Senior Backend Developer (Python)

MishiPay; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Mishipay in Bengaluru is seeking senior Python Backend Developers to join our engineering squad. You MUST have experience in Python and Django and within a scaling product business, as you will need to work at speed.

You’ll build microservices that scale to millions of requests and support in-store experiences. You’ll collaborate with the VP of Engineering and cross-functional teams to reduce tech debt, deploy best-in-class systems, and ensure performance remains above 99.9% at scale.

Qualifications

• 4-5 years of development experience using Python (preferably Django).
• Experience with at least one relational database like PostgreSQL or MySQL and at least one NoSQL database like MongoDB/Cassandra/DynamoDB.
• Hands-on experience with major cloud providers (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Hands-on experience with deployment/orchestration technologies like Kubernetes or Docker Swarm.
• Bonus: event-driven tech like Kafka/SQS, Apache Spark, etc.
• Bonus: worked in a startup or entrepreneurial background with scale.
• Bonus: fintech/retail systems experience.

Responsibilities

• Deliver stability of the core platforms (target uptime >99.95%).
• Scale infrastructure to handle up to 100k transactions/day.
• Design, code and deploy features; fix bugs; enhance performance of large-scale services.
• Reduce tech debt while developing new technologies.
• Mentor and coach junior team members.
• Prepare high-quality technical documentation.

Skills

Python programming

Django framework

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

Cloud platforms

Microservices

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS/GCP/Azure

Job description

We are looking for senior Python Backend Developers to join our talented engineering squad. The team is responsible for our main infrastructure and delivering the necessary tools to create the best in-store experience possible. You MUST have experience in Python and Django and within a scaling product business, as you will need to work at speed. You will also be used to change.

You’ll work closely with the VP of Engineering and other squad members, alongside the Product, Payment, Security and Delivery teams, achieving the roadmap which has been set against our top business priorities. You’ll work on getting rid of tech debt, deploy best-in-class systems and architecture and ensure that we can scale to 1000s of stores while maintaining system performance at over 99.9% at the push of a button. You should have experience building microservices from scratch that have over time scaled to millions of requests; experience working with retail systems such as inventory, promotions, ERP, EPOS, loyalty programmes or payments in a physical or online retail environment is a huge plus for this position. If you’re a startup enthusiast who is passionate about solving complex problems and wants to learn something new every day, we’d absolutely love to speak to you!

Responsibilities

• Deliver stability of over 99.95% across Mishipay's key platforms.
• Achieve ability to scale the infrastructure so it can handle up to 100k transactions a day.
• Design, code, and develop new features/fix bugs/add enhancements to improve the performance of large-scale services.
• Actively work to clear tech debt as we continue developing new technology.
• Coach and mentor junior team members.
• Prepare high-quality technical documentation.

Requirements

• 4-5 years' development experience using the Python programming language (preferably also knows Node.js ).
• Experience with at least one relational database like PostgreSQL or MySQL and also one NoSQL database like MongoDB or Cassandra or DynamoDB.
• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider like AWS, Azure or GCP (Azure preferred).
• Hands-on experience with at least one of the deployments-orchestration technologies like Kubernetes, Docker Swarm etc.
• (bonus) Hands-on experience with event-driven services and technologies like Kafka, Amazon SQS, Apache Spark etc.
• (bonus) Worked in a start-up that has seen scale or comes from an entrepreneurial background.
• (bonus) Experience of fintech, retail systems and technologies.

This job was posted by Sanjana Supriya from Mishipay.