
Gyaan empowers Go-To-Market teams to ascend to new heights in their sales performance, unlocking boundless opportunities for growth. We're passionate about helping sales teams excel beyond expectations. Our pride lies in assembling an unparalleled team and crafting a crucial solution that becomes an indispensable tool for our users. With Gyaan, sales excellence becomes an attainable reality.
Gyaan is seeking an experienced backend developer with expertise in Python, Django, AWS, and Redis to join our dynamic team! As a backend developer, you will be responsible for building responsive and scalable applications using Python, Django, and associated technologies.
Required Qualifications:
- 4+ years of hands-on experience programming in Python, Django
- At least 1 year of experience in a lead engineering role, working with diverse and distributed teams.
- Good understanding of CI/CD tools (Github Action, Gitlab CI) in a SaaS environment.
- Experience in building and running modern full-stack cloud applications using public cloud technologies such as AWS/
- Proficiency with at least one relational database system like MySQL, Oracle, or PostgreSQL.
- Experience with unit and integration testing.
- Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, to convey complex problems across different levels of the organization and to customers.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies, software design lifecycle, and design patterns.
- Detail-oriented mindset to identify and rectify errors in code or product development workflow.
- Willingness to learn new technologies and concepts quickly, as the "cloud-native" field evolves rapidly.
Must-Have Skills:
- Python
- Django Framework
- AWS
- Redis
- Database Management
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

About Gyaan AI Private Limited
About
Gyaan
The ultimate workspace for high-performance revenue teams.
We believe sales is a team sport. That’s why Gyaan helps build strong revenue teams with effective collaboration, consistent engagement, deal intelligence, and workflow integrations. By selling from one ultimate workspace, revenue teams increase win rates and score bigger deals in less time.
It takes a team to win a champion. So get out there and play hard.
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- Experience and good understanding of Redis
- Good knowledge and understanding of PostgreSQL or other relational databases
- Proficient in NoSQL document databases especially MongoDB.
- Understanding of threading and multiprocessing in Python, and multi-process architecture
- Good-enough understanding of version control systems like Git or Mercurial
- Strong unit-test and debugging skills
- Knowledge of container technologies (specially Docker) and orchestration systems is a plus
- Strong understanding of various Python Libraries, APIs, and toolkits
- Excellent understanding of MVC and OOP
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2. Design software and make technology choices across the stack (from data storage to application to front-end)
3. Understand a range of tier-1 systems/services that power our product to make scalable changes to critical path code
4. Own the design and delivery of an integral piece of a tier-1 system or application
5. Work closely with product managers, UX designers, and end users and integrate software components into a fully functional system
6. Work on the management and execution of project plans and delivery commitments
7. Take ownership of product/feature end-to-end for all phases from the development to the production
8. Ensure the developed features are scalable and highly available with no quality concerns
9. Work closely with senior engineers for refining and implementation
10. Manage and execute project plans and delivery commitments
11. Create and execute appropriate quality plans, project plans, test strategies, and processes for development activities in concert with business and project management efforts
Job Description
This is a remote position.
Requirements
- You need to be excited about the problem that we are trying to solve
- Should have excellent command over designing systems with a minimum experience of 4 years.
- Should have experience with various database flavors and writing complex queries. We work with Postgres, Redshift, ElasticSearch, TimescaleDB, and Redis.
- Additional knowledge in Golang will be an advantage
- Strong Data Structures and Algorithms knowledge
- Should have created APIs from scratch which is being used in Production
- Should be comfortable with creating systems handling up to 100k requests per minute, and have a mindset that understands scale
- Ability to give clarity and communicate well with the team, including Product, Backend and Dev-Ops (if and when needed)
- Ability to use profiling tools well, getting to root causes of bugs fast
- Ability to pick and work on adjacent technologies if and when required (Eg: If the best performance monitoring solution needs a basic firebase setup, that should not be a blocker for you to go ahead and do so)
- Knowledge of how to set up relevant test cases
- You need to be comfortable working in a remote environment (Good internet connection and availability on phone is required)
- App Development experience
- Experience in Test Driven Development
- Ability to tell Product what creates better User Experience, ability to tell frontend what API responses will help the user get a faster load time
- Inquisitiveness to understand the system as a whole, and not only be stuck to your domain of expertise (Eg: Figure out why excessive APIs calls are being made, brainstorm with Product and Frontend team to reduce the same without harming the UX )
- Experience in working on a Social Media Product
- Good knowledge of Graphs, and their applications
- Data-Driven Approach to monitoring
Benefits
- Work timings - You are the master of your time. However, with great freedom comes great responsibility. If you have committed something to the team, we expect that you will give it your best to make sure that commitment is done and is done on time.
