Senior Software Developer, Backend (Python)

About Kinaxis

Are you looking to join an innovative, market-leading company where you can truly elevate your career At Kinaxis we are serious about culture, we are serious about technology, we are serious about customers, and we are serious about not taking ourselves too seriously. If you are looking to be part of an incredible growth story, then we might just be the place for you!

In 1984, we started out as a team of three engineers. Today, we have grown to become a global organization with over 2000 employees around the world, 6 global office and a best-in-class HQ in Ottawa, Canada. As winners of several Top Employer awards globally, we are proud to work with our customers and employees towards solving some of the biggest challenges facing supply chains today.

Kinaxis is a global leader in modern supply chain orchestration, powering complex global supply chains, and supporting the people who manage them. Our powerful, AI infused platform provides full transparency and visibility across end-to-end supply chains, enabling our customers to make faster, better decisions. We are trusted by renowned global brands to provide the agility and predictability needed to navigate today's volatility and disruption. With more than 40,000 users in over 100 countries, we are expanding our team as we continue to innovate and revolutionize how we support our customers.

Location

Bangalore, India

About the team

Kinaxis is on the lookout for a Senior Software Developer for the Algorithms team.  The team consists of collaborative, high-performing engineers with the mandate to build/enhance/maintain algorithms to optimize complex supply chains.

Our algorithms move the global economy-- in minutes, not hours, or days. Our customers have terabytes of data that needs to be analyzed for the largest supply chains imaginable. If you are interested to solve these complex problems at scale, this is the place to be.

What you will do: 

• Review and understand application features and interfaces.
• Review product specification and requirements.
• Collaborate closely with development partners and contribute to design and implementation of product features
• Create test plan/strategies for new functionality.
• Contribute to test improvement initiative by exploring new software test techniques and evolving automated test infrastructure.
• Plan and implement new automated tests
• Contribute to a variety of test activities throughout the feature development lifecycle, including maintaining test environments, triaging failures, etc.

Technologies we use:

• Python, PyTest
• Docker, K8s
• Jenkins
  

What we are looking for: 

• Bachelors/master's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Total 8+ years of industry experience, predominantly in development and testing of backend server applications
• Strong Python programming experience
• 2 years experience building and testing complex, enterprise-grade web applications in a software product organization
• Use of source control systems like Git
• Worked with modern CI/CD pipelines and release processes
• Strong communication, teamwork and interpersonal skills
• Familiarity with use of AI tools like CoPilot, Claude in development, review and testing of production ready code.

Nice to have:

• Experience in Supply Chain network optimization is a definite plus
• Knowledge of Cloud platforms like Azure/GCP
• Familiarity with build tools like Jenkins or GHA is preferred

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