Back End Developer (Python,Django, MySQL)

Experience: 2–5 years

Location: Remote / Flexible

We are an industrial-AI start-up in the business of accelerating the adoption of Industry 4.0. In other words, we allow manufacturers to extract more value from their existing legacy infrastructure and build Smart Manufacturing Factories. We do this with our complete Smart Industry platform which puts the power of AI (Artificial Intelligence) directly in the hands of subject matter experts (SMEs) and solves key challenges faced by process manufacturing industries when implementing digital transformation. Using the Quartic platform, SMEs can create and deploy AI and IIoT applications to significantly increase productivity and operational performance, without the need for coding or data science. The Quartic Platform is used by Fortune 100 and 500 companies in pharmaceutical, mining and metals, and other industries for process optimization, predictive maintenance, and energy optimization applications. We are hiring a Backend Engineer who'll help us in building external and internal APIs and own the core Backend of our Industrial IoT platform. 

• Design, build, and scale backend services and APIs
• Develop core platform components including databases, abstractions, and services
• Work on distributed systems and performance optimization
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
• Participate in code reviews and architectural discussions
• Collaborate in an agile, fast-paced development environment

• 2–5 years of backend development experience
• Strong proficiency in Python and frameworks like Django (Celery is a plus)
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and system design
• Experience with PostgreSQL/MySQL and database optimization
• Familiarity with caching and messaging systems (Redis, Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.)
• Hands-on experience with Linux/Unix environments
• Experience building scalable and distributed systems

• Experience with Docker or similar tools
• Exposure to search systems or time-series databases
• Familiarity with testing practices (Unit Testing, BDD, etc.)

• Flexible work environment (remote-friendly)
• Competitive compensation
• Strong engineering culture with focus on ownership and impact
• Opportunity to work on complex, real-world technical challenges