- Leave policy - Take a leave whenever for whatever reason you want. You don't need to explain yourself to us
- Health insurance for you and your family
💥 What will you do?
As a Lead Backend Engineer, you will
- Build out and help scale our Django (+ReactJS / VueJS) based web application as we add new features and customers
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Help us transition from monolithic system architecture to microservices and serverless system architecture to help meet our future scaling requirements
- Collaborate on a daily basis with a small, nimble team of product managers, engineers, and UX designers to understand business requirements and user experience goals and pain points.
- Build out features to enable multi-channel customer acquisition include partner channels, enterprise channels, and government channels
- Integrate third-party plugins to enhance customer experience and internal tooling build internal tooling to improve internal team efficiencies.
- Actively participate in code reviews
- Work with our quality assurance team to improve coverage on our automated testing suites
🙋 What are we looking for?
While we do not have a strict list of requirements for candidates interested in this role, some indicators that you would fit this role and our engineering culture are
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Prior experience of a few years (3+ years) with python based frameworks as Django or Flask would be essential to work on our application stack.
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You actively promote a culture of engineering excellence some of which could be writing efficient code, use of elegant design patterns, and styling your code through code-linting policies.
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You enjoy designing software architecture by collaborating with engineering managers, architects, and other lead engineers to explore existing systems, determining areas of complexity, potential risks to successful implementation.
- You enjoy coaching folks to achieve outcomes through nudges.
📢 Other information you may want to consider
- We will be flexible for the rest of the pandemic and work remotely; however, we are not a remote-first company, and the work location would be Bangalore when things settle.
- Our backend tech stack includes Django, FastAPI, Postgres, Redis, Clickhouse, and TigerGraph. Our environments are managed through Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
Job Summary:
We are looking for a skilled and experienced Java Developer to join our team. As a Java Developer, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining our applications using Java, Spring framework, and other related technologies. The ideal candidate should have a strong understanding of object-oriented programming principles, as well as experience with a variety of technologies such as SQL, NoSQL, and cloud computing.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain our applications using Java, Spring framework, and other related technologies
- Write clean, efficient, and optimized code for applications
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand user requirements and deliver high-quality solutions
- Develop and maintain backend systems using Spring framework
- Work with databases, including SQL and NoSQL
- Ensure code quality and maintain documentation
- Troubleshoot and debug applications
- Stay updated with emerging trends and technologies in Java development
- Work with other teams to deploy and maintain applications
Requirements:
- 3-7 years of experience in Java development
- Strong understanding of object-oriented programming principles
- Experience with Java, Spring framework, and related technologies
- Familiarity with databases, including SQL and NoSQL
- Knowledge of cloud computing is a plus
- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field
Key Skills:
- Strong proficiency in Java programming language
- Experience with Spring framework, including Spring Boot and Spring MVC
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, and Azure
- Experience building RESTful APIs
- Knowledge of microservices architecture
- Familiarity with SQL and relational databases such as MySQL and Postgres
- Familiarity with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB and Redis
- Experience with messaging systems such as Kafka and RabbitMQ
- Experience with containerization tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Understanding of software development principles and experience with SDLC methodologies
- Experience with Git version control and build tools such as Maven and Gradle
- Familiarity with front-end technologies such as Angular and React is a plus
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of tasks
- Experience with test-driven development and unit testing frameworks such as JUnit and Mockito
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins is a plus
- Familiarity with caching technologies such as Redis is a plus
- Working knowledge of design patterns and software architecture principles is a plus.
Looking for Python lead/architect
Must Have:
- Able to architect a application from scratch.
- Able to refactor code
- Knowledge of Flask, DJango
- Team player
- Able to lead the team and guide them
- Deployment of code on Azure platform
Good to have:
- Knowledge of SqlAlchemy
FreightCrate Technologies is a Logistics Technology company that aims to transform international shipping through innovative and cost-effective tech solutions that can mutually benefit exporters, importers and logistics service providers.
Our web-platform, FreightCrate offers online tech-enabled quote and shipment management solutions for export and import businesses to and from more than 50,000 global locations.
We have had more than 50 media coverages including Entrepreneur, Maritime Gateway, Cargotalk, BW Disrupt, INC42, Silicon India, Tech Observer and several other newspapers and online magazines.
Our vision is to utilize cutting edge technology, engineering, deep learning and artificial intelligence to create an intelligent freight management system that can automate and optimize international trade operations for global businesses.
FOUNDERS:
Samir Lambay is the Co-Founder and CEO with an MSc in Shipping, Trade and Finance from Cass Business School, London, UK with Distinction.
Samir has worked in the shipping and logistics industry across both family businesses and multinational companies. His most recent job was at DB Schenker Logistics (Part of Deutsche Bahn Group - Fortune 200) where he was the youngest Vertical Manager globally and won two awards including Vertical Manager of the year and a Global Award.
Ruchi Dogra is a Co-Founder & Director and is in charge of sales and marketing. She has worked for over 15 years across the top 3 logistics/supply chain companies globally. She set-up the hotel, wines and beverages vertical at Kuehne & Nagel and DB Schenker. Her latest assignment was at DHL Global Forwarding where she worked as a Vertical Manager for Engineering and Manufacturing; handling top Indian and multinational accounts including several Fortune 100 companies. She brings with her an extensive knowledge in strategy, sales, operations and customer service.
Title
Software Developer
Description
The Software Developer’s role is to develop new innovative programs to optimize and automate user experiences by creating high-quality, innovative and fully performing software that complies with coding standards and technical design.
Should be familiar with the software development life cycle (SDLC) from preliminary system analysis to tests and deployment.
Compensation
As this is a new business the compensation is negotiable and we will make an offer depending on the experience of the candidate.
Responsibilities
• Design flowcharts, layouts and documentation to identify requirements and solutions
• Produce clean, efficient code based on specifications
• Execute full software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Integrate software components and third-party programs and API’s
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing software
• Gather and evaluate user feedback
• Recommend and execute improvements
• Create technical documentation for reference and reporting
Skill Sets:
• PHP/Python
• AWS & Cloud-computing
• Mysql/PostgreSql
• Memcache/Redis
• Frontend technologies HTML, CSS, JS, ReactJS, Vue.js
• Frameworks like Django
• DevOps
• ELK
• Tools like Datadog, NewRelic, etc
• Shell-scripting
• Setting & managing dev/beta/prod environments
• Tools like Jenkins, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, etc.
• Knowledge of Solr/Elastic search will be an advantage
Personal Requirements:
• Min of 3+ years of Hands on experience in Web development, algorithm design, implementation, architecture design, product management, databases and UI/UX in consumer facing applications.
• Experience on projects involving engineering and algorithmic functions, machine learning, deep learning and artificial intelligence is very advantageous.
• Creative self-starter who is comfortable with both taking initiative and working in teams.
• Previous experience working on logistics technology products is advantageous but not mandatory.
• Strong communication skills.
• Willingness to learn and utilize emerging technologies.
• Sincere passion to use disruptive technologies that can be globally significant.

● Constant benchmarking for capacity and performance
● Documenting feature capability in detail
● Supporting marketing initiatives on the product / differentiators
● Test scenarios for faults / bugs
● On-call (only emergency - L4) support to customer issues
● Building best practices for customer scenarios
Who we are looking for
● Understand the larger picture and work for customer success
● Passionate to solve problems
● Understand the product life cycle

