Senior Backend Developer

Job Title : Python Django Developer

Experience : 3+ Years

Location : Gurgaon Sector - 48

Working Days : 6 Days WFO (Monday to Saturday)

Job Summary :

We are looking for a skilled Python Django Developer with strong foundational knowledge in backend development, data structures, and operating system concepts.

The ideal candidate should have experience in Django and PostgreSQL, along with excellent logical thinking and multithreading knowledge.

Main Technical Skills : Python, Django (or Flask), PostgreSQL/MySQL, SQL & NoSQL ORM, Microservice Architecture, Third-party API integrations (e.g., payment gateways, SMS/email APIs), REST API development, JSON/XML, strong knowledge of data structures, multithreading, and OS concepts.

Key Responsibilities :

• Write efficient, reusable, testable, and scalable code using the Django framework
• Develop backend components, server-side logic, and statistical models
• Design and implement high-availability, low-latency applications with robust data protection and security
• Contribute to the development of highly responsive web applications
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on system design and integration

Mandatory Skills :

• Strong programming skills in Python and Django (or similar frameworks like Flask).
• Proficiency with PostgreSQL / MySQL and experience in writing complex queries.
• Strong understanding of SQL and NoSQL ORM.
• Solid grasp of data structures, multithreading, and operating system concepts.
• Experience with RESTful API development and implementation of API security.
• Knowledge of JSON/XML and their use in data exchange.

Good-to-Have Skills :

• Experience with Redis, MQTT, and message queues like RabbitMQ or Kafka.
• Understanding of microservice architecture and third-party API integrations (e.g., payment gateways, SMS/email APIs).
• Familiarity with MongoDB and other NoSQL databases.
• Exposure to data science libraries such as Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn.
• Knowledge in building and integrating statistical learning models.

Location: Hybrid (Bangalore Office)

Experience: 3-5 years of relevant experience

Contract Duration: Full Time

Qualification: Bachelor's degree in Technology or Engineering

About Us:

The BHIVE Group is a leader in revolutionizing enterprise-grade managed offices and coworking spaces for enterprises, democratizing investments in Bengaluru. With an extensive network in prime locations of Bengaluru and Mumbai, and expertise in investment, the group redefines commercial real estate and financial services. BHIVE Workspace offers a collaborative ecosystem with over 27+ properties, 46,000 seats, and spread across 1.8 million sq. ft, catering to corporates, MNCs, entrepreneurs, and businesses of all sizes.

Role Summary:

We are seeking a skilled Backend Engineer with a strong foundation in Python and the FastAPI framework. You will be pivotal in developing, implementing, and maintaining the server-side logic of our web applications, APIs, and other software systems. This role involves crafting robust backend solutions that ensure high performance, scalability, and security.

Key Responsibilities:

• API Development: Design, develop, and maintain scalable APIs using Python 3.x and FastAPI. Ensure robust data validation, security measures, and error handling.
• Database Management: Utilize ORM libraries to model complex data structures, perform CRUD operations, craft optimized queries, and manage database migrations.
• Authentication and Authorization: Integrate secure authentication and authorization mechanisms to protect sensitive data and ensure secure access.
• System Performance: Monitor and optimize system performance to ensure high availability and scalability. Implement performance tuning strategies and resolve bottlenecks.
• Collaboration: Work closely with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic. Foster a collaborative environment to drive innovation and continuous improvement.
• Code Quality and Testing: Maintain high code quality through comprehensive testing, including unit, integration, and end-to-end tests. Adhere to industry standards and best practices.
• Documentation: Ensure clear and concise documentation of the codebase, APIs, and system architecture. Utilize FastAPI's strengths for automatic documentation and dependency injection.
• Innovation: Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and advancements in backend development. Embrace new technologies and methodologies to enhance the development process.

Key Competencies:

• Proficient in Python programming with a deep understanding of FastAPI and ORM libraries.
• Strong problem-solving, debugging, and critical thinking skills.
• Advanced testing proficiency to ensure code reliability and stability.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to leverage FastAPI for automatic documentation, dependency injection, and asynchronous operations.
• Commitment to industry standards and best practices in backend development.

Employee Benefits:

• ESOP Policy: Strong employee-friendly ESOP policy, applicable based on performance.
• Training and Development: Continuous training and development opportunities to enhance your career.
• Networking Opportunities: Access to multiple BHIVE events, providing great opportunities for professional networking.
• Comprehensive Benefits Package: Including performance-based awards, competitive compensation, health benefits, financial security, and professional development opportunities.

Our Mission:

To be amongst the most loved and admired real estate companies of India by 2033.

Our Vision:

Helping people live a better quality of life through all our initiatives.

