineering, DevOps, and product teams to build reliable and scalable systems.

Key Responsibilities

Develop scalable backend services, APIs, and microservices using Node.js frameworks such as Express.js and NestJS.

Own backend modules end-to-end from design and implementation to testing and deployment.

Write clean, maintainable, reusable, and high-quality production-grade code.

Optimize application performance, scalability, reliability, and system efficiency.

Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis (RCA), and improve platform stability.

Work with relational and NoSQL databases for scalable data management.

Implement caching solutions using Redis and optimize API response times.

Work with queues and asynchronous processing systems such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or Amazon SQS.

Collaborate with DevOps teams for CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and infrastructure improvements.

Participate in system design discussions and architectural decision-making.

Contribute to engineering best practices, documentation, and code review processes.

Work effectively in a fast-paced startup environment with high ownership and accountability.

Required Skills & Technical Expertise

Strong expertise in Node.js and backend development.

Hands-on experience with TypeScript, Express.js, and NestJS.

Strong understanding of asynchronous programming and event-driven systems.

Experience designing and consuming REST APIs.

Strong knowledge of microservices architecture and distributed systems.

Experience with SQL databases such as PostgreSQL and MySQL.

Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, DynamoDB, and Redis.

Knowledge of caching strategies and performance optimization.

Hands-on experience with messaging systems such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or SQS.

Understanding of Docker, Git, and CI/CD pipelines.

Exposure to AWS cloud infrastructure and deployment environments.

Strong debugging, monitoring, and performance tuning skills.

Knowledge of scalable backend architecture and system reliability.

Eligibility Criteria

4 to 7 years of hands-on backend development experience.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related engineering discipline.

Candidates from strong product engineering backgrounds will be preferred.

Experience working in fast-paced startup or high-growth product environments is preferred.

Strong communication, ownership, and problem-solving abilities are essential.

Must be comfortable working from office 6 days a week in Velachery, Chennai.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a strong backend engineer who has experience building scalable systems in product-driven environments. They should be comfortable taking ownership of backend services, solving complex engineering challenges, debugging production issues, and collaborating across teams.

The candidate should possess a startup mindset, demonstrate accountability, move quickly, and contribute proactively to engineering excellence.

Work Environment & Expectations

Work from Office model with mandatory in-office presence.

6 working days per week from the Velachery, Chennai office.

High ownership and accountability-driven engineering culture.

Collaborative and fast-paced startup environment.

Candidates should be comfortable working on high-impact systems and solving challenging technical problems.

Company Website

https://amura.ai

• Design, develop, code and test the solution

• Experience working with large datasets and NoSQL database technologies (e.g. Cassandra, ES) 

• 5-10 yrs of industry experience

• Energetic self-starter, with a desire to work in a startup environment

• Proficient in advanced Java programming skills

• Expert in Application development cloud/on premise end to end. Middle layer, DB layer.

• Nice to have understanding on MQ (e.g. Kafka)

• Good hands on in Complex Event Processing systems

• Solved scale and performance issues while dealing with huge sets of data. Pre compute or data aggregation frameworks to achieve good response time

• Experience working with large datasets and NoSQL database technologies (e.g. Cassandra, ES)

• Experience of debugging applications running on Unix like systems (e.g. Ubuntu, CentOS)

• Experience developing RESTful APIs for complex data sets

• Knowledge of container based development & deployment (e.g. Dockers, K8s)

• Expertise in software security domain, a plus

• Proven experience in any high-level programming languages like Java (Preferably)
• Strong knowledge of data structure, algorithms and coding
• Experience with any Messaging technologies like Kafka or Rab-bitMQ, etc.
• Proven experience in database technologies like NoSQL
• Hands-on experience with Spring, Spring Security, Spring boot, and Hibernate framework.
• Working knowledge of developing Restful Micro services.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving skills.
• Attend team meetings to discuss projects, brainstorm ideas, and put forward solutions to any issues.
• Ability to understand the Platform/domain of the business in detail & Ability to multi-task.
• Good communication and organizational skill

Requirements:

