Lead Python/Django Engineer

We are looking for a Python/Django Web Developer responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users. Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end.
Responsibilities

• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
• Take part in code reviews and documentation reviews
• Contribute to analysis and design of new requirements and fault fixes
• Implementation of security and data protection

Skills And Qualifications

• Expert in Python and Django: 6+ years’ experience of Python coding skills, 4+ years of hands-on experience with Django and Django REST framework
• Experienced with some ORM (Object Relational Mapper) libraries specifically Django ORM
• Solid database skills in a relational database (i.e., MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, etc.)
• Able to create database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Optimizing database / query performance
• Strong unit test and debugging skills
• Knowledge of user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Understanding of the threading limitations of Python, and multi-process architecture, and building and using RESTful APIs
• Extensive knowledge of modern Python packages and libs
• Knowledge about container technology, mainly Docker
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (i.e git/github, bitbucket etc)
• Experience delivering with an agile methodology
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure knowledge is an added advantage
• A strong portfolio to showcase a variety of problem solving solutions