Senior Backend Engineer (Immediate joiners only)
We are seeking an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to join our passionate team. If you have a strong background in backend development, a track record of delivering scalable and reliable solutions, and are eager to contribute to complex projects, we would love to hear from you.
Responsibilities:
- Design and develop robust, high-performance backend solutions using Python and related technologies.
- Lead the architecture and design discussions for major backend components and services.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to gather and analyze software requirements.
- Mentor and guide junior and mid-level engineers, fostering their technical growth.
- Review code and provide constructive feedback to ensure code quality and adherence to best practices.
- Identify and address performance bottlenecks, scalability challenges, and technical issues.
- Participate in sprint planning, task estimation, and agile development processes.
- Keep up-to-date with industry trends, tools, and best practices to continuously improve our backend systems.
- Drive the adoption of coding standards, design patterns, and engineering best practices.
- Collaborate with frontend engineers to ensure seamless integration between frontend and backend components.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- Minimum of 4 years of professional experience in backend development.
- Strong proficiency in Python and backend frameworks like Django and Flask.
- In-depth knowledge of database systems, both relational (MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, etc. ).
- Proven track record of designing and developing scalable and maintainable backend services.
- Experience with RESTful API design and best practices.
- Solid understanding of software architecture, design principles, and software development lifecycle.
- Previous experience leading or mentoring engineers is a strong plus.
- Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive attitude towards challenges.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (e. g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization (Docker) is a plus.
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Job Responsibilities:
● Design, test, and build scalable backend python services
● Closely collaborate with marketing and product teams to build innovative, robust, and easy-to-use features that serve.
● Developing high-quality code based on detailed designs that cater to the product requirements.
● Responsible for troubleshooting, testing, and maintaining the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality
Required Skills:
● Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent.
● Minimum 3+ years experience in software development.
● Expertise in Python 3.7, Django 2.2+, and REST APIs.
● Willingness to learn and ability to flourish in a dynamic, high-growth, entrepreneurial environment
● Hands-on, self-starter, capable of working independently
● True love for technology and what you do
● Maniacal attention to detail
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Hiring Process
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Day-to-day
We are a product-led company and everything you want to know about the products are available on their websites. A typical task would look something like this:
- Move a time-consuming function from EC2 onto Lambda
- Add a fields parameter to an API endpoint so that only a subset of the fields are returned in the response
- Publish a few custom POST requests on Postman so customers can integrate their workflow with our data
Salary
- The actual amount will depend on (i) skill (as demonstrated in the assessment, assignment and interview), and (ii) experience
- 100% cash
- No ESOPs to begin with. ESOPs may be offered after 1 year, based on performance
Skills Required:
- Flask
- SQLAlchemy
- Postgresql
- Excellent English Communication (oral/written)
Good-to-have:
- CI/CD
- AWS
- REST
- VanillaJS
● Follow due SDLC process for different phases of
development like design, development, unit testing,
maintenance
● Understand the requirements clearly from Functional
specs and future roadmap
● Write and update software design specs for the
solution
● Participate and invite peer review for design and
coding
● Support the automation requirements of continuous
integration and continuous deployments
● Handle customer escalations and special requests in a
timely manner
● Work with the rest of the team in a professional manner
and show ownership and commitment.
Qualifications and Required Skills:
● 2+ years experience in Software development
● In-depth knowledge of database technologies (SQL and
NoSQL)
● Proficiency in Python/Django framework
● Experience building RESTful APIs and knowledge of
RESTful design patterns
● Well versed with the complete Software Engineering Lifecycle.
● Strong Software development fundamentals including OOPS,
MVC, General Algorithms, Design Patterns etc.
● Good debugging and problem solving skills
● Analytical skills.
● Algorithmic and structured thinking.
● Works effectively within a collaborative team environment
● Good communication skills and positive attitude
Other Benefits:
● Insurance - Medical Insurance Coverage of 3,00,000 for
individual, spouse and kids. *Option of including parents and
higher coverage amount of 5,00,000
● Professional Development - Reimbursement towards relevant
courses that can help you grow your career and build your
knowledge level.
● Food - Lunch, Tea and Snacks. All you can eat!
● Work Culture- Flexible Result Oriented Work Environment
● Dress - We aren’t buttoned down. Wear anything you’re
comfortable in.Wear any comfortable dress you like to the office
– and be as comfortable at work
● Foosball - Whether you want to pick up the game or master
your skills, you’ll find plenty of people to play with
● TGIF - We’ll find something to do at the end of each week. Work
hard, party harder!
