Python Developer (Food Delivery Sphere)

Coherent Solutions is a digital product engineering company focused on empowering business success. Our global team of 1700+ talented professionals collaborate seamlessly to deliver innovative solutions that drive measurable business impact. Headquartered in Minneapolis, USA, the company’s core competencies across 10 locations worldwide include product software development, IT consulting, data and analytics, machine learning, mobile app development, DevOps, Salesforce, and more.

Our client is a leading online and mobile food ordering platform, connecting diners with over 80,000 restaurants in 1,600+ U.S. cities and London. Their campus food ordering platform serves more than 150 colleges and universities, integrating with meal plans and point-of-sale systems, enabling students to conveniently order food on campus. The platform processes tens of thousands of transactions daily and serves over 500,000 active diners at on-campus cafes, restaurants, and cashier-less stores.

Project Description

The person on this role will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and scaling the campus ordering platform, ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and performance. The project requires expertise in distributed systems, cloud technologies, and Python development. You will work on building new features, improving system observability, optimizing performance, and ensuring reliability in a fast-paced, product-oriented tech company.

Technologies:

Python (AsyncIO)
Casandra
AWS
SQS
Jenkins
Splunk
Tornado Framework
Django(drf) Framework
MySQL
Helm
RabbitMQ
Docker

What You’ll Do:

Gain expertise in the domain and build highly scalable and reliable components for the platform;
Take ownership of delivery, deployment, maintenance, and performance monitoring of applications;
Evaluate tools, technologies, frameworks, and vendors, working with other senior team members;
Write performant, concise, and secure code that meets platform standards;
Review and provide feedback on peer code to ensure scalability and security of platform features;
Identify and prioritize technical debt, proposing areas for enhancement and improvement;
Actively collaborate with other team members and stakeholders to drive successful project outcomes;

Job Requirements:

5+ years of experience building highly scalable consumer-facing applications;
Strong proficiency in Python, with experience in Tornado, Django (DRF), and AsyncIO;
Experience developing fault-tolerant, scalable, and performant software;
Hands-on experience with AWS or similar cloud-based platforms;
Strong understanding of automated testing for backend services;
Solid knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and system resource modeling as load scales;
Experience developing high-availability distributed systems (99.99% uptime);
Strong background in observability, including logging, monitoring, and alerting;
Experience with Cassandra or similar NoSQL databases;
Hands-on experience with Docker and containerization technologies;
Experience with CI/CD tools such as Gradle, Jenkins, Spinnaker or similar;
Ability to self-manage, prioritize tasks, and work collaboratively across teams to drive results;
English proficiency at B2 or higher for effective communication with global teams;