Python Developer - Backend

Description

Join company as a Backend Developer and become a pivotal force in building the robust, scalable services that power our innovative platforms. In this role, you will design, develop, and maintain server‑side applications, ensuring high performance and reliability for millions of users. You’ll collaborate closely with cross‑functional product, front‑end, and DevOps teams to translate business requirements into clean, efficient code, while participating in code reviews and architectural discussions. Our dynamic environment encourages continuous learning, offering opportunities to work with cutting‑edge technologies, cloud infrastructures, and modern development practices. As a key contributor, your work will directly impact product quality, user satisfaction, and the overall success of company's mission to streamline hiring solutions.

Requirements:

• 1–15 years of professional experience in backend development, with a strong focus on building APIs and microservices.
• Proficiency in server‑side languages such as Python, Java, Node.js, or Go, and solid understanding of object‑oriented and functional programming paradigms.
• Extensive experience with relational (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Redis), including schema design and query optimization.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Hands‑on experience with version control (Git), CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks.
• Strong problem‑solving abilities, effective communication skills, and a collaborative mindset for working within multidisciplinary teams.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain high‑throughput backend services and RESTful APIs that support core product features.
• Implement data models and storage solutions, ensuring data integrity, security, and optimal performance.
• Collaborate with front‑end engineers, product managers, and designers to define technical requirements and deliver end‑to‑end solutions.
• Participate in code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and uphold coding standards and best practices.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize production systems, implementing robust logging, alerting, and performance tuning.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of development workflows, including CI/CD automation, testing strategies, and deployment processes.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, proposing innovative approaches to enhance system architecture.

Budget:

• Job Type: payroll
• Experience Range: 1–15 years

Backend Engineer III – Senior Python Developer (LLM & AI)

Location: Gurgaon, India

Positions: 1

Experience: 6 to 9 Years

Gurgaon Hybrid

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Backend Engineer III / Senior Python Developer to join our AI engineering team and play a critical role in building scalable, secure, and high-performance backend platforms for LLM and AI-driven applications. You will work as a hands-on individual contributor while collaborating closely with Machine Learning Engineers, Data Scientists, Product Managers, and Cloud/DevOps teams to deliver innovative, production-grade AI solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems and services using Python to support LLM and AI-based applications
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs and microservices that serve machine learning models and AI components
• Write clean, modular, efficient, and testable code following industry best practices and coding standards
• Participate actively in code reviews, ensuring high quality, security, and maintainability of the codebase
• Debug, profile, and optimize applications to improve performance, reliability, and scalability
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in AI/ML pipelines and backend services
• Collaborate with ML engineers, data scientists, and product teams to translate business and technical requirements into robust backend solutions
• Mentor and support junior developers, promoting a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines and automate deployment workflows to ensure consistent and reliable releases
• Stay up to date with emerging trends in Python, cloud-native development, and LLM/AI engineering practices and apply them to improve systems and processes

Required Skills & Experience

• 6 to 9 years of strong hands-on experience in Python development
• Solid understanding of Python software design, architecture patterns, and testing best practices
• Proven experience working on AI, Machine Learning, or LLM-based projects
• Strong experience in building and consuming RESTful APIs and microservices architectures
• Hands-on experience with FastAPI, Flask, or similar model-serving frameworks
• Strong debugging, performance profiling, and optimization skills
• Experience with CI/CD tools and workflows (e.g., GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, etc.)
• Working knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes is a strong plus
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, evolving AI/ML environment while mentoring junior team members

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field
• AWS or other relevant cloud certifications are preferred but not mandatory

Why Join Us?

• Work on cutting-edge AI and LLM platforms
• Collaborate with top-tier engineering and data science teams
• Opportunity to influence system architecture and technical direction
• Competitive compensation and career growth opportunities

Requirements

• Design and implement a full-stack web application using Python Django framework and ReactJS.
• 1+ years of experience in building and deploying web applications.
• Experience in designing and using RESTful APIs.
• Basic knowledge in front-end technologies such as JavaScript, , ReactJS, HTML5, and CSS3.
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.
• Understanding of databases, SQL and non-relational, plus the Django ORM.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model.
• Experience in web mark-up like HTML and CSS.
• Experience with data structure libraries.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs.
• A knack for bench marking and optimization.
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token.
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools.
• Experience with common front-end development tools such as NPM etc.
• Strong knowledge of Git version control.
• Experience deploying Python applications into production.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) knowledge is a plus.
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Responsibilities

• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code.
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performance applications using Django framework in Python.
• Create and use the REST APIs for communicating with other apps.
• Assess and prioritize feature requests and work in Agile framework.
• Implementation of security and data protection algorithms.
• Integration of data storage solutions like databases, key-value stores, blob stores, S3 etc.
• Improve the functionality of existing systems and applications.
• High commitment to work and taking ownership of deliverables.
• Help to research and influence our path forward with strategic technology initiatives.

Prelude

We are BeyondScale, on a mission to build the mobile learning app to help organizations create internal courses for their workforce easily. eLearning is booming and we aim to tap into the under-served non-IT L&D market and make a difference in the livelihoods of millions of people.

We’re now looking for a passionate “Django Developer” who is willing to join us at an early stage and help us build a world-class product. 

Django Developer 

Job Description:

• 2+ years of experience coding with Python.
• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code.
• Eager and proactive to learn new technical skills.
• Hands-on experience in developing web APIs and writing database queries in PostgreSQL (MongoDB, MySQL and DynamoDB is a plus).
• Good understanding of OOPs, Multiprocessing and threading.
• Proficient in testing and debugging programs.
• Well-versed with Git and modern development workflow practices

About The Team

We are striving to create the best productivity tools which will help small businesses to go online and scale their growth consistently with the bleeding edge of technology. Our backend team is looking for a solid Rockstar engineer who can hack around multiple technologies and build highly scalable, low latency, distributed systems. You will work closely with our product team to build new and compelling experiences for our customers!

We place special emphasis on the continuous growth of each team member - and we do this with regular 1-1s and open communication. As Software Engineer - Backend, you will be part of self-starters who thrive on teamwork and constructive feedback.

About The Role

As a Software Engineer - Backend, you will solve real-life complex problems and create compelling experiences for our users. In this role, you will ensure that the solutions and processes that we create are of the highest quality. And in doing so, you will champion a seamless app experience for all our users. You will also collaborate with your fellow engineers to create scalable solutions that are pertinent to Product IO's overall growth.

If you are confident about solving hard, interesting and UNIQUE problems, and creating an impact within an entrepreneurial environment, then you might just be our next Software Engineer - Backend

What You'll Do:

• Lead, build, test, and release mobile application features using cross-platform tools.
• Collaborate with the front-end team to expose weaknesses and problems
• Build out our APIs and tools using Python & Firebase libraries on the backend.
• Experience with NodeJS and deployment in Serverless
• Experience with NoSql(MongoDB) and SQL(PostregSQL)
• Work closely with Product, Design, Platform, and other cross-functional groups to drive product vision.
• Previous experience helping shape API structures and building REST APIs.
• Understanding of accessibility and server compliance (GCP)

Required Qualifications:

• 2+ years professional software development experience, preferably mobile apps with a cloud backend. Example projects in (Python, Firebase)
• 6 months experience in Google Cloud Platform
• Excellent communication skills are a must, and experience with estimating and managing project tasks is important, too
• Highly driven, naturally curious, and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment

Bonus points:

• 1+ years of experience in developing Firebase apps.
• Experience in developing or designing APIs and web applications.
• Deployment in Cloud Environment.
• Familiarity with Flutter.

Why join us:

• 👫 A fast-moving, fun, growth-oriented company made up of skillful team players
• 💬 Transparent, open, and collaborative work environment
• 🌟 An opportunity to work closely with a proven executive team, board, and serial entrepreneurs

• Must have experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Experience with Python/Node.JS/Typescript
• At least 2+ years as back-end software developer
• A deep understanding of the benefits of the Microservice and serverless paradigms
• Prepared technical documentation, and understand why it’s important
• Understanding of database principals: SQL and NoSQL
• Collaboration and communication skills (you’ll be working with clients and internal teams)
• An understanding of programming fundamentals (OOP, data structures, algorithms)
• Familiarity and comfort with REST API, Postman
• The ability to work independently or within a team structure.
• A “lead by example” attitude, and motivation to deliver work you’re proud of