Python Backend Engineer at Nineleaps · Hyderabad · 5 - 8 years · ₹1L - ₹18L / yr · Profitable · Posted 10 Sep 2026

Key Responsibilities
● Lead the architecture, design, development, and delivery of scalable backend services
using Python.
● Own technical direction and architectural decisions for backend systems and services.
● Design and build robust RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed systems
capable of handling high-scale workloads.
● Design and implement real-time communication systems, including WebSocket-based
services, where required.
● Drive system performance, scalability, reliability, availability, and security.
● Lead performance optimization, capacity planning, monitoring, debugging, and
production issue resolution.
● Establish and promote best practices around code quality, testing, observability, CI/CD,
and production readiness.
● Collaborate closely with frontend, product, DevOps, infrastructure, and other
cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
● Mentor and provide technical guidance to engineers, contributing to overall team growth
and engineering excellence.
● Review code and architecture designs, identify technical risks, and drive improvements
across backend systems.
● Take ownership of complex technical problems and deliver reliable, maintainable,
production-grade solutions.
Required Skills & Qualifications
● 5+ years of software engineering experience, with significant experience in backend
development.
● Strong expertise in Python and experience building production-grade backend
applications.
● Proven experience designing and developing REST APIs and microservices
architectures.
● Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, fault tolerance, and
high-availability architectures.
● Hands-on experience with WebSockets and real-time backend integrations.
● Strong experience with SQL/NoSQL databases, caching systems, and data-intensive
applications.
● Experience with performance optimization, monitoring, logging, debugging, and
production operations.
● Strong understanding of software engineering principles, design patterns, and clean
architecture.
● Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and make sound architectural decisions.
● Strong communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills.
● Experience mentoring engineers and conducting effective code and design reviews.

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- Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure and containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
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● Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design patterns.
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● Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
● Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
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