About the role
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, test, and maintain applications using Python.
- Build scalable and maintainable backend services and applications.
- Develop and integrate RESTful APIs and third-party services.
- Work with frameworks such as Django, Flask, or FastAPI.
- Write clean, reusable, efficient, and well-documented code.
- Work with relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or Redis.
- Debug and troubleshoot application issues and implement effective solutions.
- Develop unit tests and integration tests to ensure application quality.
- Optimize application performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Collaborate with frontend developers, product managers, designers, and other engineering teams.
- Participate in code reviews and follow established coding and development standards.
- Use Git-based version control systems for source code management.
- Contribute to application deployment, monitoring, and maintenance.
- Stay updated with modern Python libraries, frameworks, tools, and development practices.
Requirements:
- A bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related field is preferred.
- Candidates with strong Python development skills and relevant project experience may also be considered.
Must-Have Skills:
- Strong knowledge of Python programming.
- Good understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and programming fundamentals.
- Hands-on experience with Django, Flask, or FastAPI.
- Understanding of REST APIs, HTTP, JSON, and API integration.
- Working knowledge of SQL and relational databases.
- Familiarity with Git/GitHub/GitLab.
- Strong debugging and problem-solving abilities.
- Understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software development concepts.
- Ability to write clean, maintainable, and reusable code.
Good-to-Have Skills:
- Experience with FastAPI, Django REST Framework, or Flask.
- Knowledge of PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis.
- Exposure to Docker and containerization.
- Familiarity with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Understanding of CI/CD pipelines.
- Exposure to microservices and distributed systems.
- Knowledge of asynchronous programming using asyncio.
- Experience with Celery, RabbitMQ, or Kafka.
- Familiarity with automated testing frameworks such as PyTest or unittest.
- Basic understanding of application security and performance optimization.