Senior Software Developer- Laravel

Founding Engineer:

As a Founding Engineer, you'll be responsible for designing, building, and launching our product to customers. Specifically,

• Since our team is lean and we plan to keep it that way - you’ll be one of the first five engineers in leading the zero-to-one journey of a product our customers are hungry for
• Lead technical design and implementation of the frontend and backend of the product with coaching and mentorship from world-class technical architects
• Have knowledge of (or learn) how to work with Shopify’s CLI
• Iterate quickly to create delightful user experiences, working closely with customers/ design partners
• Help us hire a world-class engineering team in the months ahead
• Our team is currently fully remote (with offices to be opened in Bangalore and Mumbai over next few months) and cross-border across San Francisco, Boston, and India - help us cultivate a remote-first, inclusive, diverse, and friendly culture
• Work directly with the founders with an ownership mindset

Skills and Experience:

• Prior experience working with backend tech stacks (e.g. Spring Boot, Ruby on Rails, Django, Laravel)
• Experience with service service-oriented architecture, writing REST APIs, unit testing, and architectural design
• Understanding of modern web stacks and architecture (HTTP, REST, GraphQL, WebSockets)
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases and other technologies (e.g. Mysql, Redis, Kafka)
• Prior experience working with frontend tech stacks (e.g. React, Angular, Vue.js)
• Prior experience working with frontend UI frameworks (e.g. Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS)

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Python Developer with some experience in Laravel to spearhead our offshore team, in managing a large-scale USA-based product platform.

As a Senior Python Developer, you will primarily focus on building efficient data-driven applications and robust web scraping solutions. You will leverage your experience with the Scrapy framework for large-scale data collection and processing. While Python is the primary language, some experience in Laravel will be essential to contribute to PHP-based projects, allowing for full-stack support when needed.

This role requires a proactive, resourceful developer who can think on their feet and efficiently tackle complex problems.

Key Responsibilities

1. Scrapy Web Scraping: Develop, optimize, and maintain web scrapers using the Scrapy framework to gather, process, and store data from various online sources.
2. Back-End Development: Design, develop, and implement scalable backend solutions in Python, focusing on reliability, efficiency, and high performance.
3. Laravel Integration (As Needed): Contribute to existing Laravel projects, working with the PHP framework to support API endpoints, and ensure seamless integration with Python-based services.
4. API Development & Integration: Build and integrate RESTful APIs to facilitate seamless communication between applications and external data sources.
5. Data Processing & Storage: Create efficient data processing pipelines and manage SQL/NoSQL databases to store and organize large datasets collected through Scrapy.
6. System Architecture: Work collaboratively with other developers to design scalable, resilient architectures that support data-heavy applications.
7. Continuous Integration & Automation: Use Python to automate tasks, optimize CI/CD workflows, and enhance deployment processes for faster and more reliable releases.
8. Mentorship & Code Review: Mentor junior developers, conduct code reviews, and contribute to maintaining high coding standards and best practices.

Qualifications

Experience

• 5+ years of professional experience in Python development, with a strong focus on web scraping using Scrapy.
• 1-2 years of experience with Laravel (intermediate understanding is acceptable for full-stack support).
• Demonstrated experience with data-driven projects, showcasing resourceful problem-solving abilities.

Technical Skills:

1. Python: Advanced proficiency in Python, particularly with libraries for data manipulation and web scraping.
2. Scrapy Framework: Extensive experience in Scrapy, including creating custom spiders, handling complex data extraction requirements, and working with proxies and data pipelines.
3. Laravel (PHP): Familiarity with Laravel for backend development, including API creation, routing, and MVC structure.
4. Database Management: Proficiency in SQL and NoSQL databases for efficient data storage and retrieval.
5. API Development: Hands-on experience with RESTful APIs and integrating external services.
6. Automation & DevOps: Familiarity with CI/CD tools, Docker, and version control systems (Git).
7. Cloud Platforms: Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure is a plus.

Why Join Us?

• High-Impact Role: Work on projects where your expertise in Scrapy and Python will directly influence our data capabilities and client success.
• Growth Opportunities: Access to learning resources, mentorship, and a supportive environment for continuous professional development.
• Innovative Culture: Join a team that values out-of-the-box thinking, resourcefulness, and efficient problem-solving.

