SDE II | Python/Java | Open for remote work - Fulltime | 3+ Years

About koolio.ai

Website: www.koolio.ai

Koolio Inc. is a cutting-edge Silicon Valley startup dedicated to transforming how stories are told through audio. Our mission is to democratize audio content creation by empowering individuals and businesses to effortlessly produce high-quality, professional-grade content. Leveraging AI and intuitive web-based tools, koolio.ai enables creators to craft, edit, and distribute audio content—from storytelling to educational materials, brand marketing, and beyond. We are passionate about helping people and organizations share their voices, fostering creativity, collaboration, and engaging storytelling for a wide range of use cases.

About the Internship Position

We are looking for a motivated Backend Development Intern to join our innovative team. As an intern at koolio.ai, you’ll have the opportunity to work on a next-gen AI-powered platform and gain hands-on experience developing and optimizing backend systems that power our platform. This internship is ideal for students or recent graduates who are passionate about backend technologies and eager to learn in a dynamic, fast-paced startup environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in the development and maintenance of backend systems and APIs.
• Write reusable, testable, and efficient code to support scalable web applications.
• Work with cloud services and server-side technologies to manage data and optimize performance.
• Troubleshoot and debug existing backend systems, ensuring reliability and performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate frontend features with backend logic.

Requirements and Skills:

• Education: Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Technical Skills:
• Good understanding of server-side technologies like Python
• Familiarity with REST APIs and database systems (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, or NoSQL databases).
• Exposure to cloud platforms like AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure is a plus.
• Knowledge of version control systems such as Git.
• Soft Skills:
• Eagerness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
• Effective communication and teamwork capabilities.
• Other Skills: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and basic knowledge of containerization (e.g., Docker) is a bonus.

Why Join Us?

• Gain real-world experience working on a cutting-edge platform.
• Work alongside a talented and passionate team committed to innovation.
• Receive mentorship and guidance from industry experts.
• Opportunity to transition to a full-time role based on performance and company needs.

This internship is an excellent opportunity to kickstart your career in backend development, build critical skills, and contribute to a product that has a real-world impact.

Job ID : LK0601

Java Developer JD;

•  2-7 years of Experience 
• Java 8
• Spring boot
• API development
• MVC architecture
• web services
• OOPS

At Upswing, we are a passionate and self-driven team of thinkers who aspire to build the rails to connect the legacy financial sector with financial innovators through a simple and powerful banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform. We’re building our platform putting the focus on pragmatism, reliability, and maintainability. We believe that keeping the engineering complexity under control is key to preserving the development productivity and long-term evolution of a platform.

To bring this vision to life, we are building the infrastructure using Microservices architecture using the latest set of technologies that are also fun to work with such as Java, Scala, Postgres, Akka, Kafka with a completely automated DevOps pipeline from the get-go using tools like Chef, Jenkins, Grafana, Graylog.

We are looking for motivated engineers who will be working in a highly creative and cutting-edge technology environment to build a world-class financial services suite.

Why you should join us:

• You will redefine the financial services landscape for India in the coming years.
• Be part of a core Engineering team that will create innovative and scalable Fintech solutions.
• Work with passionate and experienced engineering, product & business workforce that believes in teamwork, and that helps fast-track learning on solving complex technical challenges.
• We are funded by the leading fintech VC `QED Investors` and other established Founders and Executives of awesome Indian companies.

What you will do if you join us:

• Propose solutions to solve complex system architecture challenges and actively lead the end-to-end development of the system.
• Create robust, flexible, consistent, and easy-to-use APIs
• Continuously strive for performance improvements, code reusability, and readability
• Understand the product in detail and predict potential issues in feature development.
• Mentor and lead junior members of the team

You should have:

• Ability to think of out of the box
• Tech or a higher degree in computer science or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience working on the back-end development for complex distributed systems who are willing to adopt any Programming language as per the requirement.
• Familiarity with any of the following – Java, C++, Scala, Kotlin, and frameworks like Spring, Play, Hibernate, Django, etc.
• Good understanding of Algorithms, Data Structure, OOP, Design patterns, Parallel programming, Multithreading concepts & Event-Driven Systems.
• Understanding of micro-services architecture and best practices.
• Experience with Relational databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or any NoSQL database.

It is a plus if you have:

• Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS (Amazon Web Services), Azure or Google Cloud

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Applications, Mathematics, Statistics, or related technical field. Relevant experience of at least 3 years in lieu of above if from a different stream of education.

