
Senior Backend Engineer (Immediate joiners only)
at Seed Funded Product-based startup in Bangalore
We are seeking an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to join our passionate team. If you have a strong background in backend development, a track record of delivering scalable and reliable solutions, and are eager to contribute to complex projects, we would love to hear from you.
Responsibilities:
- Design and develop robust, high-performance backend solutions using Python and related technologies.
- Lead the architecture and design discussions for major backend components and services.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to gather and analyze software requirements.
- Mentor and guide junior and mid-level engineers, fostering their technical growth.
- Review code and provide constructive feedback to ensure code quality and adherence to best practices.
- Identify and address performance bottlenecks, scalability challenges, and technical issues.
- Participate in sprint planning, task estimation, and agile development processes.
- Keep up-to-date with industry trends, tools, and best practices to continuously improve our backend systems.
- Drive the adoption of coding standards, design patterns, and engineering best practices.
- Collaborate with frontend engineers to ensure seamless integration between frontend and backend components.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- Minimum of 4 years of professional experience in backend development.
- Strong proficiency in Python and backend frameworks like Django and Flask.
- In-depth knowledge of database systems, both relational (MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, etc. ).
- Proven track record of designing and developing scalable and maintainable backend services.
- Experience with RESTful API design and best practices.
- Solid understanding of software architecture, design principles, and software development lifecycle.
- Previous experience leading or mentoring engineers is a strong plus.
- Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive attitude towards challenges.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (e. g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization (Docker) is a plus.

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Experience : 3+ Years
Job Overview :
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Key Responsibilities :
- Develop, maintain, and enhance Django-based web applications and APIs.
- Design and implement message broker solutions using RabbitMQ for asynchronous communication.
- Integrate Redis for caching and session management to optimize application performance.
- Implement and manage task queues using Celery for efficient background processing.
- Work with PostgreSQL, ensuring proper database design, query optimization, and performance tuning.
- Collaborate with front-end developers, DevOps engineers, and stakeholders to deliver high-quality software solutions.
- Write clean, modular, and well-documented code following best practices.
- Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve issues across the application stack.
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Required Technical Skills :
- Minimum 3+ Years of relevant experience in Python and Django framework.
- Proficiency in RabbitMQ for message brokering.
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- Strong knowledge of Celery for distributed task queues.
- Experience with PostgreSQL, including database design, indexing, and optimization.
- Expertise in RESTful API design and development.
- Understanding of Docker and containerized applications.
Preferred Skills :
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments.
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Soft Skills
- Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to adapt to an agile development environment and evolving requirements.
Educational Qualifications :
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- 4+ years of professional experience in backend development with Python.
- Strong hands-on experience with FastAPI (or Flask/Django with migration experience).
- Familiarity with asynchronous programming in Python.
- Working knowledge of version control systems (Git).
- Good problem-solving and debugging skills.
- Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
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Key Responsibility Areas:
- Develop tools and applications by producing clean, efficient code.
- Determine operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development and proposed solutions
- Perform validation and verification testing and debud code.
- Work collaboratively with others to achieve goals
- Experience working in an agile environment
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- Experience in implementing Object-Oriented Python, Django.
- Good understanding on Django
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- Worked with varieties of Relational Databases (RDBMS) like SQLite, MySQL, PostgreSQL.
- Experience in Version Control with Git and Bitbucket.
- Experience with JIRA the development progress and tracking deadlines of the project
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1. Proficiency in Python & Django
2. Solid understanding of Python concepts
3. Experience with some form of Machine Learning (ML)
4. Experience in using libraries such as Numpy and Pandas
5. Some form of experience with NLP and Deep Learning using any of Pytorch, Tensorflow, Keras, Scikit-learn or similar
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10. Experience in deploying Django applications to AWS,Digital Ocean or Heroku
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Shift Timings:- UK Shift
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- Develop, test, and maintain robust and scalable Python applications.
- Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to design and implement new features.
- Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
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- Choose and work with one of the following frameworks: Flask, Django, or Fast API.
- Utilize databases such as SQL, Post SQL, or MongoDB to support application development.
- Demonstrate proficiency in Linux or Ubuntu server environments.
- Knowledge of containerization tools, particularly Docker, for deployment and scalability.
- Implement and optimize caching strategies using Redis or Celery (a plus).
