Senior Backend Engineer (Python)

About the company

The company delivers the power of technology and intelligence to investors and companies and enables growth and value creation in the private unlisted markets. We make it easier for investors to know everything about a company, and a company to know everything about an investor. Our intelligence is used by more than 400+ customers across Venture Capital, Private Equity, Investment Bankers, and Corporates. Our intelligence covers the entire universe of Indian private companies and investors. We are gearing to power growth and transactions in private markets in India and around the world. We want our solutions to be reliable, timely and trustworthy to make investment and business decisions.

Founded in 2015 by IIT Madras Alumni Mr. Krishna Saraswati and Mr. Avinash Loganathan, as a fintech startup we have 3 products in the market. 1. PrivateCircle Research: Private Market Intelligence product. 2. PrivateCircle Connect: Intelligent Prospecting tool for Sales teams. 3. PrivateCircle Markets: Investment opportunities discovery platform.

About the role

We are looking for a Senior backend engineer with 4+ years of experience building large scale web applications. A highly skilled Python Developer with advanced coding abilities in Python.

Responsibilities

Design, Develop and maintain products using bleeding-edge technologies on Python

Collaborating with the rest of the engineering team to design and deploy the code to test/production and implement new features.

Debug, validate, review and test new and existing code.

Act as a mentor to junior developers, providing guidance and support on technical issues.

Write clean, efficient and well documented code

As a Senior, you are required to regularly interact with their peers, managers and PMs (product/program managers).

Requirements

Advanced knowledge of Python (4+ years) with strong OOPs fundamentals.

Version Control using git.

Experience with web frameworks and MVC/ MVT architecture.

Experience with Django framework and its ORM.

Experience with REST API's and microservices architecture.

In-depth knowledge of relational databases (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB).

Knowledge of distributed systems is a plus.

Experience with Elasticsearch is a plus.

Experience with Docker, Kubernetes or any other container technologies is a plus.

Experience with Celery or other asynchronous task queues.

Experience using system monitoring tools, automated testing frameworks and implementing server-side security.

We offer a dynamic and fast-paced work environment with ample opportunities for growth and advancement. If you're a highly motivated individual with a passion for coding and a desire to work with cutting-edge technologies, please apply today!