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Lead Backend Engineer

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Minimum 8+ years of programming experience in Python and Django.
  • Experience in developing scalable web applications with SQL/NoSQL databases.
  • Demonstrated leadership as a backend developer on long-term projects.
  • Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and a strong interest in learning more.

Requirements:

  • Lead the backend development team and plan tasks.
  • Design and implement architectural solutions with cross-functional teams.
  • Mentor junior developers and ensure quality through documentation and testing.
  • Manage cutting-edge technologies to enhance applications and solve scalability issues.

Job description

Role & Responsibilities:
  • Work closely with Senior Engineers, Architects, Frontend developers , and Product Management teams to design and arrive at best architectural approach, choose most appropriate frameworks, code and deliver
  • Lead the backend development team and plan the tasks
  • Mentor junior developers
  • Manage cuttingedge technologies to improve applications
  • Follow new and emerging technologies
  • A self­ starter, who loves to take on hard problems, loves solving service scalability problems, enjoys breaking things and enthusiastic to learn new technologies and working in startup environments
    • Ideal Candidate:
      • Minimum 8+ of excellent programming experience in Python, Django framework.
      • Experience in developing scalable web applications using Python and SQLNoSQL databases
      • Demonstrated experience as a lead backend developer on a long term project –– shepherding it from ideation to delivery, and coordinating effort from individual contributors
      • Ability to work independently, manage your own project, and communicate progress to technical and nontechnical stakeholders
      • Diligence writing documentation and tests for your projects
      • Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes and an interest in learning more
      • Eye for detail and identifying problems
      • Good understanding of data structures, algorithms and design patterns.
      • Good analytical and problem solving skills.
      • KnowledgeExperience in the following technologies will be an added plus: Elasticsearch, Kafka, Apache Spark, Redis, Cassandra, Hadoop
      • Interest and aptitude to learn new technologies and domains

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