Senior Python Full Stack Developer

About the Role

We’re looking for a skilled Full Stack Developer with around 2 years of hands-on experience in building and deploying modern web applications. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to develop scalable solutions using the latest technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, test, and deploy responsive web applications using modern frameworks.
• Collaborate with designers to turn UI/UX concepts into functional products.
• Build and integrate RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code.
• Debug, optimize, and improve application performance.
• Manage containerized deployments and CI/CD workflows.

Required Skills

• Must be a B.Tech graduate. (Computer science or IT )
• Only Pune Candidate Preferred. 
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, React.js, and Node.js.
• Experience with Express.js, MongoDB / MySQL, and REST APIs.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP).
• Familiarity with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and basic DevOps practices.
• Working knowledge of Next.js is a plus.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Immediate joiner Preffered.  

Nice to Have

• Exposure to React Native or mobile app development.
• Exposure to GraphQL
• Experience with cloud infrastructure automation or serverless deployments.
• Prior experience working in IT services or client delivery projects.

Perks

• Hybrid work model (2–3 days in office, Pune)
• Exposure to global client projects
• Collaborative, fast-paced learning environment

Note: WE USE AN ATS, SO PLEASE MAKE YOUR CV CLEAR, WELL-STRUCTURED, AND INCLUDE RELEVANT SKILLS TO IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF BEING SHORTLISTED.

• upGrad was awarded the Best Tech for Education by IAMAI for 2018-19,
• upGrad was also ranked as one of the LinkedIn Top Startups 2018: The 25 most sought-after startups in India.
• upGrad was earlier selected as one of the top ten most innovative companies in India by FastCompany.
• We were also covered by the Financial Times along with other disruptors in Ed-Tech.
• upGrad is the official education partner for Government of India - Startup India program.
• Our program with IIIT B has been ranked #1 program in the country in the domain of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

• Writing clean, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code.
• Develop and support software including applications, database integration, interfaces, and new functionality enhancements.
• Coordinate cross-functionally to insure project meets business objectives and compliance standards. 
• Support test and deployment of new products and features.
• Participate in code reviews.

• A highly talented developer with 6-9 years of hands-on experience in building secure and scalable web based applications using Java in backend and JS based frontend frameworks
• Strong knowledge of Java 8+, databases (SQL and NoSQL) , MySql, Mongo
• Experience working with Cassandra, Spring Boot, Apache Spark, Kafka, RabbitMQ is highly desirable.
• Working knowledge of any one or more of AngularJS/ReactJS/VueJS and CSS3, HTML5.
• Strong experience in data modelling for data storage tools in SQL; experience with noSQL is highly desirable.
• Experience building scalable solutions for 2x, 5x and 10x growth with high quality and flexibility.
• Practitioner of test driven development practices. Experience in creating and adhering to best practices for development.
• Experience working with container technologies like Docker and knowledge of CI/CD processes for automated integration and deployment. Basic knowledge of AWS preferred.
• Strong experience in Microservices (SRP) paradigm.
• Willing to learn new technologies (Golang).

Sr. Software Developer (Full Stack)

Experience: 3-6 years

Required skills:

• Proficiency in React
• HTML, CSS, Bootstrap and Material UI
• Hands-on experience on working with charting libraries like Recharts, ECharts, plotly.js, D3.js

• Node.js and MongoDB

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Work on a remote cross-functional team where you’ll play a critical role in designing, planning, development, deployment and observing your code in production.   
• Develop high performance, highly scalable and accessible web applications. Our web app is used by over 20 million educators, students and parents worldwide.  
• Meet tight deadlines in a rapid application development environment.  
• Collaborate with Product Management, Design, and Operations teams to create and deliver tested features to production.  
• Collaborate with specialists across web, mobile, and operations to achieve a better user experience for our product.  
• Be able to assess and bring in industry information into your decisions and learn new technologies: AWS is releasing new tools every day, there are new open source libraries to vet and you will be a party to helping us vet and pick the best tool for the job.  
• Be willing to work in any area of the codebase if needed, this can include JavaScript/TypeScript/Node, PHP, Java or other technologies.  
• Help staff, build, and form the culture around a team of 5 engineers, a product manager, designer, QAs and associated supporting roles.

Qualifications include:

• Strong CS fundamentals including familiarity with data structures and especially the asynchronous challenges that face JavaScript developers today.   
• Experience developing in at least 2 server side languages (PHP, node.js, …)  
• Experience developing in at least 1 client side JS framework (ReactJS, Angular, …)  
• Experience testing software in alignment with the Test Pyramid.  
• Experience with datastores, either SQL (MySQL preferred) or NoSQL, and the ability to talk deeply about them.  
• Able to identify the source of complex problems occurring as a result of multiple systems interacting (experience with observability tools such as datadog/newrelic is a plus).   
• Experience working on a team of 5 engineers plus supporting roles (e.g. QA, design, etc), preferably as a Senior Software Engineer.  
• Experience with code review, being able to sign-off on another team member’s code ensuring high quality standards.  
• Be self-sustained even when tackling the highest profile, most difficult work across the organization.  
• Willingness to accept responsibility and be accountable not only for your own work but the work of the team as a whole.  
• Experience working with other people’s code, how to dig into it and make tactical changes with minimal side effects.  
• A solid understanding of how to break down user stories and give estimates that include accessibility and security requirements.  
• Be able to see roadblocks far ahead, across many vectors of risk  
• Be a true team player! Ensuring their knowledge and expertise is shared amongst other team members and even cross-team and be willing to seek out opportunities to mentor teammates.  
• A commitment to learning about anything you don’t know on your own and without much supervision.  
• Superior communications, organization and relationship building skills — you’re going to be working on cross-team efforts, so this is essential.  
• Self-motivation as well as ability and desire to learn new technologies, applications, processes, and environments.  
• A belief that delivering code to production is just one step in the process. Observing and owning the code you wrote goes hand in hand with construction.  
• A desire to take on whatever challenge is most important. This could be tackling something you are familiar with, or it could require a deep dive into a whole new world. The key is having the right attitude.   

• Java / Java Script code development using frameworks like Spring, Hibernate , Rest web services,  AWS services.
• · Dev-Ops activities using Maven, Eclipse and other tools
• · Contribute to providing estimates for implementation of new requirements and work diligently towards delivering within the estimates
• · Ensure Quality of the releases by adhering to SDLC best-practices such as, unit tests,continuous integration, system testing
• · Re-use code. Ensure delivered code is modular and extensible
• · Ensure adequate coverage of functional and non-functional requirements in test plans Position Requirements
• · 3-5+ years of hands on experience in Java/J2EE development. Experience with the implementation of a distributed, enterprise JAVA/J2EE solution is strongly preferred
• · Experience in JAVA/J2EE Frameworks such as Spring, hibernate is strongly preferred
• · Experience in SOA and SOA related technologies, solutions and products as well as experience with implementation of REST full web services is preferred
• · Experience with data modelling and experience with relational databases like MySQL, SQL Server or Oracle is desirable
• · Mobile application development experience on Android or iOS is desirable