Technical architect

Job Title : Python Developer – API Integration & AWS Deployment

Experience : 5+ Years

Location : Bangalore

Work Mode : Onsite

Job Overview :

We are seeking an experienced Python Developer with strong expertise in API development and AWS cloud deployment.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for building scalable RESTful APIs, automating power system simulations using PSS®E (psspy), and deploying automation workflows securely and efficiently on AWS.

Mandatory Skills : Python, FastAPI/Flask, PSS®E (psspy), RESTful API Development, AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, EFS, API Gateway), AWS IAM, CloudWatch.

Key Responsibilities :

Python Development & API Integration :

• Design, build, and maintain RESTful APIs using FastAPI or Flask to interface with PSS®E.
• Automate simulations and workflows using the PSS®E Python API (psspy).
• Implement robust bulk case processing, result extraction, and automated reporting systems.

AWS Cloud Deployment :

• Deploy APIs and automation pipelines using AWS services such as EC2, Lambda, S3, EFS, and API Gateway.
• Apply cloud-native best practices to ensure reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Manage secure access control using AWS IAM, API keys, and implement monitoring using CloudWatch.

Required Skills :

• 5+ Years of professional experience in Python development.
• Hands-on experience with RESTful API development (FastAPI/Flask).
• Solid experience working with PSS®E and its psspy Python API.
• Strong understanding of AWS services, deployment, and best practices.
• Proficiency in automation, scripting, and report generation.
• Knowledge of cloud security and monitoring tools like IAM and CloudWatch.

Good to Have :

• Experience in power system simulation and electrical engineering concepts.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools for AWS deployments.

About the Role

We are hiring a Senior Backend Developer for our client, a US-based tech company, to take ownership of backend architecture, scalability, and infrastructure. This is a critical engineering role where you'll lead feature development and ensure high system performance as the company grows rapidly.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain scalable backend systems using Python (Django, Flask, or FastAPI)
• Optimize and manage relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL)
• Design and implement asynchronous processing using Redis and RabbitMQ
• Architect and deploy containerized microservices with a focus on performance and scalability
• Provision and monitor infrastructure on AWS (EC2, RDS, S3)
• Diagnose system performance issues and implement robust solutions

Minimum Requirements

• 3+ years of backend development experience
• Proficient in Python and at least one framework (Django, Flask, or FastAPI)
• Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL or MySQL
• Experience with Redis and RabbitMQ
• Hands-on experience with AWS (EC2, RDS, S3)
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and backend system design

Good to Have

• Familiarity with JavaScript and frontend frameworks like React.js or Vue.js
• Experience with WebSockets for real-time features
• Exposure to VoIP/WebRTC/SIP/IP PBX technologies

Key Traits We Value

• Smart, logical, and curious problem-solvers
• Self-driven individuals who thrive in fast-paced environments
• Passion for learning and adapting to new technologies

What We Offer

• Competitive Compensation
• 100% remote work
• A collaborative, growth-focused environment
• Challenging projects with real impact

We are looking for a Senior Software Developer to produce and implement functional software solutions. You will work with upper management to define software requirements and take the lead on operational and technical projects.

In this role, you should be able to work independently with little supervision. You should have excellent organization and problem-solving skills. If you also have hands-on experience in software development and agile methodologies, we’d like to meet you.

Your goal will be to develop high-quality software that is aligned with user needs and business goals.

• Develop high-quality software design and architecture
• Identify, prioritize and execute tasks in the software development life cycle
• Develop tools and applications by producing clean, efficient code
• Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting
• Review and debug code
• Perform validation and verification testing
• Collaborate with internal teams and vendors to fix and improve products
• Document development phases and monitor systems
• Ensure software is up-to-date with the latest technologies.

