HealthifyMe - Senior Backend Developer - Python/Django

We're seeking an experienced Senior Backend Developer to join our dynamic team and play a pivotal role in architecting and scaling our platform as we pursue our mission to healthify a billion people! As a senior team member, you'll drive technical decisions, mentor junior developers, and help shape our engineering culture.

Key Responsibilities :

- Design, implement, and maintain scalable backend architectures and microservices

- Lead complex technical projects from conception to delivery

- Establish coding standards, best practices, and architectural guidelines

- Mentor junior developers and conduct code reviews to ensure code quality

- Collaborate with product and infrastructure teams to optimize system performance

- Identify and resolve system bottlenecks and technical debt

- Drive innovation in our technology stack and development processes

- Participate in technical decision-making and architecture discussions

- Handle incident management and lead problem-solving efforts for critical issues

Technical Skills & Requirements :

- Strong proficiency in Python and deep understanding of its internals

- Expert-level experience with Django framework, including custom middleware development and optimization

- Advanced knowledge of database systems (MySQL, MongoDB) including query optimization, indexing strategies, and performance tuning

- Proven experience with caching solutions (Redis) and message queues

- Strong background in API design and microservices architecture

- Expertise in AWS cloud services (EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, ECS)

- Experience with containerization (Docker) and container deployment and management tools (ECS)

- Proficiency in implementing CI/CD pipelines

- Knowledge of monitoring tools and APM solutions (New Relic, Coralogix)

- Experience with performance optimization and scalability challenges

Professional Attributes :

- Proven track record of leading technical initiatives and delivering large-scale projects

- Strong system design and architectural decision-making abilities

- Excellence in technical documentation and knowledge sharing

- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex production issues

- Experience mentoring junior developers and providing technical leadership

- Excellent communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams

- Track record of driving engineering best practices and process improvements

Qualifications :

- Minimum 5+ years of experience in backend development

- Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

- Extensive experience in high-growth or startup environments

- Proven experience building and scaling applications handling millions of users

- History of contributing to or maintaining open-source projects is a plus