Back-End Developer

A fast-growing company offering training that will help people to improve their financial management skills is looking for a Back-End Developer. The selected candidate will be tasked with managing the entire lifecycle of the product, from design to documentation. The US-based company is providing interest-free lending to help working families and individuals access and improve their credit. This position requires 5-6+ hours of overlap with the EST time zone. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Architect, develop, test, and deploy product and its augmentations 
• Work as a team lead to make important design and development decisions
• Monitor and ensure the required product quality
• Keep track of the company’s progress in daily team syncs and update the ticket status
• Refine product requirements by conducting research and communicating it with relevant stakeholders 
• Assist the leadership in revamping and mitigating product backlog weekly
• Work with the team to brainstorm ideas and perform sprint planning 
• Assist in managing the team in the delivery of sprint commitments
• Quickly surface issues and any deviations from the plan to relevant stakeholders 
• Create necessary endpoint documentation for future use 

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• At least 5+ years of relevant experience as a back-end developer 
• Extensive experience with Python or similar high-level programming languages
• Hands-on experience with Python 3+ syntax
• Comprehensive knowledge of the FastAPI or Flask frameworks
• Demonstrable knowledge of API design patterns
• Prior experience in SQL, PostgreSQL, and related Python ORMs specific features
• Experience with user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments is required 
• Prolific experience working with RESTful APIs
• Knowledge about background task processing and queues is preferred 
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Demonstrable experience writing well-structured OOP code
• Passionate about the Fintech industry is a plus
• Capacity to successfully organize and manage working with an agile environment
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills