Senior Python Django Developer

Minimum requirements

5+ years of industry software engineering experience (does not include internships nor includes co-ops)

Strong coding skills in any programming language (we understand new languages can be learned on the job so our interview process is language agnostic)

Strong collaboration skills, can work across workstreams within your team and contribute to your peers’ success

Have the ability to thrive on a high level of autonomy, responsibility, and think of yourself as entrepreneurial

Interest in working as a generalist across varying technologies and stacks to solve problems and delight both internal and external users

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with large-scale financial tracking systems

Good understanding and practical knowledge in cloud based services (e.g. gRPC, GraphQL, Docker/Kubernetes, cloud services such as AWS, etc.)

Title - Sr Software Engineer

Company Summary :

As the recognized global standard for project-based businesses, Deltek delivers software and information solutions to help organizations achieve their purpose. Our market leadership stems from the work of our diverse employees who are united by a passion for learning, growing and making a difference. At Deltek, we take immense pride in creating a balanced, values-driven environment, where every employee feels included and empowered to do their best work. Our employees put our core values into action daily, creating a one-of-a-kind culture that has been recognized globally. Thanks to our incredible team, Deltek has been named one of America's Best Midsize Employers by Forbes, a Best Place to Work by Glassdoor, a Top Workplace by The Washington Post and a Best Place to Work in Asia by World HRD Congress. www.deltek.com

Business Summary :

The Deltek Engineering and Technology team builds best-in-class solutions to delight customers and meet their business needs. We are laser-focused on software design, development, innovation and quality. Our team of experts has the talent, skills and values to deliver products and services that are easy to use, reliable, sustainable and competitive. If you're looking for a safe environment where ideas are welcome, growth is supported and questions are encouraged – consider joining us as we explore the limitless opportunities of the software industry.

External Job Title :

Sr Software Engineer

Position Responsibilities :

• Develop and manage integrations with third-party services and APIs using industry-standard protocols like OAuth2 for secure authentication and authorization.
• Develop scalable, performant APIs for Deltek products
• Accountability for the successful implementation of the requirements by the team.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize code and workflows for better performance and scalability.
• Undertake analysis, design, coding and testing activities of complex modules
• Support the company’s development processes and development guidelines including code reviews, coding style and unit testing requirements.
• Participate in code reviews and provide mentorship to junior developers.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and best practices in Python development, AWS, and frontend frameworks like React.
• Adopt industry best practices in all your projects - TDD, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, linting
• Pragmatic enough to deliver an MVP, but aspirational enough to think about how it will work with millions of users and adapt to new challenges
• Readiness to hit the ground running – you may not know how to solve everything right off the bat, but you will put in the time and effort to understand so that you can design architecture of complex features with multiple components.

Qualifications :

• A college degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Science or a related field is required 
• Minimum 4-6 years of experience Sound programming skills on Python, .Net platform (VB & C#), TypeScript / JavaScript, Frontend technologies like React.js/Ember.js, SQL Db (like PostgreSQL)
• Experience in backend development and Apache Airflow (or equivalent framework).
• Build APIs and optimize SQL queries with performance considerations.
• Experience with Agile Development
• Experience in writing and maintaining unit tests and using testing frameworks is desirable
• Exposure to Amazon Web Services (AWS) technologies, Terraform, Docker is a plus
• Strong desire to continually improve knowledge and skills through personal development activities and apply their knowledge and skills to continuous software improvement.
• The ability to work under tight deadlines, tolerate ambiguity and work effectively in an environment with multiple competing priorities.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Ability to work in an Agile environment and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Familiarity with version control systems like Git.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a remote or hybrid team setting.

💥 What will you do?

As a Backend Engineer, you will

• Create and maintain server-side code
• Designing database schemas to support business requirements
• Building reusable code and libraries for future use
• Troubleshoot and debug applications
• Write unit tests
• Stay up to date with current best practices
• Collaborate with front end engineers
• Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability
• Work with stakeholders including the Executive, Product, Data, and Design teams to assist with web-application-related technical issues and support their requirements.

🙋 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 

• 2+ years of relevant work experience as a Backend engineer using Python frameworks like Django, Flask, etc
• Experience with relational databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL
• Good understanding of OOP concepts
• Understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies and platforms, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
• Experience writing unit tests for the application is a plus
• Experience with building REST APIs
• Superior analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.

• 3 years Willing to take efforts to advance in the technology or learn new technologies.
• Solid understanding of OOPs concepts.
• Willing to take efforts to advance in the technology or learn new technologies.
• Good communication skills and a continuous learner.
• Experience working on waterfall or Agile (Agile model preferred)
• Solid understanding of Python scripting and/or frameworks like Django, Flask Back up RRS.

About us:-

Zupee is India's hottest Real Money Gaming Platform

With in 1 yr of start, we just had an initial team of around 30 people, these 30 were successful to bring 10 Million+ users and an overall consumer spend of 1.5 Billion USD on the platform, the journey which needed years to be covered was covered with in 1yr. As we speak today, Zupee has been profitable for almost an year now and has ended the year 2020 with a team size of 70+ and over all growth rate was mapped around 20X.

Our user base has significantly gone up and we have invested highly in technology and have got best in class tech stack, it's time to add the backend developers who can help us scale up the platform so that we can drive profitable growth and become the market leader in our space.

Backend Developer :- (3 - 12 yrs)

What You'll Need?

• Knowledge of languages (JavaScript, Python) and frameworks/systems (nodejs)
• Strong analytical skills and aptitude
• Understanding of data architecture, software design and best coding practices
• Understanding of TCP/IP networking concepts and technologies
• Ability to learn new languages and technologies
• Experience with databases (both SQL and NoSQL)
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies
• Working knowledge of Linux

🔎 We are looking for a software engineer who,

• 🙋🏻‍♀️ is curious and asks a lot of questions!
• 🤤 has good product taste.
• ⚡️ is passionate about writing clean code.
• 🕵🏻‍♂️ has strong problem solving skills.
• 🖥 can turn 1-pager specs into detailed features.
• ❣️ loves / appreciates automated testing!
• 😇 is humble, kind and has a good taste of sarcasm. 🤪
• 👨🏻‍💻 has good hands-on experience with JavaScript both on frontend and backend.

☀️ Non-mandatory, but nice to have

• 👶🏻 worked in an early-stage startup.
• 🤟🏻 built and led a small engineering team.
• 3️⃣ + years of experience.
• 👩🏻‍💻 open source enthusiast.
• 👩🏼‍🏫 You are passionate about teaching, learning and creator economy.

⁉️ What's the interview process like?

• Get in touch with Dhaval and understand the mission of the company in detail.
• Take us through what excites you the most about this role/challenge.
• A flexible project round in the programming language of your preference.
• Provide us with at least 2 references who would help us learn more about you.

🍫 Perks

• You will be a part of the founding team and will get to lead a lean team in the future.
• Working with a hands-on tech co-founder has a different vibe of its own! 😃
• Remote-friendly culture.