• Proven experience as a Senior Software Engineer
• Extensive experience in software development, scripting and project management
• Knowledge of selected programming languages (e.g. Django, Python, C++) and the elastic search.
• Analytical mind with problem-solving aptitude
• Ability to work independently
• Excellent organizational and https://resources.workable.com/leadership-interview-questions" target="_blank">leadership skills
• BSc/BA in Computer Science or a related degree

Responsibilities:

• Take on complex problems that span multiple components and teams.

• Independently own one or more multiple modules, which include: requirement analysis, design, development, maintenance & support

• Write extensive, efficient code to address complex modules that handle the interaction between multiple components.

• Rapidly iterate to add new functionalities and solves complex problems with simple and intuitive solutions

• Produce architecture with clean interfaces, that are efficient and scalable

• Participate and contribute to architectural discussions

• Solve production issues. Investigate and provide solutions to minimize the business impact due to the outage

• Continuously improve performance metrics of modules you own.

• Collaborate effectively across teams to solve problems, execute and deliver results

Requirements:

• Experience: 3+ years

• A Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science

• Software engineering and product delivery experience, with a strong background in algorithms

• Experience in architecting & building real-time, large-scale e-commerce applications

• Experience with high-performance websites catering to millions of daily traffic is a plus

• Excellent command over Data Structures and Algorithms

• Experience with web technologies, Go/Java/Python

• Language: GO or Python

• Strong expertise in DS and Algo

• Strong leadership skills - have experience mentoring, building products from scratch or incumbent in design and architecture.

• Have worked in the scaling of the system right from scratch.

• Someone worked in small user base to a large user base and wrote optimized code

• Both HLD and LLD

CTC Budget: 35-55LPA

Location: Hyderabad (Remote after 3 months WFO)

Company Overview:

An 8-year-old IT Services and consulting company based in Hyderabad providing services in maximizing product value while delivering rapid incremental innovation, possessing extensive SaaS company M&A experience including 20+ closed transactions on both the buy and sell sides. They have over 100 employees and looking to grow the team.

• 6 plus years of experience as a Python developer.
• Experience in web development using Python and Django Framework.
• Experience in Data Analysis and Data Science using Pandas, Numpy and Scifi-Kit - (GTH)
• Experience in developing User Interface using HTML, JavaScript, CSS.
• Experience in server-side templating languages including Jinja 2 and Mako
• Knowledge into Kafka and RabitMQ (GTH)
• Experience into Docker, Git and AWS
• Ability to integrate multiple data sources into a single system.
• Ability to collaborate on projects and work independently when required.
• DB (MySQL, Postgress, SQL)

Selection Process: 2-3 Interview rounds (Tech, VP, Client)

Skills:

• Expertise in Python 3 on AWS serverless
• Experience in AWS serverless stack Appsync, Lambda, Cognito, API Gateway, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, SQS, S3, Code commit & Code Deploy.
• Proficient in modern microservice-based architectures and methodologies.
• Experience in a database technology, preferably No-SQL such as AWS DynamoDB.
• Build human-centric UX with us using technologies like React, TypeScript, GraphQL, and CSS-in-JS.
• Experience building data processing pipelines (SQS, Kinesis, DynamoDB, AWS Lambda, or similar)
• Deep technical hands-on experience developing in REST/JSON or SOAP/XML, combined with strong knowledge of concepts such as CORs (Cross Origins Resources), headers, security, JSON and http concept.
• Experience with Github and advanced Github features (good to have).
• Must have worked as a part of Agile Teams and DevOps practices such as continuous Integration tools (e.g. Jenkins), code repository, creating CI/CD pipelines is required.

• Leads more than one projects end-to-end and collaborates across functions. Drives planning, estimation and execution.
• Manages stakeholder expectations and offers scalable, reliable, performant and easy to maintain solutions
• Consistently delivers complex, well backed and bug-free products in time
• Consistently takes well thought technical/design decisions
• Develops expertise in more than one area and shares knowledge with others. able to mentor/train in areas which are new to them.
• Drives people to solve engineering challenges
• Enjoys high respect of Tech and other cross functional teams
• Demonstrates effective communication with project team, management and

internal/external clients as necessary.

