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Salary: ₹ 3,950,000 - ₹ 4,600,000 ABOUT MOTION At Motion, we empower trucking companies across North America with an all-in-one platform for fuel cards and invoice factoring. We’re on a mission to build scalable, service-oriented architectures that enable rapid innovation and world-class reliability. WHO YOU ARE: You’re a self-starter – someone who embodies a "roll up your sleeves" attitude and gets things done. You learn and adapt quickly – someone who thinks of problems as puzzles and enjoys the challenge of overcoming them. You’re customer-oriented – someone who dreams big on behalf of the customer and does whatever it takes to delight them. You’re a team player – someone who loves the idea of building a fun and thriving company culture as much as building the product. You’re a good communicator - you are open and transparent and can explain your technical magic to muggles (non-tech folks). You’re battle-tested – we are ideally looking for folks with 5+ years of work experience in Python, with some of it being in an entrepreneurial setting. Bonus points if you are an open-source contributor. WHAT YOU’LL DO: Product Innovation : Help create a brand-new Motion product from the ground up—owning both the architecture and its end-to-end development Technical Vision & Roadmapping : Define and articulate a long-term architecture strategy for our backend systems, and translate that into quarterly roadmaps alongside engineering, design, product, and senior leadership Build & Operate : Design, write, test, and deploy high-quality, well-tested code (using pytest/unittest) to meet customer needs and SLAs. Collaborate with frontend and data teams to fine-tune REST APIs serving millions of users Cloud Infrastructure : Leverage AWS services (EC2, Lambda, RDS, S3, CloudFormation/IaC) to architect, monitor, and optimize system performance and reliability Continuous Improvement : Identify bottlenecks, reduce technical debt, and introduce tools or processes to enhance team productivity and reduce operational risk WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR: 4+ years of software engineering experience, with hands-on Python and Flask development Proven track record designing, building, and maintaining production microservices and RESTful APIs Strong unit and integration-testing skills (pytest, unittest or equivalent) Proficiency with PostgreSQL (schema design, indexing, performance tuning) Solid AWS experience—deploying, scaling, and operating services in a cloud environment Deep understanding of software architecture principles, scalability patterns, and maintainability best practices Excellent communication and teamwork skills; able to partner effectively with cross-functional teams Solid understanding of DevOps practices (CI/CD, infrastructure as code, automation). Excellent English Skills NICE TO HAVES: Experience scaling a startup through hyper-growth Prior work decomposing large monoliths into microservices Background in high-reliability/security-focused applications We’d love to hear from you! Show more Show less