Backend Lead Developer - Django

Be part of a small but growing agile team of developers aiming to change the way recruitment is done, by developing ZooKeep's Talent Acquisition Platform.

Responsibilities

• Proactively work with the product team on designing and creating technical specifications
• Lead and guide your team to deliver efficiently while unblocking their technical bottlenecks, and improve delivery every sprint
• Collaborate to create excellent UI with great UX as the core principle
• Implement features vertically, spanning front-end as well as back-end, designing & writing code that adheres to set coding standards
• Performs code reviews
• Identify, evaluate, and recommend ideas to solve product and technical issues
• Monitor technical processes against the project plan while safeguarding functionality, scalability, and performance
• Share your knowledge with the team and teach others

Required

• 6+ years experience in software & web development, working on production code
• Python/Django
• Experience in leading a development team of developers
• Experience in product development
• Any DevOps experience (e.g. Linux, cloud infra, CI/CD pipelines)
• Experience with Git version control system and Jira issue tracking system
• Experience in Agile methodology
• Experience working on product(s) in the 1-to-10 stage
• Excellent communication in English
• Proficient in crafting usable UI with well-documented backend API

Preferred

• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent
• Experience with React and/or other JS library and framework
• Experience with networking architecture and setups
• HR/Recruiting industry Knowledge
• Japanese language ability
• AWS tools experience
• Docker or any other containerization tool
• Knowledge of Security best practices and governance
• Exposure to GDPR and private information management
• Familiar with Slack for team communication
• Familiar with Github or other repository for code review and communication