• Surfaces both technical and non-technical team challenges and helps resolve them
• Champion for SDLC best practices and high quality standards

• Expert at in RoR, Golang, NodeJS or Python. Good to have exposure to ML.
• Must have experience in cloud computing
• Operates independently with almost no oversight
• Is able to apply domain expertise to think critically and make wise decisions for the

team, taking into account tradeoffs and constraints.

• Communicates tech decisions through design docs and tech talks
• Has delivered multiple projects with end-to-end engineering ownership
• Keeps track of new technology/tools and embraces them as necessary
• 7+ years of experience in product driven organization
• A Bachelors or Masters degree in engineering from a reputed institute (preferably

About us:

Strata is a commercial real estate investment platform that offers investors the opportunity to invest in pre-leased commercial assets such as offices, warehouses, and retail spaces across India.

We are one of the fastest-growing PropTech platforms in India and are backed by Elevation Capital, Mayfield, Kotak Investment Advisors, Gruhas (a venture by Nikhil Kamath of Zerodha) and DLF Family Office.

Our headquarter is in Bangalore, India.

We are a small yet close-knit team of 35+ people.

About you:

You have a knack for product and strongly equipped with engineering skills to make it a reality. You don’t jump into implementation unless you have clearly understood the problem/requirements and have a written design. You don’t hesitate asking questions and giving critical reviews while respecting others’ opinions. You are a fearless engineer, and not afraid to fail, not on production though ;) You have a strong sense of ownership. You have a startup experience. You don’t feel annoyed if required to work on off days in case of production incidents (no development).

Your responsibilities:

You will primarily work on the backend maintaining the existing platform and writing new enhancements and features. Apart from your own features, as a senior member of the team you will be expected to be actively involved in overall design discussions and peer code reviews. You will factor in extensibility, maintainability, scalability and security in designs and code. You will ensure that best engineering practices are followed. You will support your team members when they are facing challenges, and mentor them when appropriate. You will strive for overall engineering excellence.

Must-have Skills:

• 4-8 years of total experience
• 2+ years of experience in Django and DRF. You must be pro at it. The team will be looking up to you for making most out of DRF.
• Designing and building  scalable web applications
• Good understanding of REST principles
• SQL database design and queries
• Working knowledge of AWS

Good-To-Have Skills:

• Angular or any other JavaScript frontend framework
• Designing microservices
• DevOps experience

FAQ's.

1. Your technology ingredients?

Programming languages:
Our backend is written in Python using Django framework. And the frontend is in AngularJS. Currently there is no mobile app.

Infrastructure:
We are an AWS shop and use their services for most needs, Docker for containerization and ECS as orchestrator, RDS as database, S3 for storage and SQS as messaging backend.

Other tools:
BitBucket for Git and CI/CD pipeline, Trello for project management; and Google Meets and Slack for communication.

2. Your hiring plan?

Currently the engineering team comprises of 3 engineers, and we plan to grow it to 8 by the end of 2021.

3. Your Interview process?

We will try to finish the process within two weeks. In case we can’t go ahead with  your candidature, we will clearly and immediately let you know. But in case of competing applications, we may request you to wait for a week or two.

1. 15 minutes introductory call to discuss requirements and expectations
2. 30 minutes online coding assignment on a screen sharing session
3. 1 hour technical interview covering problem solving, code review and aptitude
4. 15 minutes call with co-founder for final discussion

In case of inability to come to a conclusion from either side, we may go for an additional round.

4. Your WFH and WFO policy?

Due to Covid-19 the team is working from home and will continue till March-2022. After that we will work from the Bangalore or Pune office (yet to be finalised). You should be open to relocate to any of the cities.

5. Your funding status?

In March 2020, Strata raised $1.5 million in seed funding; and $6 million in Series-A in July 2021.