About the Company:
Progcap is a Fintech and AI company that pioneers alternative credit scoring for small businesses using proprietary data from non-traditional sources. We aim to fuel credit to 100 million under-banked SMEs in the emerging markets worldwide with an initial focus on India.
Progcap is Sequoia-backed Series A startup, comprising of top tier talent from finance, technology, data science and operations. The Company is the recipient of the World Bank's "SME Product Innovation of the year", 2018 award, Madrid.
What you will be doing:
- Lead and provide first level supervision to project teams and ensures successful delivery of tasks assigned to the team along with sharing of project updates & related communication with stakeholders.
- Writing and ensuring reusable, testable, and efficient code.
- Managing data across multiple databases and providing analysis to stakeholders.
- Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications.
- Implementation of security and data protection (permission classes and middleware.)
- Implementation of user authentication and authorization across multiple systems, servers, and environments.
What you bring:
- Should have minimum 4 years of experience in development using Python and 1 year in leading Python based projects.
- Strong experience in Application lifecycle management – development, testing and deployment.
- Strong understanding and experience with code version control tools (git, svn, etc.)
- Expert in Python with working experience on Django, AWS, Lambda, RDS, NoSQL, Docker, Kubernetes.
- Integration of data storage solutions redis, postgresql, mysql (big query, big table, pubsub, appengine).
- Strong in data structures and algorithms
- Preferably candidates with Financial/lending Applications development experience with any Fintech Co.

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Responsibilities
- Build and enhance backend features as part of the tech team.
- Take ownership of features end-to-end in a fast-paced product/startup environment.
- Collaborate with managers, designers, and engineers to deliver user-facing functionality.
- Design and implement scalable REST APIs and supporting backend systems.
- Write clean, reusable, well-tested code and contribute to internal libraries.
- Participate in requirement discussions and translate business needs into technical tasks.
- Support the technical roadmap through architectural input and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Experience: 4 - 5 years.
- Strong understanding of Algorithms, Data Structures, and OOP principles.
- Integrate with third-party systems (payment/SMS APIs, mapping services, etc. ).
- Proficiency in Python and experience with at least one framework (Flask / Django / FastAPI).
- Hands-on experience with design patterns, debugging, and unit testing (pytest/unittest).
- Working knowledge of relational or NoSQL databases and ORMs (SQLAlchemy / Django ORM).
- Familiarity with asynchronous programming (async/await, FastAPI async).
- Experience with caching mechanisms (Redis).
- Ability to perform code reviews and maintain code quality.
- Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and containerization (Docker).
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
- Basic understanding of message brokers (RabbitMQ / Kafka / Redis streams).
Job Title: Python Developer (Full Time)
Location: Hyderabad (Onsite)
Interview: Virtual and Face to Face Interview (Last round)
Experience Required: 4 + Years
Working Days: 5 Days
About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Python Developer with a strong background in building scalable and secure applications. The ideal candidate will have hands-on expertise in Python frameworks, API integrations, and modern application architectures. This role requires a tech leader who can balance innovation, performance, and compliance while driving successful project delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Application Development
- Architect and develop robust, high-performance applications using Django, Flask, and FastAPI.
- API Integration
- Design and implement seamless integration with third-party APIs (including travel-related APIs, payment gateways, and external service providers).
- Data Management
- Develop and optimize ETL pipelines for structured and unstructured data using data lakes and distributed storage solutions.
- Microservices Architecture
- Build modular, scalable applications using microservices principles for independent deployment and high availability.
- Performance Optimization
- Enhance application performance through load balancing, caching, and query optimization to deliver superior user experiences.
- Security & Compliance
- Apply secure coding practices, implement data encryption, and ensure compliance with industry security and privacy standards (e.g., PCI DSS, GDPR).
- Automation & Deployment
- Utilize CI/CD pipelines, Docker/Kubernetes, and monitoring tools for automated testing, deployment, and production monitoring.
- Collaboration
- Partner with front-end developers, product managers, and stakeholders to deliver user-centric, business-aligned solutions.
Requirements
Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
Technical Expertise
- 4+ years of hands-on experience with Python frameworks (Django, Flask, FastAPI).