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- Stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Proven experience as a Python Developer with 3-5 years of hands-on development.
- In-depth knowledge of at least one of the following frameworks: Flask, Django, or Fast API.
- Strong expertise in databases such as SQL, Post SQL, or MongoDB.
- Familiarity with Linux or Ubuntu server environments.
- Proficiency in containerization tools, particularly Docker.
- Experience with Redis cache or Celery is a strong plus.
- Understanding of CI/CD processes and tools.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
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Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Node.js.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements, architect solutions, and implement features.
- Write clean, modular, and maintainable code following best practices and coding standards.
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- Implement security measures to ensure data privacy and integrity in backend systems.
- Troubleshoot and debug issues to ensure smooth operation of production systems.
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- Stay updated with the latest trends and technologies in backend development, Node.js, and related ecosystems
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- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- Proven experience in backend development, with at least 4 years of experience using Node.js.
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles.
- Experience with web frameworks such as Express.js.
- Proficiency in building RESTful APIs and microservices architecture.
- Familiarity with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, PostgreSQL).
- Solid understanding of asynchronous programming and event-driven architectures.
- Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and collaborative development workflows.
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment, with excellent communication skills.
Must have :
- Strong Experience in Python development
- Familiarity with Data Structures and Algorithms
- Experience in developing Enterprise scale applications
- Exposure to NLP
- Exposure / awareness of AI, ML
- Exposure to Windows Azure is an added advantage
- God understanding of project architecture and software development processes such as Agile and Scrum
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- Partner with Business Stakeholders to translate business objectives into clearly defined analytical Projects
- Own the end-end process, from recognizing the problem to implementing the solution
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- Configure, Extend, and optimize Icertis AI app through Python scripts, NLP NER Analysis and other mechanisms
- Take full ownership of project / product features to implement, provide bug fixes and write tests and tooling for those features to ensure they work well at cloud scale.
- Plan and identify solutions and risks in assigned work
- You are expected to be hands on and write code on day to day basis and also mentor other team members

- Design, construct, test and maintain robust and scalable data pipelines.
- Research, prototype and apply different methods to improve data reliability, fault tolerance and system performance.
- Instrument, monitor and troubleshoot these systems in a Production environment.
- Contribute to design reviews, code reviews, integration and automated testing.
- Adopt and improve our Agile development process.
- Writing effective and scalable Python codes
- Designing and implementing robust applications
- Debugging applications to ensure low-latency and high-availability
- Integrating user-facing elements with server-side logic
- Implementing security and data protection
- Accommodating various data storage solutions
Key Requirements
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
- You have prior experience as a Python Developer
- Good knowledge Django, Flask or similar Python frameworks
- Familiarity with front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
- Knowledge of ORM (Object Relational Mapper)
- Familiarity with various testing tools.
FULL STACK PYTHON DEVELOPER.
COMPETITIVE SALARY PACKAGE.
Experience:
5 - 8 years of Python 3 skills
5+ years hands of Django framework
Payment Gateways integration
Database skills in a relational database (MariaDB PostgresSQL)
Knowledge of how to build and use with RESTful APIs
Strong knowledge of version control (i.e. git, svn, etc.)
Experience deploying Python applications into production Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure knowledge is a plus
Nice to have worked before:
PCI Compliance products
Microservices
Serverless
Responsibilities:
Develop cloud-based Python Django FinTech software products
Working closely frontend Developers
Participating in architectural, design and product discussions
Designing and creating RESTful APIs for internal and partner consumption
Working in an agile environment with an excellent team of engineers
Who you are?
Self-motivated, team player comfortable in a high-growth environment
Be friendly, fun, awesome to be around
Energetic, engaging personality
Track record of over-achievement
Passionate about what you do and care deeply about the things you build
Able to clearly communicate with both technical and non-technical audiences
We love team players who will jump in to help get a project done
Tech you'll use:
PythonDjangoMariaDB, AWS, DO, Redis, RabbitMQ.
- Excellent knowledge in one or more of Python/NodeJS REST Frameworks
- Hands on experience in system architecture and data modelling. Experience with databases like MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB.
- Devops capabilities - with good understanding of deployments and cloud infrastructure. In depth knowledge of container architecture using Docker is must.
- Scaled systems using RabbitMQ/ Redis /Celery/ Kafka









