Sr. Python Developer

Job Title: Python Developer - Django (Full Time)

Location: Gurgaon, Onsite

Interview: Virtual Interview

Experience Required: 3+ Years

About the Role

We are looking for a skilled Python Developer with hands-on experience in building scalable backend systems. The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in Python, Django, distributed task queues using Celery, Redis, RabbitMQ, and experience working with event streaming platforms like Kafka.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Python and Django.
• Implement and optimize task queues using Celery with Redis/RabbitMQ as brokers.
• Develop and integrate event-driven systems using Apache Kafka.
• Write clean, reusable, and efficient code following best practices.
• Build RESTful APIs and integrate with external services.
• Ensure performance, scalability, and security of applications.
• Collaborate with frontend developers, DevOps, and product teams to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Troubleshoot and debug issues in production and staging environments.

Required Skills & Experience

• 2+ years of professional experience in Python backend development.
• Strong knowledge of Django Framework.
• Hands-on experience with Celery, Redis, RabbitMQ, and Kafka.
• Good understanding of REST API design principles.
• Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL).
• Familiarity with version control (Git) and Agile development.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Company link: https://www.catalystmi.com/" target="_blank">https://www.catalystmi.com/

Job Location: Mumbai (Hybrid)

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering with specialization in Computer science or related field
• 4-10 years of experience as a software engineer in a product development setting
• Deep experience in Python with demonstrated ability to build modern products
• Experience in designing APIs and integration patterns, implementing secure and sustainable products with a focus on quality and scalability
• Experience in FastAPI, Django, or equivalent
• Experience in data modeling and efficient usage of PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or equivalent
• Experience with modern components like async python, pedantic, sqlalchemy, alembic, celery, google products API integration, etc. is a plus
• Understanding of CI/CD practices including code check-in policies, automated unit tests, automated code deployments, etc.
• Experience in other programming languages is a plus, especially Javascript and/or Typescript
• Experience building feature-rich and scalable web apps is a plus
• Ability to grasp new technologies and use them effectively to create industrial-strength software

Software Engineer - II (Backend)

As a Software Engineer – II, you'll bring a good understanding of design and coding practices and apply these independently in development. In this role - you could expect to:

• Own the lifecycle of a feature from requirement analysis to deployment and post production processes
• Perform code reviews and support your team implement best practices
• Explore trade off's on module designs
• Continuously improve performance metrics of modules owned. Performs RCAs and deploys long term fixes.
• Implement initiatives that improve engineering efficiency and excellence
• Participate in the hiring and interview process for junior developers on your team

Vah Vah! is an ed-tech company that offers online makeup courses in micro-batches to students across India to learn from the leading teachers in top cities. We provide holistic education with lots of practical training that makes our students job-ready with not just the base skills but also the soft skills for great customer service. Our teachers have more than 15+ years of experience in training makeup and have certified more than 1000+ students. Vah Vah! is founded by executives with extensive experience running consumer business and mobile games at scale (over 100 million players) at Zynga. Vah Vah! is backed by a leading investment firm.

Website Link: https://vahvah.com/

The Mission

Vah Vah teaches professional makeup to budding makeup artists and influencers through live online classes. We have students from Srinagar, all the way to the Andamans. And experienced teachers who have worked in Bridal Makeup, Ramp Shoots, Film and more. We empower our students to join the workforce as fully trained makeup artists. This is the future of vocational education, and you can help build it.

Our Culture

• Amazing workplace and colleagues to work with
• We have the right mixture of creativity, analytics and hustle to move fast in the right direction.
• You will work with colleagues who don’t take themselves too seriously but move mountains.
• See yourself evolving every month with new problems to solve and new skill to master.
• Work with the smartest engineers so you can learn from them.
• Competitive salary at par with the best in the industry
• Great stock options so you can benefit from the company's growth.
• Immense exposure to new technologies

Responsibilities:

• Compile and analyze data, processes, and codes to troubleshoot problems and identify areas for improvement.
• Collaborating with the front-end developers and other team members to establish objectives and design more functional, cohesive codes to enhance the user experience.
• Participating in continuing education and training to remain current on best practices, learn new programming languages, and better assist other team members. Taking lead on projects, as needed.

Requirements:

• Overall experience of 2-5 years in building backend services using languages like NodeJs, Java etc
• Fluency or understanding of specific languages, such as Java, Node.Js, Python, and operating systems may be required.
• Strong understanding of the web development cycle and programming techniques and tools.
• Focus on efficiency, user experience, and process improvement.
• Strong problem solving and verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently or with a group.
• Sound knowledge on source control and DevOps

What you get:

• Amazing workplace and colleagues to work with
• Competitive salary at par with the best in the industry
• Immense exposure to new technologies

As per 5 yrs below is the tech stack that he should know around django:

·         Django forms

·         Django Rest APIs

·         Schedulers/Cron Jobs

·         Customising middlewares

·         Customising permission classes

·         Management commands

·         Fixtures

·         Multiple Environment handling

·         Multiple database integration

·         SQL and NoSQL database integration experience

·         Use of loggers or any logging mechanism

·         Signals

·         Push notifications over IOS/Android devices

·         Email notifications

·         Websockets

·         Unit testing

·         Caching

·         Payment gateway integration

AWS & Deployment Skills:

·         Deployment of Django over EC2 using Nginx or Apache2

·         Configuring the Django to run the services like websockets, celery

·         Using and configuring the RDS

·         Should know how to use S3 buckets

aws-lambda

• Experience level of 6 to 9 years of experience in very large-scale applications.
• Strong problem-solving skills, computer science fundamentals, data structures and
• algorithms their space & time complexities
• Design (LLD & HLD) and architect technical solutions for the business problems of a very large-scale portal.
• Strong hands-on and practical working experience with Java as the programming language
• Strong debugging skills - Code, Logs, DB, JVM
• Excellent coding skills - should be able to convert design into code fluently.
• Hands-on experience working with Databases and Linux platform