- Proficiency in RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and asynchronous programming.
- Strong knowledge of SQL/NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB) and big data tools (Spark, Kafka).
- Familiarity with Kibana, Grafana, Prometheus for monitoring and visualization.
- Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI).
- Working knowledge of testing tools: PyTest, Selenium, SonarQube.
- Experience with API integrations, booking flows, and payment gateway integrations (travel domain knowledge is a plus, but not mandatory).
Soft Skills
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and teamwork abilities.
- Proactive, ownership-driven mindset with the ability to perform under pressure.
WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON
- Build and scale backend services using Node.js & Express
- Architect and optimize MongoDB schemas for performance
- Contribute to frontend features with Next.js & React
- Debug production issues, optimize API latency & CI/CD pipelines
- Integrate MathJax (LaTeX rendering) & VdoCipher (secure video)
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- Strong DSA fundamentals — logical thinking over competitive coding
- Deep JavaScript/TypeScript knowledge: Closures, Promises, Event Loop
- 1–2 original projects (no To-Do apps or tutorial clones)
- Ability to independently pick up Docker, Redis, or AWS
- Ownership mindset — ensure it works in production, not just locally
BONUS POINTS
- Docker / containerization basics
- Real-world AWS experimentation (EC2, S3, Lambda)
- Active GitHub profile: open-source contributions or unique projects
AI Usage Policy:
We encourage AI tools (Cursor, Copilot, GPT-4) as force multipliers — but you must own your code, explain rade-offs, and debug without solely relying on AI.
HOW TO APPLY
- Share your GitHub profile link
- Include live demo links to your best, most original projects
We value what you've built far more than what's on your resume.
- 2+ years of Hands-on experience in Python, Django, Flask, Bottle, Design Patterns, Web Services (SOAP/HTTP, REST APIs)
- 2+ years of hands-on experience with Postgress, MongoDB.
- Experience with cache-store / message broker like Redis / RabbitMQ / Kafka
- Experience with AWS
- Experience in front-end development using react.js is a plus.
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git / Mercurial /bitBucket.
- DevOps knowledge to deploy code in production and hands-on experience with docker / Kubernetes.
- Self-motivated and a good team player.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from a reputed Institute
Roles and Responsibilities
- Apply knowledge set to fetch data from multiple online sources, cleanse it and build APIs on top of it
- Develop a deep understanding of our vast data sources on the web and know exactly how, when, and which data to scrap, parse and store
- We're looking for people who will naturally take ownership of data products and who can bring a project all the way from a fast prototype to production.
- Integrating and maintaining Python services
- Developing robust microservices and applications
Desired Candidate Profile
- Strong relevant experience of at least 2-3 years.
- Strong coding experience in Python3.
- Should have good experience with Django and NodeJs.
- Proficient on modelling applications on both RDBMS and NOSQL databases
- Should have experience in web scraping
- Good understanding and hands-on with scheduling and managing tasks with cron
- Should have experience with microservice architecture
- Compile and analyze data, processes, and codes to troubleshoot problems and identify areas for improvement
- Should have experience in shell scripting, GIT and docker
- Writing unit tests for 100% code coverage.
- At least 4 years of experience programming in Python.
- Develop application code and modules for business and technical requirements.
- Tune up design for maintainability, scalability and efficiency.
- Resolve and troubleshoot problems and complex issues.
- Perform unit tests and fix bugs.
- Integrate best qualitative practices in design and development aspects of programs.
- Ability to mentor subordinates.
- Excellent communication skills.
Requires a bachelor's degree in area of specialty and experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks. A degree of creativity and latitude is required. Typically reports to a supervisor or manager.
Designs, develops, and implements web-based Java applications to support business requirements. Follows approved life cycle methodologies, creates design documents, and performs program coding and testing. Resolves technical issues through debugging, research, and investigation.
Additional Job Details:
Strong in Java, Spring, Spring Boot, REST and developing MicroServices.
Knowledge or experience , Cassandra preferred
Knowledge or experience on Kafka
Good to have but not must
Good to know:
Reporting tools like Splunk/Grafana
Protobuf
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