Python Django Developer

Kumaran Systems; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Kumaran Systems in Chennai (India) seeks a Senior Full‑Stack Engineer blending Django and Java microservices. You will build end‑to‑end web apps with Django Views/Templates and DRF, and design scalable RESTful services with Spring Boot.

Experience with FastAPI, GenAI initiatives, API security, CI/CD, and strong SQL/ORM skills are valued.

Qualifications

• Strong Java programming and DB programming.
• Very strong Django full-stack development with Django Views/Templates.
• Very strong experience with Django Rest Framework (DRF) for REST API development.
• Proficiency with SQL and RDBMS (e.g., PostgreSQL/MySQL/Oracle), ORM usage, indexing, and query optimization.
• Spring Boot microservice development: REST, dependency injection, build tools (Maven/Gradle), and testing (JUnit).
• Solid understanding of API security (OAuth2/JWT), rate limiting, logging, and monitoring.
• Version control with Git and practical experience with CI/CD workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop full‑stack web applications using Django, Django Views/Templates, and Django Rest Framework (DRF).
• Build, secure, and scale RESTful microservices in Java using Spring Boot; implement clean APIs, fault tolerance, and observability.
• Develop and maintain robust database models, queries, and performance tuning across relational databases.
• Implement front‑end pages using Django templates with HTML/CSS/JavaScript; integrate with DRF APIs.
• Adopt best practices for code quality, testing, and CI/CD (unit/integration tests, code reviews, pipelines).
• Collaborate with product and platform teams to translate requirements into reliable, production‑ready services.
• Apply API design standards, authentication/authorization patterns, and secure coding practices.
• Optionally build Python microservices/APIs using FastAPI for targeted workloads.
• Contribute to exploratory GenAI use cases (e.g., LLM integrations, prompt flows, service orchestration).

Skills

Java programming

Django full-stack

REST API development

SQL/ORM proficiency

API security

CI/CD workflows

Git

GenAI awareness

Tools

Django

Django DRF

Spring Boot

FastAPI

Job description

About Us Kumaran Systems: Engineering Future-Ready Transformations Since 1992, Kumaran Systems has been helping enterprises bridge the past and the future, reimagining legacy systems and embracing AI‑led possibilities. With over 34 years of delivery excellence, we specialise in re‑engineering core applications, driving cloud transformation, and building automation‑first, GenAI‑enabled ecosystems across the Banking and Financial Services, Insurance, Telecom, and Automotive sectors. We help organisations not just upgrade their systems but reimagine what’s possible.

About Us Kumaran Systems: Engineering Future-Ready Transformations Since 1992, Kumaran Systems has been helping enterprises bridge the past and the future, reimagining legacy systems and embracing AI‑led possibilities. With over 34 years of delivery excellence, we specialise in re‑engineering core applications, driving cloud transformation, and building automation‑first, GenAI‑enabled ecosystems across the Banking and Financial Services, Insurance, Telecom, and Automotive sectors. We help organisations not just upgrade their systems but reimagine what’s possible.

Why Kumaran?

We blend engineering discipline with AI innovation, helping clients modernise with confidence, automate with clarity, and scale with purpose. Our global delivery model ensures agility, responsiveness, and seamless collaboration, with clients always at the heart of every engagement. At Kumaran, we don’t just solve problems, we engineer future‑ready transformations.

Seeking a Senior Engineer (6 years) with strong expertise in both Django (Python) full‑stack development and Java‑based microservices. The ideal candidate excels at building end‑to‑end web applications using Django Views/Templates and DRF, while also designing and delivering scalable RESTful microservices with Spring Boot. FastAPI experience and exposure to GenAI initiatives are preferred.

Job Title

Senior Full‑Stack Engineer (Django + Java Microservices)

Responsibilities

• Design and develop full‑stack web applications using Django, Django Views/Templates, and Django Rest Framework (DRF).
• Build, secure, and scale RESTful microservices in Java using Spring Boot; implement clean APIs, fault tolerance, and observability.
• Develop and maintain robust database models, queries, and performance tuning across relational databases.
• Implement front‑end pages using Django templates with HTML/CSS/JavaScript; integrate with DRF APIs.
• Adopt best practices for code quality, testing, and CI/CD (unit/integration tests, code reviews, pipelines).
• Collaborate with product and platform teams to translate requirements into reliable, production‑ready services.
• Apply API design standards, authentication/authorization patterns, and secure coding practices.
• Optionally build Python microservices/APIs using FastAPI for targeted workloads.
• Contribute to exploratory GenAI use cases (e.g., LLM integrations, prompt flows, service orchestration).

Must‑Have Skills

• Strong Java programming, OOP, design patterns, and DB programming.
• Very strong Django full‑stack development with Django Views & Templates.
• Very strong experience with Django Rest Framework (DRF) for REST API development.
• Proficiency with SQL and RDBMS (e.g., PostgreSQL/MySQL/Oracle), ORM usage, indexing, and query optimization.
• Spring Boot microservice development: REST, dependency injection, build tools (Maven/Gradle), and testing (JUnit).
• Solid understanding of API security (OAuth2/JWT), rate limiting, logging, and monitoring.
• Version control with Git and practical experience with CI/CD workflows.