
About KAFQA
At Kafqa, we are building the next generation performing arts platform. Our mission is to transform how India learns, performs & watches performing arts. Our launch services consist of technology-enabled dance classes in our proprietary studios, production facilities, and social media broadcasting & competitions.
Founder & Team
The founder is Shariq Plasticwala. He is a graduate of IIT Bombay & Stanford GSB. He was part of the founding team of Amazon India where he played a key role for over 8 years. Among his roles at Amazon, he was the CEO of Amazon’s first joint venture in India and a Board Member of Amazon’s payments business. The other members of the founding team consisted of senior executives from Shiamak Davar & Byju’s.
Background
- At least 6+ years experience in back-end development in a fast-paced environment, working in Python & Django Framework
- Should Have experience leading a team.
- Deep understanding of technologies used in web products, including Rest APIs
- Sound understanding of SQL/NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
- Deep familiarity with UNIX, major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), DevOps.
- Understanding of databases, and related tools, paradigms.
Opportunity
Here are some of the things you might have to do on any given day:
- Developing APIs and endpoints for deployments of our product.
- Infrastructure Development such as building databases, creating and maintaining automated jobs.
- Build out the back-end to deploy and scale our product.

About Kafqa Academy
About
Connect with the team
Similar jobs
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
1. Proficiency in Python 3.x based web and backend development
2. Solid understanding of Python concepts
3. Experience with some form of Machine Learning (ML)
4. Experience in using libraries such as Numpy and Pandas
5. Some form of experience with NLP and Deep Learning using any of Pytorch, Tensorflow, Keras, Scikit-learn or similar
6. Hands on experience with RDBMS such as Postgres or MySQL
7. Experience building REST APIs using DRF or Flask
8. Comfort with Git repositories, branching and deployment using Git
9. Working experience with Docker
10. Basic working knowledge of ReactJs
11. Experience in deploying Django applications to AWS,Digital Ocean or Heroku
What We’re Looking For
- 4+ years of backend development experience in scalable web applications.
- Strong expertise in Python, Django ORM, and RESTful API design.
- Familiarity with relational databases like PostgreSQL and MySQL databases
- Comfortable working in a startup environment with multiple priorities.
- Understanding of cloud-native architectures and SaaS models.
- Strong ownership mindset and ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
1) Looking for a Senior Python Developer who will be responsible to understand, decode and maintain a pre-coded web application (Platform).
2) Primary focus will be on resolving real-time bugs on the live platform, testing, maintaining it fully functional, and making it live.
3) Work with the team to define, design, and deliver new features.
4) Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic.
5) Implementation of security and data protection.
6) Develop tools and applications by producing clean, efficient, reusable and testable code.
7) Should be able to participate in the requirements gathering and come up with efficient solutions.
8) Ensure platform is up-to-date with the latest technologies.
9) Should be a problem solver to contribute toward the success of the start-up.
10) Develop/Improve the core infrastructure and optimize the platform for high scalability.
11) Should be familiar with startup culture and be comfortable working with early-stage start-up.
Skills and Requirements: -
1) Expert in Python with complete knowledge of Python’s web framework ‘Django’ and related frameworks.
2) Good understanding of AWS and Azure platforms and able to make the platform optimize on the hosting, maintaining workload balancing on server.
3) Stronghold on Nginx, Redis and Celery.
4) A good experience in WebSocket to maintain In-Platform Chats.
5) Basic understanding of front-end technologies like Bootstrap, JavaScript,
JQuery, HTML5, CSS and AJAX while experience in Angular, Node JS, and React will be an added advantage.
6) Good hands-on experience in Creating REST APIs and API Integration with best coding practices.
7) Good knowledge of Relational and Non-Relational Databases.
8) Understanding of online payment gateways and integration knowledge.
9) Good understanding on Web Servers.
10) Experience working in an Agile development environment.
11) Data structure analysis and algorithm design, Solving complex performance problems and challenges.
12) Proficient understanding of code versioning tools like GIT and SVN.
13) Able to work with complex SQL queries and stored procedures.
14) Strong unit testing, integration testing and debugging skills.
| Python |
| FastAPI / Django Framework |
| Database concept, API & SQL's |
| SSO, Oauth2, JWT, Microservices |
| MVC, ORM |
| 1) Write effective, scalable code |
| 2) Develop back-end components to improve responsiveness and overall performance Integrate user-facing elements into applications. |
| 3) Test and debug programs. |
| 4) Improve functionality of existing systems. |
| 5) Implement security and data protection solutions. |
| 6) Assess and prioritize feature requests. |
| 7) Coordinate with internal teams to understand user requirements and provide technical solutions |
| 8) Debugging programs and integrating applications with third-party web services. |
Skills/Requirements:
- Python
- Django
GEITPL is looking for Python Developer Please find below the JD- 1-6 years Ambitious, hardworking and self-motivated optimistic individual Eager to learn diverse open source technologies and work in dynamic work environment requiring constant learning Good understanding of OOPs concepts Should have clear understanding of classes, functions and data types in Python Knowledge of advanced Python concepts like decorators and memory management Should have knowledge of Django framework and Flask framework Should have working knowledge of ReactJS Good analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to work in groups Good communication skills Fast paced self-learning individual with clear thinking and analytical-logical approach to intellectual work Open source contributions would be considered as a plus point So, if you have 1+ years of experience developing applications with Python Developer, apply today! We will love to talk! Please submit Your complete application with salary expectations
Role - Backend Developer
Experience:- 2+
Qualification:- BE Computer Engineering/MCA
Programming Language - Python & framework Django
Responsibilities
- Building REST API's & Services In Django Framework
- Building reusable code and libraries for future use
- Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability
- Implementation of security and data protection
- Design and implementation of the database schema
- Design and implementation of data storage solutions
- Implementing CI/CD pipeline
- Proficient knowledge of a back-end programming language Python
- Hands-on experience with Python Frameworks like Django
- Proficient knowledge of MySQL, PostgreSQL
- Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes (Relational & NoSQL)
- Understanding of queueing systems like Redis/AWS SQS
- User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
- Data migration, transformation, and scripting
- Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms such as mobile vs desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
Brownie Points
- Experience in Docker
- HandsOn Knowledge with implementing CI/CD pipelines
- Experience in managing applications on AWS
- Management of hosting environment, including database administration and scaling application to support load changes
- Product wide application-level thinking on API and data modeling
Hands -on experience with the following technologies is needed:
- Good Knowledge of Python & Django Framework.
- Experience in Git or any Version control systems.
- Experience in SQL Databases like MySQL and PostgreSQL.
- Knowledge of NoSQL Databases like Mongodb.
- Worked on Django based live projects.
- To implement microservices using Django rest framework.
- Handling various technical aspects like coding of modules using the given design specifications
- Debugging and fixing the defects as well as analyzing its root cause.
- Deployment(AWS) and monitoring of the live project.
- Mentoring junior developers.
Knowledge/Experience of AWS will be a big plus
Preferred Qualifications:
B-Tech-IT/B-Tech -CSE/BCA or any degree in the relevant field
Required Experience:
3 – 6 Years