• Should be a go-getter, ready to shoulder more responsibilities, shows enthusiasm and interest in work.
• Excellent core Python skills including threading, dictionary, OOPS Concept, Data structure, Web service.
• Should have work experience on following stacks/libraries: Flask
• Familiarity with some ORM (Object Relational Mapper) libraries
• Able to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Understanding of the threading limitations of Python, and multi-process architecture Familiarity with event-driven programming in Python
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as Angular, JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3
• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
• Understanding of accessibility and security compliance

Experience in both RDBMS(MySQL), NoSQL databases (MongoDB, HDFS, HIVE etc) or in-memory caching technologies such as ehcache etc is preferable

We are seeking a skilled NestJS/PostgreSQL Developer to join our development team. As a NestJS/PostgreSQL Developer, you will be responsible for designing and implementing server-side applications, APIs, and databases using NestJS framework and PostgreSQL. You will work closely with other developers, stakeholders, and project managers to deliver high-quality software solutions.

Responsibilities:

1. Develop server-side applications and APIs using the NestJS framework.
2. Design and implement efficient and scalable database schemas using PostgreSQL.
3. Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate server-side logic with the user interface.
4. Write clean and maintainable code following best practices and coding standards.
5. Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to improve code quality.
6. Optimize application performance and troubleshoot any issues or bugs.
7. Work closely with stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
8. Participate in the entire software development lifecycle, including planning, designing, coding, testing, and deployment.
9. Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in web development, NestJS, and PostgreSQL.

Requirements:

1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
2. Proven experience (2-5 years) in server-side application development using NestJS framework.
3. Strong knowledge of TypeScript and JavaScript.
4. Experience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases.
5. Proficiency in building and consuming RESTful APIs.
6. Familiarity with Git version control system.
7. Good understanding of software development principles, design patterns, and best practices.
8. Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.
9. Strong communication and collaboration skills.
10. Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Experience with other JavaScript frameworks such as Angular or React.
2. Knowledge of microservices architecture and containerization (e.g., Docker).
3. Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP.
4. Experience with testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, Jasmine).
5. Understanding of Agile/Scrum development methodologies.

Role: Senior Software Developer

Experience: 3-6 years of experience.

Work Location: Bangalore

Job responsibility The Software Developer contributes, to create a customer’s solution, in the building phase of the software development life cycle. The Software Engineer is responsible for performing the detailed design of application and technical architecture components and classes in accordance to the specification provided by the Solution Architect, for coding of SW components, and for the early testing phases (component testing), and system testing support

Requirement:
Must Have skills: Java/J2ee, SQL, Web services, Spring Boot, Elastic search

Job description
- Hands on experience in Java, Python, scripting
- Design, implement, deploy and support web-based applications and web services using server technologies stacks that include Java, MySQL
- Experience in Java/J2EE using web frameworks Play or Spring boot, REST API Development and ORM (JPA, Hibernate eBean etc.)
- In depth knowledge of Design patterns and Data structures
- Databases - MySQL, Oracle, SQL
- Solid understanding of concepts like Web Services, SOA, REST APIs, Message Queue, Caching, Distributed/Scalable Architecture
- Secure application development best practices, such as OWASP
- Document and maintain all design documents and involve in review process.
- Experienced problem solving and debugging skills.
- Good verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience in Agile methodology is added advantage
- Knowledge of Cloud Knowledge /Azure
- Must know about Unix knowledge
- experience in Elastic search

Hands -on experience with the following technologies is needed:

1. Good Knowledge of Python & Django Framework.
2. Experience in Git or any Version control systems.
3. Experience in SQL Databases like MySQL and PostgreSQL.
4. Knowledge of NoSQL Databases like Mongodb.
5. Worked on Django based live projects.
6. To implement microservices using Django rest framework.
7. Handling various technical aspects like coding of modules using the given design specifications
8. Debugging and fixing the defects as well as analyzing its root cause.
9. Deployment(AWS) and monitoring of the live project.
10. Mentoring junior developers.

Knowledge/Experience of AWS will be a big plus

Preferred Qualifications: 
B-Tech-IT/B-Tech -CSE/BCA or any degree in the relevant field

Required Experience: 
3 – 6 Years