- Design, develop, and implement new functionality for decoupled backend services.
- Maintain, enhance, and refactor existing backend applications to improve scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
- Analyze and optimize application performance, database queries, and overall system efficiency.
- Take ownership of backend services throughout their lifecycle, including architecture, deployment, production support, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
- Participate actively in technical design discussions, solution architecture, and project planning sessions.
- Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to deliver high-quality software solutions.
- Review code, provide constructive feedback, and champion engineering best practices through peer collaboration.
- Mentor and support other team members by sharing technical expertise and assisting with complex engineering challenges.
- Troubleshoot production issues using profiling, monitoring, logging, and diagnostic tools.
- Produce and maintain clear technical documentation, architectural diagrams, and design specifications.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements to the engineering stack where appropriate.
- Effectively utilize AI-powered development tools (such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or Codex) to accelerate software development while ensuring code quality, correctness, security, and maintainability.
- At least 5 years of professional experience developing backend applications with Python.
- Strong commercial experience building web applications using Django and the Django ORM.
- Solid experience working with relational databases, particularly MySQL.
- Experience designing, developing, and consuming RESTful APIs, GraphQL, or similar service interfaces.
- Experience working with distributed systems and asynchronous messaging technologies such as Celery.
- Strong understanding of object-oriented programming, software design patterns, clean architecture, and distributed system design.
- Experience using Git-based version control workflows, including branching strategies, pull requests, and code reviews.
- Experience writing technical documentation and software design specifications.
- Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and performance optimization skills using profiling tools, SQL execution plans, application monitoring tools (e.g., New Relic), and related technologies.
- Ability to work independently, take ownership of technical solutions, prioritize tasks effectively, and proactively resolve issues.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to participate in technical discussions and mentor other engineers.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with supporting technologies such as Redis, Memcached, Elasticsearch, and Celery.
- Experience building, deploying, and operating cloud-native or highly scalable backend services.
- Experience working within Agile/Scrum development environments.
- Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or Codex) for code generation, testing, debugging, refactoring, and code review while applying sound engineering judgment to validate and improve generated output.
- Experience mentoring junior and mid-level engineers and contributing to engineering standards and best practices.
WHY YOU’LL LOVE US
- All employees benefits for free (our famous games room, daily breakfast, fruits, coffee and other hot drinks, soft drinks and juices, company days out and parties…)
- Social insurance
- Open-door management policy
- Full Medical insurance
- Accommodation and Transportation Allowance
- Friendly environment that values innovation and efficiency
- Exciting opportunities for career growth and talent development
- Feedback encouragement
- Recognition and reward programs
- Competitive salaries and incentives
- Friendly environment
- Flexible and Comfortable schedule
- Fun committees
- Monetary rewards
- Fun, smart and creative people
- Career possibilities with growing team
- Paid vacations
- Social benefits
For more information about Nile Bits, please visit our website:
https://www.nilebits.com
