Software Engineer – Python / Django

⚡ Immediate to 15-day joiners only. Please apply only if you are currently serving notice or immediately available.Country Delight is one of India's fastest-growing direct-to-consumer food brands — farm-to-home, zero adulteration, serving millions of households daily. We are building backend systems that need to be reliable, scalable, and fast. We want engineers who take ownership of what they ship, not just complete tickets.What You Will Work OnDevelop, maintain, and optimise backend services using Python and DjangoBuild and integrate RESTful APIs powering consumer-facing and internal platformsWork with NumPy and Pandas for data processing and reporting pipelinesDebug, profile, and improve performance of production systemsCollaborate with product, data, and infrastructure teams on scalable architecture decisionsWrite clean, well-documented code and participate in structured code reviewsAssist in the deployment and maintenance of server-side componentsWhat We Are Looking ForMust-have:3–5 years of backend development experience with Python as the primary languageStrong, production-level knowledge of Django — not just familiaritySolid understanding of REST API design, authentication, and database interactionsExperience with PostgreSQL and/or MySQL in productionComfortable with Git and agile team workflowsImmediately available or serving a notice period of 15 days or lessStrong differentiator (not a dealbreaker, but will move you to the top):Hands-on experience with microservices in production — inter-service communication (REST, gRPC, Kafka/RabbitMQ), data consistency across servicesGood to have:Experience with NumPy and Pandas in a real data contextBackend performance profiling and query optimisationFamiliarity with CI/CD pipelines and containerisation (Docker / Kubernetes)Prior experience in a D2C, food-tech, or high-growth startup environment