Sr Python Developer

What we want to accomplish and why we need you?

Jio Haptik is an AI leader having pioneered AI-powered innovation since 2013. Reliance Jio Digital Services acquired Haptik in April 2019. Haptik currently leads India’s AI market having become the first to process 15 billion+ two-way conversations across 10+ channels and in 135 languages. Haptik is also a Category Leader across platforms including Gartner, G2, Opus Research & more. Recently Haptik won the award for “Tech Startup of the Year” in the AI category at Entrepreneur India Awards 2023, and gold medal for “Best Chat & Conversational Bot” at Martequity Awards 2023. Haptik has a headcount of 200+ employees with offices in Mumbai, Delhi, and Bangalore.

What will you do everyday?

As a backend engineer you will be responsible for building the Haptik platform which is used by people across the globe. You will be responsible for developing, architecting and scaling the systems that support all the functions of the Haptik platform. While you know how to work hard, you also know how to have fun at work and make friends with your colleagues. 

Ok, you're sold, but what are we looking for in the perfect candidate?

Develop and maintain expertise in backend systems and API development, ensuring seamless integrations and scalable solutions, including:

• Strong expertise in backend systems, including design principles and adherence to good coding practices.
• Proven ability to enhance or develop complex tools at scale with a thorough understanding of system architecture.
• Capability to work cross-functionally with all teams, ensuring seamless implementation of APIs and solutioning for various tools.
• Skilled in high-level task estimation, scoping, and breaking down complex projects into actionable tasks.
• Proficiency in modeling and optimizing database architecture for enhanced performance and scalability.
• Experience collaborating with product teams to build innovative Proof of Concepts (POCs).
• Ability to respond to data requests and generate reports to support data-driven decision-making.
• Active participation in code reviews, automated testing, and quality assurance processes.
• Experience working in a scrum-based agile development environment.
• Commitment to staying updated with technology standards, emerging trends, and software development best practices.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to facilitate collaboration and clarity.

Requirements*:

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in developing scalable products and applications.
• Must Have Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or related field.
• Proficiency in Python and expertise in at least one backend framework, with a preference for Django.
• Hands-on experience designing normalized database schemas for large-scale applications using technologies such as MySQL, MongoDB, or Elasticsearch.
• Practical knowledge of in-memory data stores like Redis or Memcached.
• Familiarity with working in agile environments and exposure to tools like Jira is highly desirable.
• Proficiency in using version control systems like Git.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively in team settings.
• Self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership and commitment to delivering results.
• Additional knowledge of RabbitMQ, AWS/Azure services, Docker, MQTT, Lambda functions, Cron jobs, Kibana, and Logstash is an added advantage.
• Knowledge of web servers like Nginx/Apache is considered a valuable asset.
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* Requirements is such a strong word. We don’t necessarily expect to find a candidate that has done everything listed, but you should be able to make a credible case that you’ve done most of it and are ready for the challenge of adding some new things to your resume. 

Tell me more about Haptik

• On a roll: Announced major strategic partnership with Jio. 
• Great team: You will be working with great leaders who have been listed in Business World 40 Under 40, Forbes 30 Under 30 and MIT 35 Under 35 Innovators. 
• Great culture: The freedom to think and innovate is something that defines the culture of Haptik. Every person is approachable. While we are working hard, it is also important to take breaks to not get too worked up. 
• Huge market: Disrupting a massive, growing chatbot market. The global market is projected to attain a valuation of US $0.94 bn by the end of 2024 progressing from US $0.11 bn earned in 2015. 
• Great customers: Businesses across industries - Samsung, HDFCLife, Times of India are some that have relied on Haptik's Conversational AI solutions to engage, acquire, service and understand customers. 
• Impact: A fun and exciting start-up culture that empowers its people to make a huge impact. 

Working hard for things that we don't care about is stress, but working hard for something we love is called passion! At Haptik we passionately solve problems in order to be able to move faster and don't shy away from breaking things! 

Job Description:

Position: Python Technical Architect

Major Responsibilities:

●           Develop and customize solutions, including workflows, Workviews, and application integrations.

●           Integrate with other enterprise applications and systems.

●           Perform system upgrades and migrations to ensure optimal performance.

●           Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to applications and workflows using Diagnostic console.

●           Ensure data integrity and security within the system.

●           Maintain documentation for system configurations, workflows, and processes.

●           Stay updated on best practices, new features and industry trends.

●           Hands-on in Waterfall & Agile Scrum methodology.

●           Working on software issues and specifications and performing Design/Code Review(s).

●           Engaging in the assignment of work to the development team resources, ensuring effective transition of knowledge, design assumptions and development expectations.

●           Ability to mentor developers and lead cross-functional technical teams.

●           Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications for effective workflow/Workview design.

●           Assist in the training of end-users and provide support as needed

●           Contributing to the organizational values by actively working with agile development teams, methodologies, and toolsets.

●           Driving concise, structured, and effective communication with peers and clients.

Key Capabilities and Competencies Knowledge

●           Proven experience as a Software Architect or Technical Project Manager with architectural responsibilities.

●           Strong proficiency in Python and relevant frameworks (Django, Flask, FastAPI).

●           Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC), agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and DevOps practices.

●           Expertise in Azure cloud ecosystem and architecture design patterns.

●           Familiarity with Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring and logging.

●           Experience with RESTful APIs, microservices architecture and asynchronous processing.

●           Deep understanding of insurance domain processes such as claims management, policy administration etc.

●           Experience in database design and data modelling with SQL(MySQL) and NoSQL(Azure Cosmos DB).

●           Knowledge of security best practices including data encryption, API security and compliance standards.

●           Knowledge of SAST and DAST security tools is a plus.

●           Strong documentation skill for articulating architecture decisions and technical concepts to stakeholders.

●           Experience with system integration using middleware or web services.

●           Server Load Balancing, Planning, configuration, maintenance and administration of the Server Systems.

●           Experience with developing reusable assets such as prototypes, solution designs, documentation and other materials that contribute to department efficiency.

●           Highly cognizant of the DevOps approach like ensuring basic security measures.

●           Technical writing skills, strong networking, and communication style with the ability to formulate professional emails, presentations, and documents.

●           Passion for technology trends in the insurance industry and emerging technology space.

Qualification and Experience

●           Recognized with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent.

●           Work experience - Overall experience 10-12 years

●           Recognizable domain knowledge and awareness of basic insurance and regulatory frameworks.

●           Previous experience working in the insurance industry (AINS Certification is a plus).

Job Description:

We are looking for a Python Developer to join our team and help us

develop and maintain various software products. A self-driven coder with a zeal to

learn and work on multiple projects. Ultimately responsible for building highly

responsive web applications that align with our business needs.

Required Skills:

1. Extensive experience developing enterprise applications using Python.

2. Extensive experience in designing applications using the framework Django Flask.

3. Must have good hands-on Django and Django Rest Framework for web

framework.

4. Familiarity with some ORM (Object Relational Mapper) libraries.

5. Able to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system

6. Understanding of the threading limitations of Python, and multi-process

architecture.

7. Basic understanding of web mark-up, front-end technologies such as JavaScript,

HTML5, and CSS3 .

8. Extensive experience with MySQL or any relational database.

9. Familiarity with event-driven programming in Python.

10. Must be well versed with Docker.

11. Understanding of the differences between multiple delivery platforms, such as

mobile vs desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform.

12. Strong unit test and debugging skills.

13. Knowledge of AI, and chat GPT will be added.

14. Should have experience in LANG Chain.

15. Proficient understanding of code versioning tools.

16. Must have basic knowledge of Machine Learning or Bots & and work experience is a plus.

Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Should be responsible for the development of applications in Python (Framework).

2. Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic.

3. Will be mainly responsible for developing with Django & Flask framework.

4. Will be responsible for writing reusable, testable, and efficient code.

5. Will be working in a team or individually as per the requirement.

6. Can also be involved in client handling, and requirement gathering as per the demand of the project.

7. Prime focus will be ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end

Responsibilities

·       Develop Python-based APIs using FastAPI and Flask frameworks.

·       Develop Python-based Automation scripts and Libraries.

·       Develop Front End Components using VueJS and ReactJS.

·       Writing and modifying Docker files for the Back-End and Front-End Components.

·       Integrate CI/CD pipelines for Automation and Code quality checks.

·       Writing complex ORM mappings using SQLAlchemy.

Required Skills:

·       Strong experience in Python development in a full stack environment is a requirement, including NodeJS, VueJS/Vuex, Flask, etc.

·       Experience with SQLAchemy or similar ORM frameworks.

·       Experience working with Geolocation APIs (e.g., Google Maps, Mapbox).

·       Experience using Elasticsearch and Airflow is a plus.

·       Strong knowledge of SQL, comfortable working with MySQL and/or PostgreSQL databases.

·       Understand concepts of Data Modeling.

·       Experience with REST.

·       Experience with Git, GitFlow, and code review process.

·       Good understanding of basic UI and UX principles.

·       Project excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

About The Team

We are striving to create the best productivity tools which will help small businesses to go online and scale their growth consistently with the bleeding edge of technology. Our backend team is looking for a solid Rockstar engineer who can hack around multiple technologies and build highly scalable, low latency, distributed systems. You will work closely with our product team to build new and compelling experiences for our customers!

We place special emphasis on the continuous growth of each team member - and we do this with regular 1-1s and open communication. As Software Engineer - Backend, you will be part of self-starters who thrive on teamwork and constructive feedback.

About The Role

As a Software Engineer - Backend, you will solve real-life complex problems and create compelling experiences for our users. In this role, you will ensure that the solutions and processes that we create are of the highest quality. And in doing so, you will champion a seamless app experience for all our users. You will also collaborate with your fellow engineers to create scalable solutions that are pertinent to Product IO's overall growth.

If you are confident about solving hard, interesting and UNIQUE problems, and creating an impact within an entrepreneurial environment, then you might just be our next Software Engineer - Backend

What You'll Do:

• Lead, build, test, and release mobile application features using cross-platform tools.
• Collaborate with the front-end team to expose weaknesses and problems
• Build out our APIs and tools using Python & Firebase libraries on the backend.
• Experience with NodeJS and deployment in Serverless
• Experience with NoSql(MongoDB) and SQL(PostregSQL)
• Work closely with Product, Design, Platform, and other cross-functional groups to drive product vision.
• Previous experience helping shape API structures and building REST APIs.
• Understanding of accessibility and server compliance (GCP)

Required Qualifications:

• 2+ years professional software development experience, preferably mobile apps with a cloud backend. Example projects in (Python, Firebase)
• 6 months experience in Google Cloud Platform
• Excellent communication skills are a must, and experience with estimating and managing project tasks is important, too
• Highly driven, naturally curious, and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment

Bonus points:

• 1+ years of experience in developing Firebase apps.
• Experience in developing or designing APIs and web applications.
• Deployment in Cloud Environment.
• Familiarity with Flutter.

Why join us:

• 👫 A fast-moving, fun, growth-oriented company made up of skillful team players
• 💬 Transparent, open, and collaborative work environment
• 🌟 An opportunity to work closely with a proven executive team, board, and serial entrepreneurs