Position: Phyton Software Engineer Location: Bangsar South, KL Contract Duration: 12 months Role Purpose The Junior Software Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable backend services that solve real-world business problems. The role encompasses the full development lifecycle, from ideation to production deployment, with guidance from senior engineers. Key Responsibilities Backend Architecture & Development Design and develop scalable backend services and APIs that address concrete business needs. Take ownership of moderately scoped features across the development lifecycle-from design to deployment-with guidance from senior engineers. Partner closely with Product Managers and Engineers to translate ambiguous requirements into structured, actionable technical features. Code Quality & System Governance Write clean, test-driven, and maintainable code, ensuring features are robust and well-documented before deployment. Proactively manage technical debt, secure dependencies, and maintain an up-to-date codebase. Actively participate in peer code reviews, learning to identify code smells early and consistently apply engineering best practices. Operational Reliability & Problem Solving Participate in defect discovery, triage, and resolution, ensuring root causes are identified and permanent fixes are implemented. Act as the technical voice for assigned features, clearly articulating the 'how' and 'why' to non-technical stakeholders. Continuous Evolution & Mentorship Continuously monitor industry trends, new frameworks, and AI advancements, bringing actionable insights back to boost team productivity. Demonstrate a 'strong opinions, weakly held' mindset-advocating for the best technical solutions while remaining adaptable to team feedback. Requirements Experience 1-3 years of professional experience in a backend software engineering role, ideally within an Agile environment, with a track record of shipping code to a live user base. Technical Skills Proficiency in at least one major backend language (Python preferred). RESTful API development and relational database design. Understanding of deployment concepts and the modern software development lifecycle.
