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Software Engineer 1 (Backend)

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 1+ years of full-time experience in Python and Django/Django REST framework (DRF)
  • Good understanding of MySQL, Git, and GitHub/GitLab
  • Good debugging and online searching skills
  • Good communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Develop large features and fix on-call bugs
  • Design and develop new APIs
  • Optimize/fix bugs in existing APIs
  • Write tests for the APIs

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Communication
  • Problem Solving

About the company

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Interview Kickstart

Interview Kickstart is a global leader in career up-leveling, committed to elevating the careers of tech professionals by helping them land their dream jobs with top tech companies. Our industry-acclaimed courses center around interview preparation and career transition into rapidly growing tech domains such as AI, ML and Data Science. With a roster of over 600 instructors, all seasoned professionals hailing from FAANG and other top Silicon Valley companies, we offer expertise across a wide array of technical and career competencies. Core to our curriculum is the focus on Algorithms, Data Structures, System Design, etc.– the essential elements for guaranteed interview success. Our comprehensive approach encompasses live classes, mock interviews, personalized coaching, resume reviews, career strategies, and valuable referrals. As of today, we have successfully guided over 17,000 tech professionals through transformative career journeys. We take pride in the fact that our students consistently secure offers from industry giants such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Apple, and LinkedIn often securing salaries as high as $1.28 million. Why IK? - We embody ownership as our core value enabling us to offer flexible work hours so that you can pursue your passion and maintain a harmonious work-life balance - Our forever remote culture allows you to work from anywhere - We offer fair, competitive, market-benchmarked salaries and lucrative stock options - We understand the importance of a comfortable workspace and cover costs for your ergonomic work setup, mobile and internet via monthly allowances - Your health matters to us and that’s why we provide 100% free health insurance premiums for both employees and their dependents - Your mental well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer unlimited counseling sessions with certified therapists - Last but not least, we have virtual community options for all kinds of connoisseurs so that you can find your tribe

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Company size51 - 200

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Job description

Let's start with who we are:

Interviews can be hard. And when it comes to the top tech companies like Google, Facebook, Netflix, etc., they can be downright brutal. Most candidates don’t make it simply because they don’t prepare well enough. IK helps candidates nail the toughest tech interviews. At IK, current and former hiring managers at these top companies take candidates through an intense prep course to prepare them to crack the toughest Technical interviews. You could think of us as ‘the everything store’ for career transitions and interview skill development.

How do we do that, you ask?

We have a structured approach to interview success, which includes:

  • Career Accelerator Course

  • Comprehensive end-to-end courses and platform

  • A roster of over 600+ instructors from leading Silicon Valley companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Netflix

  • A holistic approach that includes live classes, mock interviews, personalized coaching, resume refinement, career strategies, and invaluable referrals

What’s more exciting is that we are completely remote and hiring the best people we can find who are currently based out of India or wanting to be in India.

Let's start with who we are:

Interviews can be hard. And when it comes to the top tech companies like Google, Facebook, Netflix, etc., they can be downright brutal. Most candidates don’t make it simply because they don’t prepare well enough. IK helps candidates nail the toughest tech interviews. At IK, current and former hiring managers at these top companies take candidates through an intense prep course to prepare them to crack the toughest Technical interviews. You could think of us as ‘the everything store’ for career transitions and interview skill development.

 

How do we do that, you ask?

We have a structured approach to interview success, which includes:

  • Career Accelerator Course

  • Comprehensive end-to-end courses and platform

  • A roster of over 600+ instructors from leading Silicon Valley companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Netflix

  • A holistic approach that includes live classes, mock interviews, personalized coaching, resume refinement, career strategies, and invaluable referrals

What’s more exciting is that we are completely remote and hiring the best people we can find regardless of geography.

What will you be doing?

  • You will be closely working with a team of other experienced developers and doing pretty much everything, from developing large features to fixing on-call bugs.

  • You will be designing and developing new APIs, optimizing/fixing bugs in the existing APIs, and writing tests for the APIs.

  • If there are any on-call bugs, resolving them will be your first priority. And then, you will continue working on the feature development planned for the sprint.

  • Additionally, if you have experience/interest in front-end development, you will be contributing to front-end development in NextJS and jQuery.

What would excite us

  • An AI-first approach for solving the problems.

  • 1+ years of full-time experience in Python and Django/Django REST framework (DRF).

  • Good understanding of MySQL, Git, and GitHub/GitLab.

  • Good debugging and online searching skills.

  • Good communication skills.

  • Good problem-solving skills. (Ability to solve easy data structures and algorithms problems).

Why you will enjoy working with us?

  • Permanent remote/WFH and flexible work culture.

  • Cutting-edge technology stack.

  • An AI-first approach for solving the problems.

  • Complete ownership and trust from the top management.

  • Ideas and concerns are carefully listened to by the top management.

  • Experiment, fail, and learn.

  • Rapid career progression for high performers.

  • High-pedigree, high-caliber team.

  • Learn how a fast-growing startup works and scales.

 

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