Lead Engineer -Fullstack ( Python&React)

Do you thrive on working with cutting edge technology, with innovators in the early stages of ideas, products, or platforms? Do you have the passion to be a core member of a fast-growing start-up? Are you an expert or aspiring to become one who can work on the Full Stack of an application? Do you have a genuine interest in all software technologies? If the answer is yes, do reach out to us - Crediwatch is the place for you!

You will be exposed to work on every level of the stack in a highly agile, fast growing, start-up FinTech environment, while ensuring Breakthrough Simplicity in innovation and Diving Deep to arrive at a solution-based approach to problem solving and idea creation.

The environment at Crediwatch is vibrant and innovative! You will learn and regularly interact with peers who are the best at what they do and will motivate you to be the best version of yourself, technically and professionally.

The Role Expectation

You will play a key role in the development of the core product, working directly with the Business team on realizing their needs and translating it into the product.
You will be involved in the overall design, architecture and development of the application, maintaining quality and ensuring performance and compliance to software standards and guidelines
You will adhere to the best practises of the Agile & TDD
You will collaborate with the rest of the engineering team to design, prioritise and launch new features.
You will take ownership for organising code and maintain its integrity at all points in time.
You will be responsible for understanding and implementing security and data protection best practices.
You will bring in a passion for technology and hunger to learn
You Have

A sound knowledge of Python, hands-on experience in using Django/Flask etc., design patterns and application design
Experience with database architectures like NoSQL, RDBMS. Eg: MongoDB/ Cassandra / Couchbase / MySQL
A good understanding of message queues mechanisms like Redis/RabitMQ (or similar)
Knowledge of python web crawling frameworks like Scrapy & Frontera
Hands on experience with CI/CD
Experience in using Git for source code management & Jira
Good to Have

Strong Linux skills, knowledge of building large scale, multi-threaded applications and experience in designing and building RESTful web services,
Building API services with GraphQL
Skills in configuring and implementing Hadoop/HDFS, Elasticsearch and HBase or knowledge of any graph databases
Prior experience in architecting large scale distributed systems and experience with cloud deployments on AWS/Azure
Prior experience working in a fast-paced start-up environment.
Domain knowledge in the financial/data space; any external, relevant certifications.
Your Background

At least 6+ years of hands-on development experience
A bachelor’s or master’s degree in a related field

You Believe-in & will align with our Business Objectives

Customer Obsession - Consistently listen to customers; test, enhance and improve the customer experience.
Breakthrough Simplicity - An innovative approach to make everything simpler
Diving Deep -Technique used to arrive at a solution-based approach to problem solving and idea creation
Drive for Results - Focus on end result of any task
Encourage and Improve - Encouraging and promoting team work and focus on continuous self-development at every stage.
Be Ethical and Respectful - Willingness to do the right thing – even if it is hard; courteousness and being focused on the best in others.
Who We Are

We build innovative technology everyday!

Crediwatch is a ‘Data Insights-as-a-service’ company that provides lenders, businesses with actionable credit intelligence on private entities they need to improve trust and increase their lending and trading activity. Crediwatch does this with no human intervention by deploying the latest practical AI and technology tools that provide the most reliable comprehensive real time inputs.

Each day at Crediwatch is about striving for transparent insights, analysis and accurate results. If this aligns with your interests and aspirations, we have interesting positions for you.

You Will Enjoy

Our start-up environment - fun, casual, informal, family & pet-friendly! Ours is a highly energized playground where brilliant minds come together to make bold, impactful decisions every day! Needless to say, we have excellent filter coffee, health drinks round the clock, lunch buffets, PS4 and Foosball breaks and a stocked kitchen.

We play to win and have fun doing it! We work to engage your brain by organizing brilliant TechTalks by industry leaders and frequent high-on-energy hackathons and engage your crazy fun-side at our well-planned retreats. We are a highly eco-conscious team and we encourage and support our team’s physical & mental wellbeing.

All these and a great set of people to work with - We Are Crediwatch!