This position is responsible for leading the development and maintenance of client-facing and internal applications primarily built using Python. The ideal candidate should have strong experience with backend development, a solid understanding of front-end technologies, and hands-on experience with deployment, environment configuration, testing, and debugging processes. You should be confident working across the full software development lifecycle and capable of mentoring other team members when needed.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain web, console applications, RESTful APIs using Python
- Participate in requirements gathering and contribute to technical design discussions
- Write clean, efficient, reusable, and scalable code using Python frameworks such as Django or Flask
- Refactor and debug code to improve application performance and maintainability
- Identify bottlenecks and bugs and implement effective solutions
- Write and Update unit tests
- Deploy applications in development, staging, and production environments
- Create and maintain technical documentation throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
- Collaborate with QA teams to ensure high performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
- Mentor and guide junior team members on best practices, domain knowledge, and technology
- Review code to ensure quality, maintainability, performance, and compliance with requirements
- Stay up to date with client tech stacks and continuously explore new technologies relevant to the product or domain
- Use AI tools where applicable to improve the development life cycle
- Monitor production applications for consistency and performance
The ideal candidate for the position should have the following skills and experience:
Technical Qualifications
- Experience with Python and frameworks like Django and/or Flask
- Experience in designing and developing RESTful APIs
- Experience with RDBMS (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and operating system concepts
- Experience with API testing tools such as Postman or JMeter
- Understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and commonly used cloud services in application development
- Familiarity with containerization tools such as Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes
- Familiarity with front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, and modern JavaScript frameworks like Angular or React
- Familiarity with Gen AI implementation, LLMs, and RAG systems
Personal Skills
- Ability to analyze problems and develop practical, scalable solutions
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and collaborate as part of a team
- Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies, tools, and frameworks
- Ability to manage time effectively across multiple tasks and meet deadlines
- Ability to maintain strong attention to detail in both coding and documentation
- Ability to demonstrate a professional attitude, strong work ethic, and a desire for continuous improvement
Education and Work Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline is preferred
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in Python-based development
Top Skills
What We Do
Creative Capsule was founded in 2003 in Kansas City and since then has grown into a team of more than 200 motivated software professionals in Overland Park Kansas, Zürich Switzerland, and Goa India. Our founders continue to be involved in day-to-day operations, bringing an overriding customer focus and a dedication to technical excellence. Many of our best clients are rapidly evolving SaaS and software startup companies and life sciences companies who share our passion for innovation.
Creative Capsule builds lasting development relationships. We create highly skilled and effective software teams that integrate seamlessly with our clients’ organizations. We do not deliver one-off projects. Instead, we work to understand each client’s unique business needs and culture, and then construct cohesive teams that empower our partners and strengthen their delivery capabilities.
Creative Capsule helps clients to transform their software delivery capacity. For each client, we build a dedicated development group that works hand-in-hand with their organization, creating a single virtual team. We ensure a close fit with each client by selecting team members that have technical and personal attributes that resonate with the client’s needs and culture. Each of our teams spans continents, providing an optimized balance of responsive local presence and cost-effective offshore resources, while operating as a single innovative and agile force that shares risks and rewards.
