Tech Lead- Python

Who We Are as a Company :

GoKwik was founded in 2020 with one simple mission, to democratize the shopping experience and increase the GMV realization for e-commerce businesses. The company is backed by Sequoia Capital India, Matrix Partners India, RTP Global, and marquee angels.

GoKwik is an e-commerce enablement company focussed predominantly on solving crucial e-commerce issues like boosting conversion rates across the e-commerce funnel and reducing RTO for our partners. It leverages AI/ML technologies to solve hard-hitting problems like RTO to increase CoD conversion rates. GoKwik's 1-click Kwik checkout improves checkout conversion rates ensuring higher GMV realization and reduced marketing CAC.

What we do is very unique with zero immediate competition in India today and therefore, building a team of Real Rockstars in their field to fuel this profit making start-up, which is growing at a rapid pace

Summary:

We are looking for someone who can own a pressing problem in E-Commerce Industry which is Return to Origin (RTO) engineering for us. Even though this role is backend but it's not limited to just backend, you can learn and work on frontend as well if you have a willingness to adapt and learn we will help you. Our RTO backend stack is currently written in Python & NodeJS. We love writing all sorts of tests (TDD, unit, functional and E2E) before shipping anything to production and we expect quality over quantity.

Also, we believe in extreme ownership! And to be honest, everyone loves working with kind and smart people. We are building a kick-ass team with humble and empathetic talent.

You’ll spend time on the following:

● Development with Python web applications or other MVC frameworks.
● FastAPI preferably for backend stack, though experience with Flask and Django is helpful.
● Monitor and troubleshoot web applications and analytics.
● Work closely with various teams to help develop new ways of showcasing internal and external web applications
● Facilitate the sharing of knowledge and experience across teams to enable effective use of our tools and solutions.
● Participate in problem management by identifying and closing gaps in monitoring and workflows.

We’re Excited About You If You Have:
● Development experience with Python, Django & PostgresQL, mongodb
● Have helped develop custom-built object-oriented applications for a year.
● Great OO skills, including strong design patterns knowledge
● Strong web development experience.
● Knowledge of Web Services required like: JSON, SOAP, REST and XML based web services.
● Having knowledge of AWS/Google Cloud platforms will be a big plus.
● Excellent organizational, communication, critical thinking & analytical skills ● Bachelor degree in Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience would be a plus.
● Excellent communication skills.
● Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
Some Important Traits – We look out for a Person in this role
● Superior analytical and problem solving skills
● Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
● Able to work in fast pace continuously evolving environment and ready to take up uphill challenges

Our Core Value Cultures:

● Merchant 1st
● Innovation
● Talent

We’re A Remote 1st Company
Our Organization was established right in middle of the pandemic, hence we don’t have location barriers across our team, Infact more then 90% of our Employees “Work from Anywhere” - Which helps in being more flexible in our personal lives and spend less time commuting – At the same time, being together in person is an important part of our culture and shared success. We’ll collaborate in person at a regular cadence and with purpose
The pace of our growth is incredible – if you want to tackle hard and interesting problems at scale, and create an impact within an entrepreneurial environment, Come join us!