software engineer

Key Responsibilities:

1. Design and Development: Lead the design and development of web

applications using Python and Flask, ensuring code quality, scalability, and

performance.

2. Architecture: Collaborate with the architecture team to design and implement

robust, maintainable, and scalable software solutions.

3. API Development: Develop RESTful APIs using Flask to support front-end

applications and external integrations.

4. Database Management: Design and optimize database schemas, write efficient

SQL queries, and work with databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL, or NoSQL

solutions.

5. Testing and Debugging: Write unit tests and perform code reviews to maintain

code quality. Debug and resolve complex issues as they arise.

6. Security: Implement security best practices, including data encryption,

authentication, and authorization mechanisms.

7. Performance Optimization: Identify and address performance bottlenecks in

the application, making improvements for speed and efficiency.

8. Documentation: Maintain clear and comprehensive documentation for code,

APIs, and development processes.

9. Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including front-end

developers, product managers, and QA engineers, to deliver high-quality

software.

10. Mentorship: Provide guidance and mentorship to junior developers, sharing your

knowledge and best practices.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related

field.

Proven experience (4-5 years) as a Python developer, with a strong emphasis on

Flask.

Solid understanding of web development principles, RESTful APIs, and best

practices.

Proficiency in database design and SQL, as well as experience with database

systems like PostgreSQL or MySQL.

Familiarity with front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and related

frameworks is a plus.

Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative

environment.

Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team.

Knowledge of containerization and deployment tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)

is a plus.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Plan, architect, integrate, and develop back-end and database driven features using the Python language and frameworks (Django, Flask, Tornado)

• Experience on Micro service architecture

• Strong knowledge on Web services/API

• Strong Knowledge on AWS/Azure, Docker, etc..

• Having great knowledge on software development methodologies, languages, technologies, security threats, etc.

• Create decoupled, interactive web UIs using JavaScript (Angular, Ember, jQuery, React Js)

• Provide technical advise and recommendations for language and software choices

• Develop code that is cross-browser and cross-platform friendly

• Collaborate with project stakeholders to ensure all requirements are met

• Evaluate technologies and manage technical planning

• Support and ongoing development for existing projects

• Provide clean code and proper documentation for each project

• Assists in resolving moderately complex production support problems

• Strong writing and speaking skills (English)

Technical Requirements:

• At least 4+ years experience developing and deploying websites and applications

• Experience with Django

• Experience with Agile/SCRUM practices

• Hands on experience on database like PostgreSQL,MySQL, Mongo db, etc.

• Custom web based application development experience

• Comfortable collaborating with designers, front-end developers and other team members

• Object-oriented design and development strategies

Skill : 4-10 years of experience in development of automation framework using Python

• Experience in GUI development using HTML/CSS/JS/Angular JS/Django are preferred
• Having good understanding of REST is desired
• Excellent Troubleshooting and Analytical Skills are desired
• Good Communications and interpersonal skill are desired

About KAFQA

At Kafqa, we are building the next generation performing arts platform. Our mission is to transform how India learns, performs & watchers performing arts. We are currently in stealth mode with a target public launch date in April. 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 consist of senior executives from Shiamak Davar & Byju’s.

Role

We are looking for an experienced Frontend engineer with ReactJS development experience to join our team.
Here’s are some of the things you might have to do on any given day:

• Implement responsive and performant UIs with user centered approach with frontend technologies including ReactJS, Javascript(ES 6), Typescript, SCSS, etc
• Write meaningful test cases for frontend &amp
• Develop Infrastructure for delivering services using a performance driven approach, build databases, schedule automated jobs, etc

Ideal Background / Experience

• At least 12 months of diverse experience in web development for product or services oriented environment with exposure to working production deployments
• Expertise in programming using Python/ReactJS or similar scripting languages
• In-depth exposure to technologies used in web-based SaaS products, including REST APIs
• Sound understanding of Postgres and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB

Nice to have exposure to any of

• AWS
• Azure
• ELK
• Object Relational Models (SQLAlchemy, etc)
• Google APIs
• Microservices Architecture Pattern
• NodeJS / ExpressJS

• Observe, strategize, develop and design user-friendly UI/UX using markup languages like HTML.
• Designing Client-Side and Server-Side Architecture and Rendering and Static Site Generation.
• To confer with users - by studying systems flow, data usage & work related bottlenecks.
• Design and implement Front-End code
• Interact with the production team, understand their workflow and find new ways to visualize their workflows on web apps.
• Integrating Python Scripts with Python-based UI interfaces like Dash and Flask.
• Maintain and improve web-app
• Optimize applications for maximum speed
• Create quality mockups and prototypes
• Design mobile-based features
• Integrating APIs with front-end user interfaces.
• Build features and applications with a mobile responsive design
• Write functional requirement documents and guides
• Work with data scientists and analysts to visualize their analysis reports
• Help back-end developers with coding and troubleshooting
• Ensure high-quality graphic standards and brand consistency
• Stay up-to-date on emerging technologies

• Strong Knowledge of HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, JavaScript, AJAX, jQuery and Prototyping.
• Strong knowledge of client-side dynamic and rich UI applications development.
• Hands-on experience in C#, Python, .Net
• Strong hands-on experience in popular frameworks and JavaScript ecosystem – JS, Node, Angular, Jquery.
• Experience in Spark, Hadoop, Scala, and Elastic Search is a plus point.
• Familiarity with browser testing and debugging
• Experienced in building applications that meet enterprise needs – secure, scalable, loosely coupled design
• Exceptional design, coding, and problem-solving skills, with a bias for architecting at scale.
• Experience using NPM, Web-Pack, Gulp.
• Familiarity with performance testing and optimization’s.
• Strong knowledge of computer science, algorithms, and design patterns
• Write robust modular front-end code using the latest technologies, test and optimize it to work for high performance and scale and deploy it to the UiPath cloud platform.
• Work with various horizontal teams such as Structure, Electrical, Mechanical, Accessibility, Legal, and Finance and also interact with other core teams across locations at UiPath
• Own the smooth running of your cloud service or docker service, and respond to live site issues.
• Strong oral and written communication, and other soft skills are critical to collaborating and engaging with teams