Sr Software Developer (Python Django)

Roles and Responsibilities

- Data modelling, implementing business logic as well as focusing on engineering and design of the platform.

- API design and development

- Implementation of CRUD (Create, update, read, delete)

- Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code

- Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications

- Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with serverside logic

- Write and implement software solutions that integrate different systems

- Identify and suggest ways of improving efficiency and functionality

- Come up with reusable code that is efficient and easily testable

- Use backend logic to integrate user-facing features

- Development of middleware ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end and also development of a complex & secure data aggregation system

- Diagnose bugs and other issues in products

- Write and implement Low-Latency Applications

- Implement security and data protection

- Design and build scalable REST APIs

- Develop, test, tune for performance and deploy web services

- Work with product team to build innovative, robust, and easy-to-use features.

- Collaborate with the team, optimize and refactor the back-end architecture

- Contribute to architectural and design discussions

- Ensure smooth and timely communication with both the internal and external stakeholders.

- Participate in estimations and ensure timely delivery of the features

- Design, Develop & Unit test features in the product

- Conduct peer reviews and ensure quality of committed code

Required Skills:

- Excellent software engineering skills

- Solid foundation in data structures and algorithms

- Data modelling and database design. Expert in Python, with knowledge of at least one Python web framework {such as Django, Flask, etc}

- Good understanding of server-side templating languages like DTL, Jinja 2

- Good understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, and Jquery

- Knowledge of at least one ETL tool or framework (Such as apache airflow)

- Familiarity with SQL and any ORM framework

- In depth knowledge of any one web server like nginx or apache2 would be a plus.

- Competent in designing and building web applications and/or web services in a commercial setting

- Competent in design/implementation for reliability, availability, scalability and performance

- Working knowledge of code versioning tools such as Git

- Strong unit test and debugging skills are a plus

- Good understanding of designing micro services

- A self-starter attitude, the ability to work independently and in a group, demonstrated initiative, and good writing/briefing skills are great to have

- Should be good at analytical thinking and breaking down large problems into solvable chunks

- Demonstrated the ability to think creatively and come up with ideas / thoughts with significant business/ organizational impact

- Ability to quickly adapt to changing technological trends