About Simplotel:
Simplotel is a Bangalore-based, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company helping over 3,000 hotels across 26 countries grow their direct business. We are powering e-commerce for some of the largest hotels in India. The name Simplotel comes from a combination of Simple and Hotel - our mission is to Simplify the life of hoteliers through technology.
Simplotel is a ‘Shopify for Hotels’, was founded in October 2013 and is funded by Go-MMT, India’s largest Online Travel Agency. Simplotel was awarded the Best Startup in Travel & Hospitality for 2021 by Startup India, an initiative of the Union Ministry of Commerce & Industry in India.
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Your Opportunity:
As early engineers at Simplotel, you will be responsible for directly interacting with customers, understanding the requirements, designing and/implementing the product feature and shipping it. Examples of key functionality include a booking/ search engine, template engine, rules engine, scaling out product on a distributed setup to address HA and scalability needs, user management, etc. We are building a global product out of India, and you can be part of this opportunity!
Position: Senior Backend Engineer
Your Roles and Responsibilities:
Write high-performance and sustainable back-end applications using Python programming language and the Django framework.
Work closely with front-end engineers and product managers to understand the requirements.
Implement new features and proactively optimise the existing code.
Integrations with third-party systems like Payment gateways and Channel managers.
Fix bugs and solve problems.
Mentoring junior backend engineers.
Required Skills:
Deep and demonstrable experience in building web applications on Python(Django) and Mysql.
Experience with creating RESTful JSON APIs.
Expert in problem-solving skills, algorithms, and data structures.
Ability to understand complex systems on MVC architecture.
Knowledge of Ubuntu, and experience in git (or any sub-version system).
Good understanding of web technologies and good command of back-end debugging.
Self-motivated and organised, able to handle deadlines and drive improvements.
Expert in Linux commands and AWS basics.