Python Backend Engineer

We are seeking a skilled Python Backend Engineer to join our engineering team. The successful candidate will design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs that power our products. This full-time role requires strong backend development experience in Python, familiarity with cloud-native architectures, and a commitment to writing clean, testable code. The role offers opportunities to influence system design, improve platform performance, and collaborate across product, data, and DevOps teams.

Python Backend Engineer Responsibilities — API development, backend architecture, reliability

• Design, implement, and maintain robust backend services and RESTful/GraphQL APIs using Python.

• Collaborate with product and frontend teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions and clear API contracts.

• Build and maintain data models, database schemas, and data access layers (SQL and NoSQL) to support product features and performance goals.

• Implement background processing, task queues, and scheduled jobs for asynchronous workloads and long-running tasks.

• Write automated unit, integration, and end-to-end tests; participate in code reviews and maintain high code quality standards.

• Participate in system design and architecture discussions to improve scalability, reliability, and observability.

• Work with DevOps and SRE practices to deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot services in cloud environments (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).

• Support CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes) efforts to streamline release processes.

• Optimize performance and resource utilization, conduct load testing, and resolve production incidents when required.

• Document systems, APIs, runbooks, and design decisions; mentor peers and contribute to team best practices.

• Participate in Agile ceremonies including backlog grooming, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum Experience:

  • 7 years of relevant python backend engineering experience with 3 years in similar role

  Behavioral Competencies:

  • Ability to structure different business problems into relevant data use cases and solutions.

  • Proven problem-solving skills regarding unstructured, uncertain problems.

  • Experience in managing smaller team of data in end-to-end delivery of different use cases.

  • Familiarity with Data bases, relational and non relational, understanding of real time systems and Kafka.

  Technical Competencies:

  • Python : Expert

  • FastAPI, Django Restframework, Cloud Run : Expert

  • Knowledge of Authentication, Roles management : Expert

  • CI/CD and docker containerization : Basic