Why Choose BHIVE:

• Supportive Environment: We strive to create a supportive and rewarding work environment where employees feel valued, empowered, and motivated to excel.
• Equal Opportunity Employer: BHIVE is committed to diversity, inclusion, and fostering a supportive work environment. We value unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas, and opinions.
• Growth Opportunities: BHIVE invests in employee development, providing ample opportunities for professional advancement.
• Impactful Work: Joining BHIVE means contributing to a significant impact on the startup ecosystem in India.

Overview of the role

As a Node Developer you will be collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design and build performant modern web applications and services. Build high-quality web applications and services by writing clean and modular code.

Must have skills

• Overall 3-5 Years of experience in writing unit and integration tests to ensure the robustness and reliability of web applications and services.
• Measure and improve the performance of microservices. Catalyse growth within the team through code reviews and pair programming to maintain high development standards
• Investigate operational issues to find the root cause and propose improvements Design, build, and maintain APIs, services, and systems across Stripe’s engineering teams.
• Expert level of experience in the design and development of Web Applications, and highly scalable distributed systems.
• Should have experience in development skills using the latest technologies including NodeJS(fastify framework), Microservices, PostgreSQL, Redis, etc. Should have exposure to NoSQL and SQL development.
• Comprehensive knowledge of physical and logical data modeling, and performance tuning.
• Should possess excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and productively with globally dispersed teams.
• Build high-performance teams and Coach teams for successful career growth.
• Experience working with relational and non-relational databases, query optimization, and designing schema

Desired Background

Bachelors/Masters Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology

60 Decibels is a tech-powered impact measurement company that makes it easy to listen to the people who matter most. We've been in business as an independent entity since early 2019, when we spun out of the global Impact Investor Acumen.

We believe that the best way to understand social impact is by talking to the people experiencing that impact. It sounds obvious when you say it, but that is not the typical practice for many impact investors, corporations and foundations working to create social change. 

We collect social impact data directly from beneficiaries (customers / employees / suppliers) using our network of 1000+ trained research assistants in 75+ countries. We do it quickly and without the fuss typically associated with measuring social impact. Our research assistants speak directly to customers to understand their lived experience; and our team turns all this data into benchmarked social performance reports, with accompanying insights, to help our clients demonstrate and improve social performance. 

By making impact measurement simple, scalable, and comparable, we not only enable organizations to improve their products and services; we also help transform what it means to credibly measure impact, ensuring that the voices of those who matter most are always part of the story.

About the role: 

You’ll be an early engineer in a newly formed engineering team. This is a unique opportunity for you to learn, build, demonstrate, and subsequently own diverse components of our tech stack and evolve as we scale our business. As a core engineer in a small team, the role demands a high degree of self-drive and ownership, on a path to achieving outsized impact.

Your Primary Responsibility Will Be:

To Advance Our Integrated Data Capture And Insights Platform (Ruby/React/PostgreSQL) And Associated Tooling (Python)

Specifically, your responsibilities will include:

• Work with a diverse multidisciplinary team across Engineering, Product & Operations, to translate product specs into clean, functional, production-ready code.
• Participate actively in defining of the systems architecture vision to better support our team’s needs
• Grow our technical capacity by mentoring other engineers and interviewing candidates
• Collaborate with team members to identify systems, practices & technologies that suit our needs the best
• Seek, learn, adopt and advocate industry best practices. Contribute towards the engineering culture
• Troubleshooting coding problems quickly and efficiently to ensure a productive workplace

About You: First and foremost, you bring compassion and dedication to this work because it matters to you.

You are a pragmatic and product-driven engineer who is interested in solving user problems and delivering value while taking into account tradeoffs between Business and Tech. You have a bias towards action: you get your hands dirty and actively tackle problems in a way that leads to the best outcomes and brings teams together. You successfully balance flexibility and rigour, using informed judgment to make decisions. You model critical thinking and introspection, taking strategic risks and growing from mistakes. You are decisive and bold, have a growth mindset, are an excellent communicator, and know the value of being a part of an effective team

Minimum Qualification:

• At least 4+ years of experience in software engineering building SaaS platforms, products and APIs
• At least 1+ years in your current role as a senior engineer
• Strong proficiency in Ruby on Rails (primary) and Python (additional)
• Strong proficiency in data modelling, RDBMS (Postgres preferred) and NoSQL databases.
• Proficient in software design, modularity, testability and software quality
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills

Additional desired qualifications:

• Preferred prior experience in the following stack: Python, Ruby On Rails, React, Postgres, AWS
• Experience in working on natural language processing, and ML for text and audio.
• Fast self-learner, with aptitude and interest in learn new technologies, languages & frameworks
• Experience working on data-pipelines, and data transformation systems.
• Experience setting up, managing and ensuring best practices on public clouds like AWS, GCP, or Azure (we use AWS)

Working with 60 Decibels

We are a fun, international and highly-motivated team who believes that team members should have the opportunity to expand their skills and career in a supportive environment. We offer a competitive salary, the opportunity to work flexibly and in a fun, supportive working environment. If this sounds like the role for you, get in touch!

