Staff Engineer - Backend

As a highly skilled Staff Engineer (Backend) at Appknox, your primary responsibility is to lead the backend development for a disruptive product in the Security domain. You will drive innovation while focusing on improving performance, scalability, and maintainability. Your role involves owning the software design process, coordinating sprints, and ensuring timely delivery of high-quality software solutions. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential to provide guidance and support, conduct thorough code reviews, and mentor team members in coding standards. You will design and implement scalable, maintainable, and high-performing backend systems using technologies like Django and Python. **Key Responsibilities:** - Lead the backend development for a disruptive product in the Security domain, focusing on innovation, performance, scalability, and maintainability. - Own the software design process, coordinate sprints, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality software solutions. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams, provide guidance and support to developers, and conduct thorough code reviews. - Design and implement scalable, maintainable, and high-performing backend systems using Django and Python. - Mentor and guide junior engineers, foster a collaborative and growth-oriented environment. **Qualifications Required:** - 5-8 years of professional experience in backend development with a strong focus on Django and Python. - Proficiency in Django REST Framework (DRF), relational databases, SQL, and ORMs (e.g., Django ORM, SQLAlchemy). - Strong problem-solving skills and ability to make independent decisions regarding system design and implementation. - Hands-on experience in designing and developing scalable, maintainable, and high-performing backend systems. - Deep understanding of software engineering methodologies, including Test-Driven Development (TDD) and CI/CD practices. - Strong communication skills, with the ability to document technical specifications and workflows clearly. - Proven ability to lead and mentor a small team of engineers, providing technical guidance and support without formal people management responsibilities. - Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and microservices architectures is a bonus. - Self-driven and able to operate autonomously in a fast-paced environment.,