Senior Lead Engineer

Job Title : Software Development Engineer (Python, Django & FastAPI + React.js)

Experience : 2+ Years

Location : Nagpur / Remote (India)

Job Type : Full Time

Collaboration Hours : 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM IST

About the Role :

We are seeking a Software Development Engineer to join our growing team. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in backend development with Python, Django, and FastAPI, as well as working knowledge of AWS.

While backend development is the primary focus, you should also be comfortable contributing to frontend development using JavaScript, TypeScript, and React.

Mandatory Skills : Python, Django, FastAPI, AWS, JavaScript/TypeScript, React, REST APIs, SQL/NoSQL.

Key Responsibilities :

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Python (Django / FastAPI).
• Deploy, scale, and manage applications on AWS cloud services.
• Collaborate with frontend developers and contribute to React (JS/TS) development when required.
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code following best practices.
• Ensure system performance, scalability, and security.
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle : planning, design, development, testing, and deployment.
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions.

Requirements :

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 2+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Python, with hands-on experience in Django and FastAPI.
• Practical experience with AWS cloud services.
• Basic proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, and React for frontend development.
• Solid understanding of REST APIs, databases (SQL/NoSQL), and software design principles.
• Familiarity with Git and collaborative workflows.
• Strong problem-solving ability and adaptability in a fast-paced environment.

Good to Have :

• Experience with Docker for containerization.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.

Sr. Software Engineer

Role expects you to

• Design, code, test, debug, deploy Web App and Mobile Apps

• Collaborate with SMEs to resolve Technical Issues and Achieve Goals

• Lead Projects, teams

• Strong problem solving skills

• Open to learn new technologies

Qualification

▪ 4+ years of IT Development Experience

▪ Comprehensive Programming Experience in Web and Mobile app development using

MEAN or MERN stack

▪ Knowledge of Python, Ruby

▪ Knowledge of RDBMS like MS SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL

▪ Understanding of Dev-Ops Tools like git, Jenkins, Azure Dev-Ops

▪ Exposure Cloud technologies, Agile development process, Estimation techniques

▪ Understanding of End to End Development process

We have openings for Fullstack / Backend / Frontend Developers who can write reliable, scalable, testable and maintainable code.

At Everest, we innovate at the intersection of design and engineering to produce outstanding products. The work we do is meaningful and challenging - which makes it interesting. Imagine each line of your code, making the world a better place. We work on five workdays weeks, and overtime is a rarity. If clean architecture, TDD, DDD, DevOps, Microservices, Micro-frontends, scalable systems resonate with you, please apply.

To see the quality of our code, you can checkout some of our open source projects: https://github.com/everest-engineering

If you want to know more about our culture:

https://github.com/everest-engineering/manifesto

Some videos that can help:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7y9RpqXAdA;

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• Passion to own and create amazing product.
• Should be able to clearly understand the customer's problem.
• Should be a collaborative problem solver.
• Should be able a team player.
• Should be open to learn from others and teach others.
• Should be a good problem solver.
• Should be able to take feedback and improve continuously.
• Should commit to inclusion, equity & diversity.
• Should maintain integrity at work

• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and clean code.

• Design and/or contribute to client-side and server-side architecture.

• Well versed with fundamentals of REST.

• Build the front-end of applications through appealing visual design.

• Knowledge of one or more front-end languages and libraries (e.g. HTML / CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery, Typescript) JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Redux, Vue.js)

• Knowledge of one or more back-end languages (e.g. C#, Java, Python, Go, Node.js and frameworks like SpringBoot, .NET Core) 

• Well versed with fundamentals of database design.

• Familiarity with databases - RDBMS like MySQL, Postgres & NoSQL like MongoDB, DynamoDB.

• Well versed with one or more cloud platforms like - AWS, Azure, GCP.

• Familiar with Infrastructure as Code - CloudFormation & Terraform & deployment tools like Docker, Kubernetes.

• Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, CircleCI, Github Actions..

• Unit testing tools like Junit, Mockito, Chai, Mocha, Jest

Your Day-to-Day Role:

• Design and implement web applications from initial concept, architecture design, to completed, operational software.
• Lead complex engineering tasks where you’ll act as the technical authority.
• Contribute to code reviews and continuous integration.
• Adapt and apply cutting edge technologies.
• Collaborate with other engineers, designers, and product owners to define elegant customer solutions.
• Ensure robustness by writing automation tests for your code.

What Are We Looking For:

At least 3 years of professional experience in Fullstack development.

Mandatory Technical Skills

• Robust experience in MERN Stack (MongoDB, ExpressJS, ReactJS, NodeJS). Expertise in ReactJS, Redux, HTML, CSS.
• Proficiency in Javascript (ES6) and TypeScript.
• Hands-on experience in Socket Implementation.
• Solid understanding of GIT and its workflows.

Good to Have Skills (Optional)

• Familiarity with Material UI.
• Experience with HTML Canvas APIs (Ex: KonvaJS for canvas drawing).
• Basic understanding of AWS services (S3, Redis, Lambda, Messaging services, etc.). 

Front End developers

• Angular.JS experience
• MongoDB query and aggregation experience (not a database administrator)
• GraphQL experience
• Node.JS and Typescript experience
• CSS and SCSS experience
• CI/CD experience with GitHub actions

Backend Developers:

• Software development experience, one of Python (preferred) or Node.JS/Typescript)
• Experience with Messaging architectures - RabbitMQ (preference) or Kafka
• Experience with docker-containers 
• Experience with Apache NiFi (valued but not necessary)
• Experience with designing or implementing horizontally scalable solutions
• Experience working with RESTful APIs
• CI/CD experience with GitHub actions
• Experience with Azure cloud

We are looking for a passionate full-stack developer to be responsible for all platform-related duties, from developing designs for complicated applications to analyzing code. The key responsibilities include writing and testing code, debugging programs, and integrating applications with third-party web services, optimizing applications, ensuring UI/UX feasibility, and implementing API designs and architecture.

You should know python and use server-side logic. Ultimately, you'll build highly responsive web applications that align with our business needs.

Selected day-to-day responsibilities include:

1. Writing effective, scalable, and sustainable code
2. Developing back-end components to improve responsiveness and overall performance
3. Integrating user-facing elements into applications
4. Testing and debugging programs
5. Improving the functionality of existing systems
6. Implementing security and data protection solutions
7. Assessing and prioritizing feature requests
8. Ensuring the feasibility of UI/UX designs
9. Coordinating with internal teams to understand user requirements and provide technical solutions