Backend Developer (Python/Django)

Job Description – Backend Python Developer(Mid-Level) 

📍 Location: Mumbai/Gurgaon |  Full-time

Backend Python Developer

Role Overview

We are seeking a skilled Backend Python Developer to design, develop, and maintain backend services, APIs, and integrations that power our AI-driven automation solutions.

You will collaborate closely with senior engineers, AI/ML teams, and frontend developers to build scalable, high-performance systems. This role is ideal for professionals with solid backend experience who are eager to deepen their expertise in Python, cloud technologies, and AI-based applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend APIs, services, and system integrations using Python
• Collaborate on system design and architecture discussions with senior engineers
• Write clean, scalable, and well-documented code following best practices
• Ensure performance, scalability, and reliability in cloud environments
• Design and manage SQL/NoSQL databases for structured and unstructured data
• Support integration of AI/ML models into production workflows
• Participate in code reviews, unit testing, and debugging
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and DevOps processes

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in backend development
• Strong proficiency in Python
• Hands-on experience with frameworks such as FastAPI, Flask, or Django
• Experience building and consuming REST APIs (GraphQL is a plus)
• Strong database knowledge: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or Redis
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Strong understanding of OOP, data structures, algorithms, and design patterns

Preferred Skills

• Exposure to AI/ML workflows or a strong interest in learning
• Experience with message brokers such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or Celery
• Knowledge of asynchronous programming (asyncio, Celery, etc.)
• Experience with unit testing frameworks (PyTest, unittest)
• Understanding of API security and authentication (OAuth2, JWT)

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation with growth opportunities
• Opportunity to work on AI-first automation products used globally
• Mentorship from experienced senior engineers
• Flexible work environment
• Continuous learning support in Python, Cloud, and AI/Automation technologies

Key Responsibilities:

● Work closely with product managers, designers, frontend developers, and other

cross-functional teams to ensure the seamless integration and alignment of frontend and

backend technologies, driving cohesive and high-quality product delivery.

● Develop and implement coding standards and best practices for the backend team.

● Document technical specifications and procedures.

● Stay up-to-date with the latest backend technologies, trends, and best practices.

● Collaborate with other departments to identify and address backend-related issues.

● Conduct code reviews and ensure code quality and consistency across the backend team.

● Create technical documentation, ensuring clarity for future development and

maintenance.

Requirements;

● Experience: 4-6 years of hands-on experience in backend development, with a strong

background in product-based companies or startups.

● Education: Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science or a related field.

● Programming skills: Proficient in Python and software development principles, with a

focus on clean, maintainable code, and industry best practices. Experienced in unit

testing, AI-driven code reviews, version control with Git, CI/CD pipelines using GitHub

Actions, and integrating New Relic for logging and APM into backend systems.

● Database Development: Proficiency in developing and optimizing backend systems in

both relational and non-relational database environments, such as MySQL and NoSQL

databases.

● GraphQL: Proven experience in developing and managing robust GraphQL APIs,

preferably using Apollo Server. Ability to design type-safe GraphQL schemas and

resolvers, ensuring seamless integration and high performance.

● Cloud Platforms: Familiar with AWS and experienced in Docker containerization and

orchestrating containerized systems.

● System Architecture: Proficient in system design and architecture with experience in

developing multi-tenant platforms, including security implementation, user onboarding,

payment integration, and scalable architecture.

● Linux Systems: Familiarity with Linux systems is mandatory, including deployment and

management.

● Continuous Learning: Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to

influence architectural decisions and drive continuous improvement.

Benefits:

● Competitive salary.

● Health insurance.

● Casual dress code.

● Dynamic & Collaboration friendly office.

● Hybrid work schedule.

Industry

• IT Services and IT Consulting

Employment Type

Full-time

What we are looking

• You must have experience in Python, including development of microservices using flask/fastapi/sanic.
• You hold knowledge of at least one Python web frameworks
• You have experience in NoSQL databases such as MongoDB
• You are familiar with relational databases and unstructured data.
• You are familiar with some ORM (Object Relational Mapper) libraries.
• You have prior exposure to code versioning tools such as Git.
• You understand fundamental design principles behind a scalable application

Good to have

• Experience in cloud services such as AWS
• Knowledge of user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Understanding of the threading concepts in Python and multi-process architecture

What you'll do

• Create database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system.
• Develop and integrate RESTful APIs and services for business use cases
• Perform unit and integration tests on developed modules

Skills Required:

- Good experience with programming language Python
- Strong experience in Docker.
- Good knowledge with any of the Cloud Platform like Azure.
- Must be comfortable working in a Linux environment.
- Must have exposure into IOT domain and its protocols ((Zigbee & BLE ,LoRa,Modbus)
- Must be a good team player.
- Strong Communication Skills

• Python knowledge: object-oriented programming: inheritance, abstract classes, dataclass, dependency injection, design patterns: comand-query, repository, adapter, hexagonal architecture, swagger/Open API, flask, connexion
• Experience on AWS services: lambda, ecs, sqs, s3, dynamodb, auroradb
• Experience with following libraries boto3, behave, pytest, moto, localstack, docker
• Basic knowledge about terraform, gitlab ci
• Experience with SQL DB

Responsibilities:

• Understanding requirements from the product manager and translating to technical specifications
• DB schema development
• API development (structuring REST endpoints + real-time endpoints like socket.io integration)
• Integrating 3rd party services for payments, email, whatsapp, and other such services
• Optimizing our current architecture & processes for scale (we expect usage to go up)
• Guiding junior developers on best coding practices

Requirements:

• Experience in at least one Python-based Web Framework like Flask or Django
• Experience in SQL databases & API design
• Experience with Docker
• Hands on experience in full lifecycle development and deployment of a platform/system
• Being a self-starter with the ability to thrive in ambiguous and high pressure scenarios working towards a common goal with other teams

• 2+ years of experience in Python, Django, Mongo, Express, MySQL, etc
• Have built applications capable of serving high volume with low latency in production
• Following practices of agile development with continuous integration/deployment
• Experience in deploying applications in AWS cloud
• Knowledge in building applications for Fintech/payments domain is a bonus
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS or equivalent from a reputed institution
• Self-starter, hustler, and a desire to achieve greatness is a MUST
• Immediate joining preferred
• You will have the flexibility to design the application and systems from the ground up.
• Your primary responsibility is to implement business logic in the backend and create awesome restful APIs for seamless integration with our mobile front end.

We are looking for Interns or 0-1 Year experienced person for our IoT Division based out of Bangalore. Option for Work from Home is also available.  


Qualification:

Any Graduate in Computer Science / Electronics / Information Science / Instrumentation from reputed institutions


Required Skills Experience:

• 1+ years of experience in Python with FastAPI must.
• 1+ years of experience in working with a database like PostgreSQL.
• Experience of working on any Linux based OS
• Experience of working on AWS
• Understanding of micro-services.
• Should be able to meet SLAs as per the priorities.
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.

Desired Skills Experience:

• Knowledge of Python, Django Framework or REST API.
• Knowledge of Docker and Redis.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate is a plus.
• Experience with Fast API.
• Exposure to CI/CD practices.
• Awareness of Shell scripting

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