Key Skills Expected:

• C# ASP.NET, MVC, Razor Syntax
• .NET Core, WebAPI
• MS SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL
• HTML / CSS / Bootstrap, JavaScript, jQuery, Angular (at least one resource should know Angular)
• Microsoft Azure / AWS (would be a big advantage)

Role & Responsibilities

• Looking for an enthusiastic .NET Developer with good hands-on project management and client handling experience.
• Excellent development / technical skills on C# / MVC / .NET / WebAPI / SQL
• Good understanding of version controls – github, Gitlab, SVN
• Ready to explore and take up technically challenging tasks
• Ready to dive in to new technology and frameworks
• Knowledge of React Js or Angular would be an advantageous
• Requirement Analysis / Gap Analysis, Understand the client/user perspective
• Excellent Good Communication ability to Express own view and understanding to client/team
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Company’s perks:

• 5 days working.
• Flexible working hours.
• Modern infrastructure and Friendly environment.
• Paid leaves and other performance bonuses.
• Festivals, birthdays, work anniversary celebrations and company outings

Key Qualifications

1) BS/MS in Computer Science or relevant field and 6+ years of experience in building backend services with

Python 3.7.x using Django >= 2.2.1, Django REST framework >= 3.13.1, Flask >=1.1.2 and relational databases

design and maintenance.

2) At least 4 years of solid experience in working with front-end MVC framework React and caching strategies

(memcached, Redis).

3) Expertise in building microservices-based and cloud-based architectures including development and deployment

in AWS.

4) At least 3 years of experience with Web Application technologies: REST, MongoDB, MySQL, NoSQL, AWS

Lambda, API Gateway and web servers Apache, Nginx.

5) Follows coding best practices to produce tested, scalable, reliable and maintainable code.

6) Hands-on experience in developing, deploying, and releasing large-scale applications.

Responsibilities

1) Understand complex requirements, scope and architect major features and perform API technical design for

junior developers to enhance the product at all layers.

2) Think in terms of future possibility of features, backward compatibility, and application performance.

3) Build cloud-based Python Django software products and implement UI components in React.js framework.

4) Write quality code (with comments, unit tests & documentation), design, implement and manage data pipelines

at enterprise scale with data migration and production data maintenance.

5) Collaborate with different teams to conceptualize, design, and build highly scalable and reliable software

solutions with REST APIs following SDLC best practices and DevOps principles.

6) Work closely with product, project and business teams to translate user feedback and company vision into

technical roadmap.

7) Possess strong product-centric mindset. You should be interested in the way software products are built and

comfortable to be proactive with your ideas and opinions.

 Must Have: BE/BTech/ME/MTech in Computer Science or Information Technology

Our Stack

Back-end: Python, Django REST, MySQL, Celery, Rabbitmq, Sqlalchemy, RDS

Front-end: JavaScript, React, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap

Ops: Docker, AWS, RDS, Terraform, Github Actions, AWS Route53, AWS cloudwatch

Responsibilities

Work with development teams and product managers to ideate software solutions

Design client-side and server-side architecture

Build the front-end of applications through appealing visual design

Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications

Write effective APIs

Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency

Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software

Create security and data protection settings

Build features and applications with a mobile responsive design

Write technical documentation

Work with data scientists and analysts to improve software

Requirements And Skills

Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer or similar role

Experience developing desktop and mobile applications

Familiarity with common stacks

Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g. HTML/ CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery)

Knowledge of multiple back-end languages (e.g. C#, Java, Python) and JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Node.js)

Familiarity with databases (e.g. MySQL, MongoDB), web servers (e.g. Apache), and UI/UX design

Excellent communication and teamwork skills

Great attention to detail

Organizational skills

An analytical mind

Skills:- MongoDB, Express, HTML/CSS, Javascript, XML, jQuery, Java, MySQL

Job Description

Job brief

We are looking for a Full Stack Developer to produce scalable software solutions. You’ll be part of a cross-functional team that’s responsible for the full software development life cycle, from conception to deployment.

As a Full Stack Developer, you should be comfortable with both front-end and back-end coding languages, development frameworks, and third-party libraries. You should also be a team player with a knack for visual design and utility.

Responsibilities

• Work with development teams and product managers to ideate software solutions
• Good working knowledge of PHP MVC web frameworks (Symfony or Codeigniter or Laravel)
• Proficiency in JavaScript (or jQuery) programming.
• Relational database skills with MySQL
• Understanding of responsive CSS design frameworks such as Bootstrap.

Requirements and skills

• Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer or similar role
• Experience developing desktop and mobile applications
• Familiarity with common stacks
• Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g. HTML/ CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery)
• Knowledge of multiple back-end languages and JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Node.js)
• Familiarity with databases (e.g. MySQL, MongoDB), web servers (e.g. Apache), and UI/UX design
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Great attention to detail
• Organizational skills
• An analytical mind
• Degree in Computer Science, Statistics, or relevant field

Interested candidates can share their CVs to shubhashish.dutta (at the rate) viswasi.com