

Note: We don’t really care about your qualifications as long as we can see that you have sufficient knowledge required for the role & a strong sense of ownership in whatever you do.
- 3-5 yrs+ experience with Python & concurrency, having experience with golang is a plus
- Taking ownership of the complete backend & development cycles, having great knowledge of frontend is a plus
- Be core part of code and design reviews and make sure our products bar is high on coding and design standards and on Engineering fundamentals
- Taking high level decisions on designing systems across all engineering
- Represent in the Engineering Shiprooms and make technical tradeoffs.
- Hands on development for critical platform features in partnership with ICs.
A few things about us
- Building the next 100 people $100 Billion AI-first Company
- Speed of execution is really important to us
- Delivering exceptional experiences that exceed user expectations
- We embrace a Culture of continuous learning and innovation
- Users are at the heart of everything we do
- We believe in open communication, authenticity, and transparency
- Solving problems through First Principles
Benefits of joining us
- Top of the market Compensation
- Any hardware you need to do your best work
- Open to hybrid work (although we prefer in-person over remote to maximise learning)
- Flexible work timings
- Learning & Development budget
- Flexible allowances with hassle-free reimbursements
- Quarterly team outings covered by us
- First-hand experience of shipping world-class products
- Having loads of fun with a GenZ team at a Hacker House

About shoppin'
About
Shoppin' - if Pinterest and Google had an AI-powered baby 🍓
Here’s why:
shoppin' isn't just another AI powered tech platform.
we’re crafting a groundbreaking fashion search and shopping platform, one that outshines Google’s search capabilities, offers more intuitive recommendations than Pinterest, and engages users more deeply than Instagram’s feeds.
Our vision is bold — we’re not just building a foundational ai for fashion; we're aiming for the stars with a full-fledged fashion AGI.
Achieving such heights demands a remarkable team. Over the past month, our office has buzzed with energy and ideas, pushing us closer to crafting a user experience that feels as natural as it is innovative.
🚀 We have raised a funding of $1M pre-seed and will be raising another round very soon. Our aim is built the best founding team out there and we are scaling up our hiring efforts rapidly.
🍓Apply now to become a part of our creative force dedicated to shaping the future of fashion.
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Job Overview:
We are looking for a seasoned Senior Backend Engineer (SDE III) with over 5 years of experience to lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering team. The ideal candidate will have extensive hands-on experience in software development, deep technical expertise, and a proven track record of successfully leading large-scale engineering teams and projects. This role requires strategic leadership, the ability to manage complex technical challenges, and the ability to drive innovation while ensuring operational excellence.As a Backend Lead, you will collaborate with key stakeholders across the business, product management, and operations to ensure alignment with the organization’s goals and play a critical role in shaping the technology roadmap and engineering culture.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leadership and Team Development: Lead and inspire a team of engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement. Manage the hiring, training, and career development of engineering staff.
- Strategic Planning: Work closely with senior leadership to develop and implement engineering strategies that support business objectives. Define technology roadmaps and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
- Technical Excellence: Guide the team in designing and implementing scalable, robust software systems. Drive the adoption of best practices in architecture, coding standards, and software testing to ensure high-quality product delivery.
- Project and Program Management: Oversee the successful delivery of engineering projects, ensuring deadlines, quality standards, and budget constraints are met. Use agile methodologies to manage the development process and resolve bottlenecks.
- Cross-functional collaboration: Collaborate with Product Management, Design, Business, and Operations teams to define project requirements and deliverables. Ensure the smooth integration of engineering efforts across the organization.
- Risk Management: Anticipate and mitigate technical risks and roadblocks. Proactively identify areas of technical debt and drive initiatives to reduce it.
- Stakeholder Communication: Act as the technical point of contact for stakeholders, providing regular updates on project progress, resource allocation, and performance metrics. Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering
- Proven track record of successfully delivering large-scale, high-impact software projects.
- Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and scalable system design.
- Expertise in multiple programming languages and modern development frameworks For this role we require expertise in Python/Django and API Development
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS), microservices, and distributed systems.
- Good experience with MySQL and ElasticSearch. Slight experience with other NoSQL and SQL databases.
- Experience in DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation.
- Experience in delivering full-stack B2B/SaaS applications including mobile applications, web frontend, and a scalable backend.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical challenges.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and inspire teams and stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including front-end developers, product managers, and designers, to understand project requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Design and develop server-side logic, APIs, and database schema to support the functionality and performance requirements of our SaaS platform.
• Write clean, modular, and well-documented code using any relevant programming language preferably Java with SpringBoot.
• Optimize the backend systems for maximum speed and scalability, ensuring high performance and responsiveness of the application.
• Implement data storage solutions using PostgreSQL or other relational databases, ensuring data integrity and security.
• Conduct thorough testing and debugging to identify and resolve any issues or bugs in the backend code.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices in backend development and contribute to the continuous improvement of our development processes.
Requirements:
• Proven work experience as a Backend Developer or similar role, with a focus on server-side development.
• Proficiency in working with relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL, and writing efficient SQL queries.
• Familiarity with SaaS concepts and architecture.
• Experience with API design and development, including RESTful APIs.
• Solid understanding of software development principles, including object-oriented programming, design patterns, and data structures.
• Experience with version control systems, such as Git.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with keen attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is preferred, but not mandatory



Job Responsibilities
✓ Perform the role of Technical Lead on assigned projects to drive solution design (especially backend) and API services development.
✓ Be the thought leader and champion for above mentioned technologies.
✓ Drive technical analysis for new projects including planning and driving proof-of-concepts, if needed.
✓ Drive tasks related to backend development by providing architectural and technical leadership to mid-tier and database developers.
✓ Conduct peer reviews as the lead into Git to confirmed that developed code meets acceptable standards and guidelines.
✓ Work closely with the rest of the leads, mid-tier development, front-end developers, database developers, etc. to ensure end-to-end integrity of the solution being developed.
✓ Work closely with the rest of the tech leads and senior engineering leadership team to ensure reuse where applicable to increase productivity and throughput.
✓ Conduct technical interview to staff open positions in the backend team.
✓ Delegate work and assignments to team members
✓ Collaborate with their team to identify and fix technical problems
✓ Analyze users' needs and then finding applications to serve them
✓ Drive assigned tasks related to SOC 2 certification and ensure compliance to defined controls for areas under lead’s purview.
✓ Guiding their team through technical issues and challenges
✓ Prepare Technical design documents which would help the team to understand the technical flow
✓ Active participation in customer calls especially discussions related to Technical/Architectural and provide inputs.
Required Experience:
✓ Backend Lead around 14 years of experience
✓ Server less Computing Architecture
✓ NodeJS, MySQL, Jenkins, Python, GitLab Technologies
✓ Good knowledge of AWS Cloud
✓ Full cycle AWS implementation experience
✓ Project experience in development and maintenance support for AWS web service and Cloudbased implementations
✓ Experience leading teams of up to 10 + professionals
Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects in a fast-moving environment
Educational Qualifications:
Engineering graduate or B. Tech/MCA with relevant major subjects like Computer Science


Job Description:
Candidate must have 2 to 5-years of experience in various phase of development of a python-based application or API development.
Requirements:
Must Have: Strong expertise in PYTHON and its built-in data structures, developing API using flask or fastapi, data wrangling using standard python frameworks like pandas, NumPy etc., integration of various applications (third party or inhouse) with python.
Good to Have: Deployment using Nginx, GUnicorn, IIS, docker and Kubernetes etc. Good understanding of optimization solutions like differential evolution. Hands on experience with python packages like Scipy. Tkinter to make python-based applications.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Understanding/gathering the requirements from stakeholder, formulating the problem, and leveraging AI/ML to solve the business problems.
- Integration of third party or in house application with python solution.
- Working on Deployment and optimization of various engineering problems using Numerical/Constraint optimization frameworks such as Differential Evolution and deploy a web-based API using Flask and Nginx/IIS.
- Unit testing of various python modules developed and testing of the API.


- Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers
- Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
- You will ensure that these components and the overall application are robust and easy to maintain.
- Have a good understanding of design and user experience principles.
- Open-minded, flexible, and willing to adapt to changing situations
- Ability to work independently as well as on a team and learn from colleagues
- High adaptability in a dynamic start-up environment
- Ensuring technologies are used efficiently, profitably, and securely. Evaluating and implementing new systems and infrastructure.
- Excellent troubleshooting, analytical and problem-solving abilities with a tenacious commitment to finding the root cause of issues.
Qualifications :
- B. Tech/ B.E. /M. Tech/ BCA / MCA or a related technical discipline from reputed universities
Skills Required :
- Minimum 2+ years of experience in REST API development using python.
- Must have experience with anyone popular python frameworks like Django, Flask, and FastAPI Framework.
- Experience in designing and developing Restful Web services and Remote procedure calls.
- Able to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system
- Knowledge of load testing and optimizing code for performance, security, and scalability
- Experience with Unit testing frameworks in Python
- Knowledge of modern authorization & authentication mechanisms.
- Able to create database schemes that represent and support business processes
- Knowledge of Version Control System & basics of CI/CD
- Write and maintain technical documentation
- Solid foundation in OOPS, Data structures, and Algorithms
- Knowledge of SDLC phases of project development.
- Experience in one or more No SQL Databases such as MongoDB, and Cassandra.
- Experience with event-based databases and programming
- Good experience in synchronous programming and thread-based programming.
- Experience with schedulers.
- Good to have knowledge of Linux shell commands.
- Good to have experience in Kubernetes & Docker
- Knowledge of any Cloud Service like GCP or AWS would be an added advantage
- Cares deeply about writing Quality, Testable & Modular code
- Good to have an understanding of NLP.




- You solve problems at their root, stepping back to understand the broader context.
- You develop pragmatic solutions and build flexible systems that balance engineering complexity and timely delivery, creating business impact.
- You understand a broad range of data structures and algorithms and apply them to deliver high-performing applications.
- You recognize and use design patterns to solve business problems.
- You understand how operating systems work, perform and scale.
- You continually align your work with Amazon’s business objectives and seek to deliver business value.
- You collaborate to ensure that decisions are based on the merit of the proposal, not the proposer.
- You proactively support knowledge-sharing and build good working relationships within the team and with others in Amazon.
- You communicate clearly with your team and with other groups and listen effectively.

- Deep hands-on experience in designing & developing Python based applications
- Hands-on experience building database-backed web applications using Python based frameworks
- Excellent knowledge of Linux and experience developing Python applications that are deployed in Linux environments
- Experience building client-side and server-side API-level integrations in Python
- Experience in containerization and container orchestration systems like Docker, Kubernetes, etc.
- Experience with NoSQL document stores like the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)
- Development experience with modern JavaScript based front end frameworks, especially Vue.js
- Experience in test automation and TDD
- Experience testing interactive applications with unit testing frameworks for the various technology stacks
- Experience in using and managing Git based version control systems - Azure DevOps, GitHub, Bitbucket etc.
- Experience in using project management tools like Jira, Azure DevOps etc.
- Expertise in Cloud based development and deployment using cloud providers like AWS or Azure

- 3 years experience working on Python, Django and DRF (must have projects)
- Back-end Development, Third Party SDK Implementation, CI/CD
- Pipeline with AWS, Containerization of Server, Caching, Micro-service Implementation
- Architecture design of the web applications.
- Implementation of a robust set of services and APIs to power the web application.
- Building reusable code and libraries for future use.
- Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability.
- Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code.
- Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications.
- Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic.
- Implementation of security and data protection.
- Translation of UI/UX wireframes to visual elements


Key Responsibilities:
- Lead a full product development lifecycle from ideation, design, development, to roll out and support
- Own the delivery of multiple features of the product end to end while hands-on in development as well
- Advocate best development practices such as continuous integration/continuous delivery, automation (testing and infrastructure)
Role and Qualifications:
- 7+ Years’ of experience, managing teams of 5+ people
- Must have excellent programming, debugging and scripting skills with a solid understanding of Object Oriented Design principles.
- Proficiency in at least two of the following: Java, NodeJS, Go, JavaScript, Python programming stacks, and passion for software engineering and craftsman-like coding prowess
- Knowledge of software practices like refactoring, clean code, domain driven design, Encapsulation etc
- Hands on experience managing databases like MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis.
- Exposure to event driven systems and event streaming engines like Kafka
- Good knowledge of DevOps tooling like docker, kubernetes, ansible/chef, AWS.




