Senior Backend Engineer

Role: Python-Django Developer 

Location: Noida, India

Description:

• Develop web applications using Python and Django.
• Write clean and maintainable code following best practices and coding standards.
• Collaborate with other developers and stakeholders to design and implement new features.
• Participate in code reviews and maintain code quality.
• Troubleshoot and debug issues as they arise.
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in web development.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field.
• 4+ years of experience in web development using Python and Django.
• Strong knowledge of object-oriented programming and design patterns.
• Experience with front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Understanding of RESTful web services.
• Familiarity with database technologies such as PostgreSQL or MySQL.
• Experience with version control systems such as Git.
• Ability to work in a team environment and communicate effectively with team members.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Ability to create solution prototype and conduct proof of concept of new tools.

• Work in research and understanding of new tools and areas.

• Clearly articulate pros and cons of various technologies/platforms and perform

detailed analysis of business problems and technical environments to derive a

solution.

• Optimisation of the application for maximum speed and scalability.

• Work on feature development and bug fixing.

Technical skills

• Must have knowledge of the networking in Linux, and basics of computer networks in

general.

• Must have intermediate/advanced knowledge of one programming language,

preferably Python.

• Must have experience of writing shell scripts and configuration files.

• Should be proficient in bash.

• Should have excellent Linux administration capabilities.

• Working experience of SCM. Git is preferred.

• Knowledge of build and CI-CD tools, like Jenkins, Bamboo etc is a plus.

• Understanding of Architecture of OpenStack/Kubernetes is a plus.

• Code contributed to OpenStack/Kubernetes community will be a plus.

• Data Center network troubleshooting will be a plus.

• Understanding of NFV and SDN domain will be a plus.

Soft skills

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.

• Highly driven, positive attitude, team player, self-learning, self motivating and flexibility

• Strong customer focus - Decent Networking and relationship management

• Flair for creativity and innovation

• Strategic thinking This is an individual contributor role and will need client interaction on technical side.

Must have Skill - Linux, Networking, Python, Cloud

Additional Skills-OpenStack, Kubernetes, Shell, Java, Development

Roles & Responsibilities JOB TITLE: AEM Developer - Senior

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Participation in software development and maintenance

processes as per quality requirements, procedures and best

practices applicable.

2. Implementing, optimizing and supervising efficiency of IT

systems in accordance with specific standards, resolution or

escalation of problems, as appropriate.

3. Drawing up technical documentation.

4. Developing knowledge in scope of information technology used.

5. Developing knowledge in scope of best practices and standards

of creating software.

6. Developing soft skills in scope of effective communication and

efficient teamwork, solution presentation and knowledge sharing.

7. Interpreting business cases, preparing specifications and

analyzing functional and technical requirements.

8. Designing solutions and creating documentation, estimating

individual scope of works and time consumption of works.

9. Within the team and project/services, proactively identifying

problems and proposing measures to increase the level of services.

10. Developing knowledge in scope of information technology

used.

11. Developing knowledge in scope of best practices and standards

of creating software.

12. Spreading the knowledge throughout the organization by

educating and supporting less experienced Specialists.

13. Maintaining industry standards and practices in projects.

14. Performing tasks assigned by the superior.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE& TECHNICAL SKILLS

1. Minimum 3 years of experience in work related to CQ/AEM

development.

2. Minimum 5 years of experience in work related to Java

development in IT sector.

SOFT SKILLS:

1. Independence in performance of tasks assigned.

2. Team and end user communications skills.

3. Skills to acquire knowledge and put it in practice.

4. Work time estimation based on functional or technical

requirements.

5. Recommending employment in the case of reviewing technical

knowledge of candidates in recruitment process.

6. Work time estimation.

7. Designing and supervising implementation of solutions.

SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS: Nice to have: AEM 6 Developer

certification

Skills Primary Skills –

1. AEM including Sling Models

2. Apache Sling

3. JCR

4. Sightly (must)

Secondary Skills –

1. OSGi (Apache Felix),

2. Java, JavaEE (Servlet, Filter, JSP)

3. Git

4. Junit

5. Maven

6. REST

7. Object Oriented Design Patterns, Basic HTML + JavaScript

Experience Total Experience – 4-6 years

Relevant Experience – 4-6 years

Qualification Required to perform the

Job (Any Certifications if Needed)

Bachelor’s in information technology or equivalent qualifications.