- Expert in Python, with knowledge of Python web framework Django
- Familiarity with some ORM (Object Relational Mapper) libraries
- Able to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system
- Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3
- Familiarity with event-driven programming in Python
- Strong experience on Linux
- Solid database skills in a relational database (i. e. PostgresSQL)
- Able to create database schemas that represent and support business processes
- Strong unit test and debugging skills
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (git)
- Experience on RESTful APIs
- Experience deploying on AWS is desirable
- Experience on Automation Builds using Jenkins and other popular frameworks
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills paired with the ability to develop creative and efficient solutions
- Excellent interpersonal, leadership, influence and communication skills
- Experience in designing scalable micro-services is desirable
As an Associate Software Engineer, you will have the opportunity to collaborate on the creation and maintenance of scalable, high-quality software as we grow. You'll work closely with the CTO and quickly gain skills and responsibilities as the team and the technical requirements grow.
Primary Responsibilities
- Develop RESTful APIs leveraging Django classes, ORM and Postgres Database
- Develop solutions that meet business objectives while leveraging industry best practices
- Write high-quality source code to program complete applications within deadlines
- Troubleshoot and debug applications
Technical Competencies
- Expertise with Python language
- Experience with Django: maintaining APIs
- Familiarity using Git, code repositories, branching and merging strategies
- Ability to break down complex concepts, tasks, or problems into more simple, understandable language and action plans
- Excellent communication skills, and attention to detail
- Good Documentation skills
Perks
- Work from home
- Flexible work schedule
- Flexible standup meetings
Interview Process
- Two technical rounds with Senior Developer and CTO
- Cultural Fit interview with Project Manager
Please do not apply if you don't have professional Django work experience.
- Proficient with Python, with knowledge of at least one Python web framework such as Django, Flask, etc.
- Demonstrated interest in technology, technology-related issues and analytical problem solving
- Experience with development practices such as Test-Driven Development and Continuous Integration
- Experience with Agile development methodologies such as Scrum, or at a minimum, a passion to work in an agile environment
- Software engineering practices and knowledge of Design Patterns
- Good understanding of Git.
- Knowledge of ORM(Sqlalchemy)
JD - Senior Dev with more than 5 years relevant experience
1. Working experience on web development using Python/Django
2. Comfortable with using Django framework.
3. Understanding of web servers
4. Knowledge in PostgreSQL, MySQL, and other database queries
5. Experience in using Redis cache.
6. Understanding of web technologies
7. Experience in REST API development using Django.
8. Strong hold on Apache
9. Integration of data storage solutions
10. Able to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system
11. Understanding of JavaScript, and front-end JS frameworks like VueJS, React JS and Angular JS
12. Good communication skill
13. .net/.NET core will be an added advantage
About Aviso:
Aviso is the AI Compass that guides Sales and Go-to-Market teams to close more deals, accelerate revenue growth, and find their True North.
We are a global company with offices in Redwood City, San Francisco, Hyderabad, and Bangalore. Our customers are innovative leaders in their market. We are proud to count Dell, Honeywell, MongoDB, Glassdoor, Splunk, FireEye, and RingCentral as our customers, helping them drive revenue, achieve goals faster, and win in bold new frontiers.
Aviso is backed by Storm Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Scale Venture Partners and leading Silicon Valley technology investors
What you will be doing:
● Write effective, scalable, extensible and testable code
● Develop back-end components to improve responsiveness and overall performance of the application.
● Develop database layer with optimised queries
● Detect the bottlenecks in legacy code and provide feasible solution to make things better.
● Implement security and data protection solutions
● Coordinate with internal teams to understand user requirements and provide technical solutions
● Manage individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
What you bring:
● Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Computer Science with good academic record
● 3+ years of hands on experience in Python and Django
● Experience in the development of highly scalable applications
● A high degree of motivation to learn new technologies, tools and libraries
● Experience developing in Unix/Linux environment
● Experience in the development of REST API
● Basic understanding on databases like MongoDB and Postgres
● Good knowledge of Data Structures and Algorithms
● Understand the deployment aspects after developing the feature
● Excellent interpersonal skills, written and verbal communication skills, and
professionalism
Aviso offers:
● Dynamic, diverse, inclusive startup environment driven by transparency and velocity
● Bright, open, sunny working environment and collaborative office space
● Convenient office locations in Redwood City, Hyderabad and Bangalore tech hubs
● Competitive salaries and company equity, and a focus on developing world class talent operations
● Comprehensive health insurance available (medical) for you and your family
● Unlimited leaves with manager approval and a 3 month paid sabbatical after 3 years of service
● CEO moonshots projects with cash awards every quarter
● Upskilling and learning support including via paid conferences, online courses, and certifications
● Every month Rupees 2,500 will be credited to Sudexo meal card
- Spend most of your time developing brand new software in Python
- Build out a secure data replication infrastructure to replicate transactional data across a hierarchical system
- Build out APIs for supporting a fleet of 20k devices
- Build out a configurable data analytics and reporting framework
- Build out real time dashboards for getting a high level and deep dive view of the overall system
- Be responsible for independently designing and building out modules of the overall system
- Work with a team of smart peers and take ownership of the resulting system
- Push yourselves, create impact, learn and grow as an engineer