Backend Developer/Tester

Backend Developer / Tester

Location: Hyderabad, India (Hybrid)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: 0 - 2 Years

Department: Technology

Company: ElevateCareer.AI

About ElevateCareer.AI

ElevateCareer.AI is an AI-powered career readiness and hiring intelligence platform bridging the gap between education and employment. We help students, institutions, and organizations assess, develop, and hire talent through AI-driven assessments, mock interviews, communication practice, coding assessments, and competency-based evaluation.

As part of our growing technology team, you'll work closely with product, AI, and operations teams to build and improve a platform that makes hiring and career development more skill-focused, measurable, and accessible.

About the Role

We're looking for a Backend Developer / Tester (02 years' experience) with a strong foundation in Python and hands-on exposure to Django. This role suits a fresher or early-career developer who has gained practical experience through an internship, previous job, or a substantial academic/personal project.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and test backend applications using Python and Django
• Work on APIs, backend logic, database interactions, and application workflows
• Write clean, reusable, maintainable Python code
• Debug backend issues and identify root causes of application errors
• Perform functional and API-level testing of backend features
• Identify, document, and track bugs, working with the dev team to resolve them
• Collaborate with developers and product teams to translate requirements into backend features
• Perform basic database operations and understand data flow across the backend
• Participate in code reviews, testing, debugging, and deployment
• Work with basic DevOps practices Git, deployment workflows, environments, application logs
• Help ensure the platform's stability, reliability, and performance

Must-Have Skills

Python Hands-on experience via internship, job, or a meaningful project. Solid grasp of Python fundamentals (functions, classes, data structures, exception handling) and ability to debug/troubleshoot.

Django Project-level experience is mandatory: at least one project built with Django, with basic understanding of its architecture (models, views, URLs, templates, ORM). Familiarity with building or consuming APIs is a plus.

Basic DevOps Knowledge — Comfortable with Git/GitHub; working understanding of deployment, environment variables, logs, or CI/CD. Docker knowledge is a bonus.

Testing & Debugging — Understanding of software testing fundamentals; ability to test backend functionality and APIs; strong debugging and problem-solving skills; can identify, reproduce, and document bugs clearly.

Good to Have

• Django REST Framework (DRF)
• REST APIs and HTTP methods
• PostgreSQL or MySQL
• Docker
• Linux/command-line environments
• Postman or similar API testing tools
• Basic frontend knowledge (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)

Education

B.Tech / B.E. / BCA / MCA / M.Tech or a related technical degree. Candidates with strong practical projects and relevant skills are encouraged to apply even without formal work experience.

What We Look For

• Strong logical and problem-solving ability
• Willingness to learn new technologies
• Ability to translate technical requirements into working solutions
• Attention to detail while testing and debugging
• Good communication and collaboration skills
• Ownership and accountability toward assigned tasks
• Genuine interest in backend development and software quality

Why Join ElevateCareer.AI?

• Work on a real-world AI-powered EdTech and HRTech platform
• Gain hands-on experience in backend development, testing, APIs, and DevOps
• Work closely with product, AI, and technology teams
• Contribute to features used in real-world assessments, hiring, and career development
• Learn and grow in a fast-paced startup environment

If you're a Python developer who has built Django projects and wants to grow in backend development while gaining exposure to testing and DevOps, we'd love to hear from you.