Responsibilities:

• Setup and integrate various APIs
• Dealing with scripts written in different languages (PHP, Node.js, Python, PhantomJS, Ruby)
• Must be an R & D specialist
• Keep up-to-date with advanced concepts
• Adaptable to learn new technologies
• Knowledge on Linux and its commands
• Fast in debugging the code
• Should be a quick learner
• Good at communication

Requirements

• Minimum 3 Years of experience in PHP7
• 1 Year experience in Node.js/Python
• Good work experience in PHP7 
• Strong knowledge in OOPS.
• Proven knowledge on REST and SOAP API integrations 
• Experience in composer installations
• Strong in Javascript and Node.js concepts.
• Good knowledge of MongoDB and MySql
• Knowledge of versioning tools (SVN/GIT)
• Having knowledge on Amazon AWS and Google Cloud Platform is an added advantage
• Having knowledge of elastic search is an added advantage
• Good to have knowledge on p threads

• Should be a Backend Developer - Python only
• Should be MCA/B.Tech IT
• Should have Database Knowledge
• Should have DJango Knowledge
• Writing effective, scalable code
• Good Communication

Roles and responsibilities

• Develop well-designed performant and scalable applications and microservices
• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code aligning to software development best practices
• Integrate data storage solutions including databases, key-value stores, blob stores, etc.
• Build integrations with 3rd party applications through apis’ to ingest and process data
• Develop state-of-the-art analytics tools to support diverse tasks ranging from ad hoc analysis to production-grade pipelines and workflows for customer applications
• Ensure security and data protection aspects within the applications
• Partner with Data Scientists and Analytics Engineers to improve the performance and reliability of advanced algorithms
• Ensure high performance and availability of distributed systems and applications
• Interact directly with client project team members and operational staff to support live customer deployments and production issues

• 4+ years of experience in developing applications using python and related technologies.
• Familiarity in data ingestion and processing libraries in python.
• Thorough understanding of REST and GRPC technologies.
• Experience in using ORM (Object Relational Mapper) libraries for data access.
• Experiencing in developing and hosting APIs and integration with external applications.
• Experience in building data models and repositories using relational and NoSql databases.
• Knowledge of JIRA, Bitbucket and agile methodologies.
• Good to have knowledge of AWS services like Lambda, dynamodb, kinesis and others.
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• Familiarity with event-driven programming
• Strong unit test and debugging skills
• Affinity for learning and applying new technologies and solving new problems
• Effective organizational skills with strong attention to detail
• Experience in working with docker is a plus
• Comfortable in working with Unix/Linux environment
• Strong communication skills — both written and verbal

About the Company:

Progcap is a Fintech and AI company that pioneers alternative credit scoring for small businesses using proprietary data from non-traditional sources. We aim to fuel credit to 100 million under-banked SMEs in the emerging markets worldwide with an initial focus on India.

Progcap is Sequoia-backed Series A startup, comprising of top tier talent from finance, technology, data science and operations. The Company is the recipient of the World Bank's "SME Product Innovation of the year", 2018 award, Madrid.

What you will be doing:

• Lead and provide first level supervision to project teams and ensures successful delivery of tasks assigned to the team along with sharing of project updates & related communication with stakeholders.
• Writing and ensuring reusable, testable, and efficient code.
• Managing data across multiple databases and providing analysis to stakeholders.
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications.
• Implementation of security and data protection (permission classes and middleware.)
• Implementation of user authentication and authorization across multiple systems, servers, and environments.

What you bring:

• Should have minimum 4 years of experience in development using Python and 1 year in leading Python based projects.
• Strong experience in Application lifecycle management – development, testing and deployment.
• Strong understanding and experience with code version control tools (git, svn, etc.)
• Expert in Python with working experience on Django, AWS, Lambda, RDS, NoSQL, Docker, Kubernetes.
• Integration of data storage solutions redis, postgresql, mysql (big query, big table, pubsub, appengine).
• Strong in data structures and algorithms
• Preferably candidates with Financial/lending Applications development experience with any Fintech Co.