Job description

At Mikaels our aim is to help our employees enhance the products of our clients with the latest and best practices of the industry. These include optimized back-end systems using PHP/Python/Node.js, Front-end using JS Frameworks, and using Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence for making their products smarter and more productive. We want you to be able to be proficient in working across some of these technologies and be super-excited to learn the rest when opportunity presents.

Our challenges

We're looking for senior developers for our Pakistan office in Karachi who will help us grow the development team while making sure that we lead from the front in the technology space.

Our stack

We regularly try new tools, but the current stack is mostly PHP/Python/Node.js on the back-end and HTML5 & JS on the front-end. For Machine Learning, we’re currently comfortable with TensorFlow but are open to all sorts of experimentation that can outperform it. For database, we’re using MySQL and MongoDB.

These technologies vary from client to client, so be ready to learn and experiment :)

Your role

We try to match developers to their skills and preferences. Right now, we’re looking for a Python developer with 2 years of experience. Candidate  should have good command over,

• Writing reusable, testable and efficient code.

• Designing and implementing low-latency, high-availability and performant applications.

• Expert in Python, with knowledge of Tensorflow and Machine Learning

• Able to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system

• Understanding of the threading limitations of Python, and multi-process architecture

• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3

• Understanding of accessibility and security compliance

• Knowledge of user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments

• Understanding of Linux with proficiency in command-line-interface

• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application

• Familiarity with event-driven programming in Python

• Able to create database schemas that represent and support business processes

• Strong unit test and debugging skills

• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (such as Git, Mercurial or SVN)