60 Decibels is deeply committed to having a workplace that is inclusive and anti-discriminatory. We believe that our team must embody the compassion, listening, and sense of shared humanity that is so central to our goal as an organization. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation age, marital status, veteran status, or disability.

As a growing company, we are building towards a more universally accessible workplace for our employees. At this time, we do use some cloud-based technologies that are not compatible with screen readers and other assistive devices. We would be happy to discuss accessibility at 60 Decibels in greater depth during the recruitment process.

 About our team and our culture: we are a fun and hardworking global team that is full of smart, mission-driven folks who combine an entrepreneurial spirit with a commitment to make a positive change in the world.  

We consistently hear from our clients that the best thing about 60 Decibels is the people. To get a feel for our slightly nerdy, not-take-ourselves-too-seriously vibe, check out our monthly newsletter, The Volume.

Compensation: 60 Decibels offers a competitive salary and benefits package and the opportunity to work in a flexible, fun and supportive environment. The salary range will be adjusted according to costs of living in our country offices. 

Extra Perks: We have an unlimited leave policy and 12 monthly recharge days, on the first Friday of each month. We are a globally distributed team and we give team members opportunities to cross-pollinate and visit our different offices. 

Want to get to know us a little better?

> Sign up to receive The Volume, our monthly collection of things worth reading.

> Visit our website at 60decibels.com.

> Read about our team values here. 

About Prêtture

We are India’s coolest SaaS ERP for Fashion, Lifestyle and Home Decor brands. Currently working across 100 brands like House of Masaba, Rahul Mishra, Raw Mango, Anamika Khanna and many others across India, helping them organise their end to end business workflow through our application.

We are currently working on new development and enhancement in the application and are hence looking forward to senior software developers.

The ideal candidate is a creative problem solver who understands the requirement and comes up with the solution keeping in mind the impact of the solution on existing code

Responsibilities

• Understand the problem statement and get the code done for the server side programming of our software including the database and other internal/external micro services communication
• Maintain the quality of code
• Impact analysis before actually writing any code
• Use the optimised SQL queries only

Qualifications

• At least 2-3 years' of experience using NodeJS and MySql/PostgreSQL (This is mandatory. Please do not apply in case of lesser experience in either NodeJS or MySQL/PostgreSQL)
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science

Office Location

 Navi Mumbai

• 3 years experience working on Python, Django and DRF (must have projects)
• Back-end Development, Third Party SDK Implementation, CI/CD
• Pipeline with AWS, Containerization of Server, Caching, Micro-service Implementation
• Architecture design of the web applications.
• Implementation of a robust set of services and APIs to power the web application.
• Building reusable code and libraries for future use.
• Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability.
• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code.
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications.
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic.
• Implementation of security and data protection.
• Translation of UI/UX wireframes to visual elements

As a software engineer, you will be the part of a team that focuses on building software applications that scale well. You will play a significant role in shaping our software architecture that provides measurable customer value. You understand both technology and business to know the right trade-offs to make. You will be a technical mentor for your team members. You will work closely with your peers, managers, product, design, and operations teams to create solutions that meet business requirements. You will drive engineering and operational excellence across Scatter. You will collaborate with other engineers to surface common pain points, develop solutions and evangelize best practices.

Qualifications:

2-3 years of professional software engineering experience building customer-facing web and/or mobile applications Strong coding skills using Python, Django, is mandatory. Knowledge on Html, Css, React Js, Jquery, Bootstrap or equivalent programming language is added advantage Graduated from Tier 1 or Tier 2 engineering colleges Excellent knowledge of Data Structures and Algorithms Bachelor or Master degree in Computer Science or a related discipline Experience working in an agile environment Self-quick learner and passionate problem solver Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills, with an enthusiastic attitude to support and resolve customer problems Good oral and written communication skills Above all, an insatiable desire and ability to learn

Nice to have skills:

Experience with large-scale SaaS applications Experience building web and mobile applications Experience designing services on top of cloud infrastructure like AWS, Azure, etc Prior experience in building product from 0-1

Benefits

Ownership and autonomy to drive customer and culture initiatives Opportunity to get mentored and mentor junior engineers Remote work