Lead Backend Developer

Position: Lead Backend Engineer

Location: Remote

Experience: 10+ Years

Budget: 1.7 LPM

Employment Type: [Contract]

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 10+ years of proven backend engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in Python.
• Expertise in SQL (Postgres) and database optimization.
• Hands-on experience with OpenAI APIs.
• Strong command of FastAPI and microservices architecture.
• Solid knowledge of debugging, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Agentic Systems or ability to quickly adopt them.
• Exposure to modern CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

🚀 Hiring: Python Developer

⭐ Experience: 2+ Years

📍 Location: Mumbai (Andheri East )

⭐ Work Mode:- 5 Days Work From Office

⏱️ Notice Period: Immediate Joiners

(Only immediate joiners & candidates serving notice period)

Looking for a skilled Python Developer with experience in Django / FastAPI and MongoDB / PostgreSQL.

⭐ Must-Have Skills:-

✅ 2+ years of professional experience as a Python Developer

✅Proficient in Django or FastAPI

✅Hands-on with MongoDB or PostgreSQL

✅Strong understanding of REST APIs & Git

Supercharge Your Career as a Technical Lead - Python at Technoidentity!

Are you ready to solve people challenges that fuel business growth? At Technoidentity, we’re a Data+AI product engineering company building cutting-edge solutions in the FinTech domain for over 13 years—and we’re expanding globally. It’s the perfect time to join our

team of tech innovators and leave your mark!

At Technoidentity, we’re a Data + AI product engineering company trusted to deliver scalable and modern enterprise solutions. Join us as a Senior Python Developer and Technical Lead, where you'll guide high-performing engineering teams, design complex systems, and deliver

clean, scalable backend solutions using Python and modern data technologies. Your leadership will directly shape the architecture and execution of enterprise projects, with added strength in understanding database logic including PL/SQL and PostgreSQL/AlloyDB.

What’s in it for You?

• Modern Python Stack – Python 3.x, FastAPI, Pandas, NumPy, SQLAlchemy, PostgreSQL/AlloyDB, PL/pgSQL.

• Tech Leadership – Drive technical decision-making, mentor developers, and ensure code quality and scalability.

• Scalable Projects – Architect and optimize data-intensive backend services for highthroughput and distributed systems.

• Engineering Best Practices – Enforce clean architecture, code reviews, testing strategies, and SDLC alignment.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration – Lead conversations across engineering, QA, product, and DevOps to ensure delivery excellence.

What Will You Be Doing?

Technical Leadership

• Lead a team of developers through design, code reviews, and technical mentorship.

• Set architectural direction and ensure scalability, modularity, and code quality.

• Work with stakeholders to translate business goals into robust technical solutions.

Backend Development & Data Engineering

• Design and build clean, high-performance backend services using FastAPI and Python

best practices.

• Handle row- and column-level data transformation using Pandas and NumPy.

• Apply data wrangling, cleansing, and preprocessing techniques across microservices and pipelines.

Database & Performance Optimization

• Write performant queries, procedures, and triggers using PostgreSQL and PL/pgSQL.

• Understand legacy logic in PL/SQL and participate in rewriting or modernizing it for PostgreSQL-based systems.

• Tune both backend and database performance, including memory, indexing, and query optimization.

Parallelism & Communication

• Implement multithreading, multiprocessing, and parallel data flows in Python.

• Integrate Kafka, RabbitMQ, or Pub/Sub systems for real-time and async message

processing.

Engineering Excellence

• Drive adherence to Agile, Git-based workflows, CI/CD, and DevOps pipelines.

• Promote testing (unit/integration), monitoring, and observability for all backend systems.

• Stay current with Python ecosystem evolution and introduce tools that improve productivity and performance.

What Makes You the Perfect Fit?

• 6–10 years of proven experience in Python development, with strong expertise in designing and delivering scalable backend solutions

Roles and Responsibilities

• Ability to create solution prototype and conduct proof of concept of new tools.

• Work in research and understanding of new tools and areas.

• Clearly articulate pros and cons of various technologies/platforms and perform

detailed analysis of business problems and technical environments to derive a

solution.

• Optimisation of the application for maximum speed and scalability.

• Work on feature development and bug fixing.

Technical skills

• Must have knowledge of the networking in Linux, and basics of computer networks in

general.

• Must have intermediate/advanced knowledge of one programming language,

preferably Python.

• Must have experience of writing shell scripts and configuration files.

• Should be proficient in bash.

• Should have excellent Linux administration capabilities.

• Working experience of SCM. Git is preferred.

• Knowledge of build and CI-CD tools, like Jenkins, Bamboo etc is a plus.

• Understanding of Architecture of OpenStack/Kubernetes is a plus.

• Code contributed to OpenStack/Kubernetes community will be a plus.

• Data Center network troubleshooting will be a plus.

• Understanding of NFV and SDN domain will be a plus.

Soft skills

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.

• Highly driven, positive attitude, team player, self-learning, self motivating and flexibility

• Strong customer focus - Decent Networking and relationship management

• Flair for creativity and innovation

• Strategic thinking This is an individual contributor role and will need client interaction on technical side.

Must have Skill - Linux, Networking, Python, Cloud

Additional Skills-OpenStack, Kubernetes, Shell, Java, Development

Looking to hire a single backend engineer who will become a part of the core team, with the track to become a part of the leadership at our company.

Candidate should have worked in startups, possess strong programming skills in Python, displays a sense of ownership and is highly energetic and eager to learn state-of-the-art tech and ML.

A minimum of 2 years of relevant experience is preferred.

2022 or later year pass outs - please apply only if you have relevant full-time and at least 2 prior internships experience

Representative (not exhaustive) responsibilities:

• Assess the current design and infrastructure of the backend server, and continuously implement enhancements to make the systems more robust, reliable and responsive
• Design, implement, test, and deploy APIs with Python on Linux servers
• Enhance back-end functionality and integrate with the front end to deliver a fully functional product
• Implement and set up automated tests to periodically test backend infrastructure for reliability, security and performance
• Design new data pipelines to enable the production deployment of new models
• Mentor junior employees and interns in the company
• Additionally, interest and ability to contribute to the continuous enhancement of our state-of-the-art NLP model pipeline and Inferencing engine is a big plus
• Be ready to roll up your sleeves and participate in customer calls, understand our ICP well, do research around product features, etc.

Fast Track Your Application

Think about the ICP for ContractKen. Sign up for a trial plan, experience the product and provide feedback on how to improve the current experience of the product to add immediate value to the ICP. We don't need you to fully code any feature in its entirety and are not looking for free work. The idea is to identify folks who get** what we are trying to do with ContractKen and find faster alignment with the right candidate.

Do not apply if

You're looking for your first, real-world model building, ML/AI role. We believe that deploying existing models (open source and proprietary) in production and delivering real business value to our customers is 10x more important than hyperparameter tuning or the latest algorithm implementation. While we'd love to entertain experienced ML data scientists, the emphasis on MLOps is as much as it is on experimentation.

We are looking for a Python Web Developer Intern responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users. Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end.

Perks of working with us:

• Competitive stipend
• Remote option available
• Certificate and Letter of recommendation
• Slack/Asana focussed environment
• Cool managers
• Meme focussed communication
• Opportunity to convert to work full-time

Skills

• In-depth knowledge in Python, with knowledge of at least one Python web framework 
• Familiarity with some ORM (Object Relational Mapper) libraries
• Able to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Good understanding of server-side templating languages
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
• Understanding of accessibility and security compliance
• Strong analytical skills and problem solving aptitude
• Attentive to details
• Available for 6 months