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 workplace

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.

📌 Backend Developer/Tester (Hyderabad)
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