Backend Engineer (Python)

HappyFox Inc.; Chennai; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a skilled Backend Engineer to join its dynamic team. This role involves developing and maintaining complex features for their products, utilizing programming languages like Python and frameworks such as Django. You will have the opportunity to work with relational and NoSQL databases, build REST APIs, and contribute to improving the team's practices. If you are passionate about solving technical challenges and eager to make an impact, this position offers a great chance to grow your career in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in backend development with a focus on Python and Django.
• Strong understanding of REST API development and database management.

Responsibilities

• Implement product features with clean, robust, and reusable code.
• Introduce best practices to enhance team performance and code quality.

Skills

Python

Django

REST APIs

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Communication Skills

Job description

We're looking for an experienced Backend Engineer to join our growing team of engineers to help build and maintain our products. You should have prior experience of being responsible for building sufficiently complex features by yourself.

Responsibilities

1. Implement product features writing clean, robust, reusable code with tests
2. Bring new ideas and best practices to improve the team and the codebase

Requirements

1. At least 3 years of relevant professional experience
2. Sound knowledge of programming languages like Python
3. Experience working with web application frameworks like Django
4. Experience in building web services using relational databases like PostgreSQL or NoSQL databases like MongoDB
5. Experience developing REST APIs and a good understanding of best practices around building APIs
6. Good communication skills
7. Passion to solve complex technical problems and troubleshoot issues