Backend Engineer

Position: Senior Backend Developer (Python + FastAPI + GCP)

Engagement Type: Remote

Location: Remote

Position Overview:

Seeking a Senior Backend Developer with 6–8 years of experience to design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems using Python and FastAPI on Google Cloud Platform, ensuring high performance, reliability, and secure deployments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and build scalable, high-performance backend systems using Python (FastAPI) with clean architecture and modular design principles.

• Architect and implement microservices and RESTful APIs ensuring reliability, security, and optimal response times.

• Own end-to-end system design from schema definition to deployment with focus on high availability, fault tolerance, and cost efficiency.

• Manage DevOps pipelines for CI/CD, containerization, and infrastructure automation using Docker, Terraform, and GitHub Actions.

• Deploy, monitor, and optimize cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) including Compute Engine, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, and Cloud Storage.

• Collaborate with frontend, AI, and data engineering teams to define robust API contracts and efficient data flows.

• Implement observability practices including logging, tracing, and alerting using Stackdriver, Prometheus, or Grafana.

• Conduct code reviews, system design sessions, and performance tuning for production-grade deployments.

Required Skills:

• Strong expertise in Python with a focus on FastAPI.

• Solid understanding of software architecture and design patterns.

• Experience with API design and authentication (OAuth2, JWT).

• Deep knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services including Compute Engine, Pub/Sub, Cloud SQL, Cloud Storage, and IAM policies.

• Proficiency in containerization (Docker) and CI/CD pipelines.

• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Cloud Build.

• Hands-on experience with databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Firestore and ORM frameworks such as SQLAlchemy or Tortoise ORM.

• Knowledge of system monitoring, alerting, and logging in distributed systems.

Preferred (Bonus) Skills:

• Experience with API Gateway, Redis, or Celery for async processing.

• Familiarity with message queues like Kafka or RabbitMQ.

• Exposure to event-driven architecture and cloud cost optimization strategies.

• Understanding of DevSecOps and cloud security best practices.

• Experience working with cross-functional product and data teams.

JD-Backend Developer

Job Location: Andheri, Mumbai

Job Summary:

As a Python based Backend developer, you shall be responsible for software development of greenfield projects -an platform

for automated testing using Python as a main language. You will work with a team of developers, collaborating on projects to

create efficient and effective software solutions that meet the needs of clients or end-users in the testing domain. You will

need to have a strong understanding of Python & other languages with knowledge of test automation frameworks and tools/

libraries.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain an automated testing platform using Python programming language.

• Design and implement software solutions that automate the testing process.

• Collaborate with other developers and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions.

• Participate in code reviews, debugging, and troubleshooting to improve software quality.

• Stay up-to-date with the latest developments in Python and JavaScript programming language and related

testing frameworks and tools.

• Ensure software is delivered on-time and meets or exceeds customer expectations.

• Develop and maintain documentation related to software development processes and projects.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field.

• Proven experience as a Back-end Developer.

• Strong understanding of Python & other programming language along with its ecosystem (libraries, frameworks,

tools, etc.).

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferences:

• Preference shall be given to local candidates

• Preference shall be given to candidates having experience in greenfield software development projects related

to automated testing.

Job Location: Pune 

Experience: 4- 5 years

Functional Area - IT Software - Application Programming , Maintenance

Role Category : Programming & Design

Requirement / Job Description:

 Core Skills:

 Strong experience of Core Java (1.7 or higher), OOPS concepts and Spring framework (Core,     AOP, Batch, JMS)

 Demonstrated design using Web Services (SOAP and REST)

 Demonstrated Microservices APIs design experience using Spring, Springboot

 Demonstrable experience in Databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle PL/SQL development etc

Strong coding skills, good analytical and problem-solving skills

Excellent understanding of Authentication, Identity Management, REST APIs, security and best practices

 Good understanding of web servers like Tomcat Apache, nginx or Vertex/ Grizzly, JBoss etc

 Experience in OAuth principles

 Strong understanding of various Design patterns

Other Skills:

  Familiarity with Java Cryptography Architecture (JCA)

 Understanding of API Gateways like Zuul, Eureka Server etc..

 Familiarity with Apache Kafka, MQTT etc.

Responsibilities:

 Design, develop, test and debug software modules for an enterprise security product

 Find areas of optimization and produce high quality code

 Collaborate with product managers and other members of the project team in requirements specification and detailed engineering analysis.

 Collaborate with various stake holders and help bring proactive closure on the issues

 Evaluate various technology trends and bring in the best practices

 Innovate and come out of the box solutions

Adapt, thrive and deliver in a highly evolving and demanding product development team

Come up with ways to provide an improved customer experience

• Developing and maintaining all server-side network components.
• Ensuring optimal performance of the central database and responsiveness to front-end requests.
• Collaborating with front-end developers on the integration of elements.
• Designing customer-facing UI and back-end services for various business processes.
• Developing high-performance applications by writing testable, reusable, and efficient code.
• Implementing effective security protocols, data protection measures, and storage solutions.
• Running diagnostic tests, repairing defects, and providing technical support.
• Documenting Node.js processes, including database schemas, as well as preparing reports.
• Recommending and implementing improvements to processes and technologies.
• Keeping informed of advancements in the field of Node.js development.

Node.js Developer Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information science, or similar.
• At least two years' experience as a Node.js developer.
• Extensive knowledge of JavaScript, web stacks, libraries, and frameworks.

• Design, build and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Java code. 
• Providing technical oversight to the team, involved in design and code review.
• You would also be spending most of the time in development activities in varied technologies and should have a passion to write code.
• Should be able to create good technical documents.
• Translate application storyboards and use cases into functional applications.
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications.
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems - Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization. 
• Prepare the technical design of complex technology components as well as suggest the pros and cons of using a certain technology stack or component or design pattern versus another, to the clients.
• Team Management.

• Qualifications: BTECH/MTECH/MCA/MSc.
• Proficient in Java, with a good knowledge of its ecosystems with a knack for writing clean, readable Java code, writing reusable Java libraries along with knowledge of multithreading, concurrency patterns, and collections in Java. 
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming along with various design and architectural patterns.
• Hands on experience with JMS, JPA, Spring (MVC, Boot & Cloud preferred) & Hibernate.
• Familiarity with concepts of MVC, JDBC, and RESTful.  Experience with Presentation Layer (JSP/Servlets), JS Frameworks (Angular, jQuery, react, etc.).
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes and experience with both external and embedded databases. Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git, Ant, Maven, and Gradle; continuous integration.
• Knowledge in xml based mappings, SAML, rest clients, CAS authentication and Jetty.
• Knowledge of Apache Camel and Kafka and Drools Rule Engine is preferred.