• Well-versed in and 3+ hands-on demonstrable experience with: ▪ Stream & Batch Big Data Pipeline Processing using Apache Spark and/or Apache Flink.
  ▪ Distributed Cloud Native Computing including Server less Functions
  ▪ Relational, Object Store, Document, Graph, etc. Database Design & Implementation
  ▪ Micro services Architecture, API Modeling, Design, & Programming

• 3+ years of hands-on development experience in Apache Spark using Scala and/or Java.

• Ability to write executable code for Services using Spark RDD, Spark SQL, Structured Streaming, Spark MLLib, etc. with deep technical understanding of Spark Processing Framework.

• In-depth knowledge of standard programming languages such as Scala and/or Java.

• 3+ years of hands-on development experience in one or more libraries & frameworks such as Apache Kafka, Akka, Apache Storm, Apache Nifi, Zookeeper, Hadoop ecosystem (i.e., HDFS, YARN, MapReduce, Oozie & Hive), etc.; extra points if you can demonstrate your knowledge with working examples.

• 3+ years of hands-on development experience in one or more Relational and NoSQL datastores such as PostgreSQL, Cassandra, HBase, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Elastic Search, Neo4J, etc.

• Practical knowledge of distributed systems involving partitioning, bucketing, CAP theorem, replication, horizontal scaling, etc.

• Passion for distilling large volumes of data, analyze performance, scalability, and capacity performance issues in Big Data Platforms.

• Ability to clearly distinguish system and Spark Job performances and perform spark performance tuning and resource optimization.

• Perform benchmarking/stress tests and document the best practices for different applications.

• Proactively work with tenants on improving the overall performance and ensure the system is resilient, and scalable.

• Good understanding of Virtualization & Containerization; must demonstrate experience in technologies such as Kubernetes, Istio, Docker, OpenShift, Anthos, Oracle VirtualBox, Vagrant, etc.

• Well-versed with demonstrable working experience with API Management, API Gateway, Service Mesh, Identity & Access Management, Data Protection & Encryption.

  Hands-on experience with demonstrable working experience with DevOps tools and platforms viz., Jira, GIT, Jenkins, Code Quality & Security Plugins, Maven, Artifactory, Terraform, Ansible/Chef/Puppet, Spinnaker, etc.

• Well-versed in AWS and/or Azure or and/or Google Cloud; must demonstrate experience in at least FIVE (5) services offered under AWS and/or Azure or and/or Google Cloud in any categories: Compute or Storage, Database, Networking & Content Delivery, Management & Governance, Analytics, Security, Identity, & Compliance (or) equivalent demonstrable Cloud Platform experience.

• Good understanding of Storage, Networks and Storage Networking basics which will enable you to work in a Cloud environment.

• Good understanding of Network, Data, and Application Security basics which will enable you to work in a Cloud as well as Business Applications / API services environment.

Looking Data Enginner for our OWn organization-

Notice Period- 15-30 days
CTC- upto 15 lpa

Preferred Technical Expertise 

1. Expertise in Python programming.
2. Proficient in Pandas/Numpy Libraries. 
3. Experience with Django framework and API Development.
4. Proficient in writing complex queries using SQL
5. Hands on experience with Apache Airflow.
6. Experience with source code versioning tools such as GIT, Bitbucket etc.

 Good to have Skills:

1. Create and maintain Optimal Data Pipeline Architecture
2. Experienced in handling large structured data.
3. Demonstrated ability in solutions covering data ingestion, data cleansing, ETL, Data mart creation and exposing data for consumers.
4. Experience with any cloud platform (GCP is a plus)
5. Experience with JQuery, HTML, Javascript, CSS is a plus.

Tech Stack:

Golang, Microservices (AWS ECS, App Mesh), Ruby, Rails, MySQL, Postgres, Redis, NATS.

Required Skills:

- 5+ years of experience with Ruby on Rails OR 2+ years of experience with Golang.

- 5+ years of experience with MySQL or Postgres and relational data modelling.

- Experience consuming and writing REST APIs.

- Focus on writing clear, maintainable, tested code.

- Experience with Git, continuous integration and regular deployments.

- Experience with complex Rails projects and design principles.

- Strong willingness to learn and use Golang at work.

- Experience with CI (continuous integration).

- Strong understanding of Linux.

- Strong understanding of Docker.

- You must be a strong communicator who can explain complex ideas to anyone regardless of background.

Preferred Skills:

- 2+ years of experience with Golang.

- Experience with Microservices deployed in Kubernetes.

- Experience with AWS ECS, App Mesh and Lambda.

- Ability and interest in mentoring junior engineers a plus.

- Excellent written communication skills and diligent ability to contribute to the team by performing code reviews.

- B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience