Principal Software Engineer - Python

Creative Chaos; Lahore; On-site; PKR 3,600,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Work From Home

Health Insurance

OPD

Training and Development

Life Insurance

Exchange Program

Job summary

Creative Chaos in Lahore is seeking a Principal Software Engineer (Python) to lead server-side development across platforms and ensure security, performance, and reliability of RESTful services.

You will mentor engineers, drive best practices, collaborate with clients, and guide architectural decisions while delivering robust backend systems using Python and Django, with exposure to Azure/AWS.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6-8 years of professional software experience.
• Extensive Python experience using Django framework.
• Backend components and Restful APIs development.
• Knowledge of security standards and compliances.
• Experience with relational and schemaless databases (Oracle/SQL Server/MySQL/PostgreSQL/MongoDB).
• Unit tests with coverage goals; GitHub and JIRA familiarity.
• Strong communication and leadership skills; mentoring ability.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of software engineers and mentor members.
• Analyze business requirements and estimate tasks.
• Write code and unit tests with high coverage.
• Collaborate with team members and clients; provide status updates.
• Maintain systems by fixing issues and upgrading skills.
• Research new technologies and guide architectural decisions.
• Evaluate candidates for open positions.

Skills

Python

Django

REST APIs

Security standards

Leadership

Team mentoring

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Engineering

Tools

Azure

AWS

MongoDB

Oracle

SQL Server

MySQL

PostgreSQL

GitHub

JIRA

Job description

Job Summary

A Principal Software Engineer for Python is an associate at Creative Chaos who is mainly responsible for developing server applications of various software platforms including but not limited to writing Restful APIs to be consumed by client applications. A Principal Software Engineer makes sure that the functionality, security, and performance of the server application are as per the design and is completely bug-free. Principal engineers have a responsibility to lead a team of engineers, mentor team members through continuous training and guidance.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead a team of software engineers
• Mentor team members through training and guidance
• Analyze business requirements
• Estimate assigned tasks
• Write code and unit tests
• Collaborate with other team members
• Tune your code for enhanced security and performance
• Maintain systems by fixing any existing issues
• Update issue tracking software
• Provide status updates
• Communicate with client
• Control versions of your code
• Research new technologies
• Upgrade skills and knowledge
• Evaluate candidates for open positions

Requirements

• Minimum Bachelors in Computer Science/Software Engineering or equivalent
• Minimum 6-8 years of related experience in professional industry
• Extensive experience of Python using Django framework
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft technologies, tools and platforms
• Knowledge and experience of Azure and AWS
• Knowledge and experience in writing backend components and Restful APIs
• Understanding of security standards and compliances
• Experience with different relational and schemaless databases such as Oracle/SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL and MongoDB
• Creating database structure for the required functionality
• Experience with writing unit tests and ensuring the minimum 90% test coverage
• Knowledge of and experience with Github, JIRA and other collaboration tools
• Understanding of fundamental concepts and design principles
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies
• Flexible attitude and versatile personality
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Strong influence among team members

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• Work From Home
• Health Insurance
• OPD
• Training and Development
• Life Insurance
• Exchange Program