
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.

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hiring for the position of Backend Developer / Senior Backend Developer responsible for managing back-end services and the interchange of data between the server and the users.
Your primary focus will be the development of all server side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end.
We are looking to recruit a candidate for a role that will require:
- Create and consume restful APIs
- Design, develop, and maintain internal and external applications
- Build efficient, testable, and reusable modules
- Write high quality, structured application/interface code and documentation
- Identify solutions through research and collaboration that resolves the root of problems as they arise
- Define functional and technical requirements for application software to develop skills and knowledge
- Troubleshoot, test and maintain the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality
- Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle
Requirement
∙ Proficient in Node.JS
∙ 2+ years’ experience designing, querying, and updating databases in MySQL/nosql
∙ Passion for best design and coding practices and a desire to develop new bold ideas
∙ Good to have knowledge of AWS, Redis, ElasticSearch
Education: Min. Graduate in related discipline
Work experience: 2 years relevant experience
Compensation: Based on Industry StandardsInterview Mode - Face to Face
Must-haves:
● · You need to be excited about the problem that we are trying to solve
○ Should have excellent command over designing systems with a minimum
experience of 4 years.
○ Should have experience with various database flavors and writing complex
queries. We work with Postgres, Redshift, ElasticSearch, TimescaleDB, and
Redis.
● Additional knowledge in Golang will be an advantage
● · Strong Data Structures and Algorithms knowledge
● · Should have created APIs from scratch which is being used in Production
● · Should be comfortable with creating systems handling up to 100k requests per
minute, and have a mindset that understands scale
● · Ability to give clarity and communicate well with the team, including Product, Backend
and Dev-Ops (if and when needed)
● · Ability to use profiling tools well, getting to root causes of bugs fast
● · Ability to pick and work on adjacent technologies if and when required (Eg: If the best
performance monitoring solution needs a basic firebase setup, that should not be a
blocker for you to go ahead and do so)
● · Knowledge of how to set up relevant test cases
○ · You need to be comfortable working in a remote environment (Good
internet connection and availability on phone is required)
Good to have
● · App Development experience
● · Experience in Test Driven Development
● · Ability to tell Product what creates better User Experience, ability to tell frontend what
API responses will help the user get a faster load time
● · Inquisitiveness to understand the system as a whole, and not only be stuck to your
domain of expertise (Eg: Figure out why excessive APIs calls are being made,
brainstorm with Product and Frontend team to reduce the same without harming the UX
)
● · Experience in working on a Social Media Product
● · Good knowledge of Graphs, and their applications
● · Data-Driven Approach to monitoring
Benefits
● Work timings - You are the master of your time. However, with great freedom
comes great responsibility. If you have committed something to the team, we
expect that you will give it your best to make sure that commitment is done and is
done on time.
●
Leave policy - Take a leave whenever for whatever reason you want. You
don't need to explain yourself to us
●
Health insurance for you and your famil
1. Design patterns- socket communication/ micro services architecture
2. Caching - REDIS MEMCACHED etc
3. Database - MONGO, SQL etc. min 2yrs experience with these.
4. Features created for large concurrent requests.
5. Node Js, Go lang any asynchronous programming language min 2 yrs exp with any one of them.
6. Message Queues - RABBIT MQ, Kafka etc.
7. Logging and APM (application process manager) good to have.
8. DS ALGO good to have.
Requirement:
1. Node Js min 2 yrs exp.
2. Database - MONGO, SQL, etc. min 2yrs experience with these.
3. Caching - REDIS, MEMCACHED etc
4. Message Queues - RABBIT MQ, Kafka, etc.
Location: Delhi (Work from office).
Package : Upto 12 LPA
Key Responsibilities:
- Rewrite existing APIs in NodeJS.
- Remodel the APIs into Micro services-based architecture.
- Implement a caching layer wherever possible.
- Optimize the API for high performance and scalability.
- Write unit tests for API Testing.
- Automate the code testing and deployment process.
Skills Required:
- At least 3 years of experience developing Backends using NodeJS — should be well versed with its asynchronous nature & event loop, and know its quirks and workarounds.
- Excellent hands-on experience using MySQL or any other SQL Database.
- Good knowledge of MongoDB or any other NoSQL Database.
- Good knowledge of Redis, its data types, and their use cases.
- Experience with graph-based databases like GraphQL and Neo4j.
- Experience developing and deploying REST APIs.
- Good knowledge of Unit Testing and available Test Frameworks.
- Good understanding of advanced JS libraries and frameworks.
- Experience with Web sockets, Service Workers, and Web Push Notifications.
- Familiar with NodeJS profiling tools.
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git.
- Good knowledge of creating and maintaining DevOps infrastructure on cloud platforms.
- Should be a fast learner and a go-getter — without any fear of trying out new things Preferences.
- Experience building a large scale social or location-based app.
• Architect, develop and maintain highly scalable, reliable and secure distributed backend
systems on Cloud (AWS or Azure) or on-premises environments for Mihup, its customers
and partners.
• Work closely with your fellow engineers to develop systems capable of concurrently
processing massive amounts of voice data both in online real-time as well as offline
environments.
• Drive accountability for test driven development, delivery of high-quality features and
resilient enterprise class solutions.
• Lead a culture of team ownership and direct individual and team accountability to
continuously improve how they work to achieve results.
• Work in a startup environment, pushing boundaries with deep involvement with business.
Requirements (what we are looking for)
The right person is better than the right set of experiences and these are the traits we’ve
identified make great additions to our team.
• BE//BTech/ME/MTech in Computer Science or a related field from a Tier I or Tier II
University.
• 6-8 years of hands-on software development and deployment experience (experience of
working in a consumer product startup during its growth phase will be a plus) of which 1
– 2 years of experience would be in leading a team of software developers.
• Expertise in Java 8+ and Spring Boot is a must
• Good experience in messaging platforms like RabbitMQ/Kafka
• Good experience in distributed systems and relational & NoSQL databases like
PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB, etc.
• Expertise in one or more of: Java, NodeJS, GoLang, Python would be preferred
• Must have hands on experience in products which handle multiple concurrent calls (API),
handle CPU intensive jobs, consist of multiple asynchronous system calls.
• Worked on microservices based architecture and design
• Managed/ Owned infrastructure on AWS/Microsoft Azure/private clouds and setup high
availability systems
• Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes
• Knowledge of RESTful APIs, caching concepts, the HTTP protocol and general web
architecture
Pluses
1. Anything that will let us know more about who you are that you would like to share such
as Blogs, Twitter, Medium, GitHub etc.
- 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.
Job descriptio
Job Summary
We are looking for candidates with Rust programming experience in developing high end technology products for the current digital world. The developer will be responsible in building the product as per the product specification defined by the product architects. Since there would be many requirements which require implementation using some of the latest technology hence the developer would also need to do research on the best methods of implementing the requirements.
Responsibilities
- Actively participate in all phases of development from design to post-deployment issue resolution
- Share ownership of significant areas of code for both new and existing features and functionality
- Help diagnose and resolve field-reported issues
- Work with other team members and with security consultants to refine requirements and implement design decisions
- Contribute to code reviews of team project
Qualifications
Experience coding in Rust with strong debugging and troubleshooting skills
- 3-4 years of coding experience, Strong knowledge on Rust programming language.
- Experience with concurrent programming using standard libraries
- Experience interfacing with data stores such as Influx, Redis, and Postgres
- Knowledge of data structures and their implementation details
- Understanding of multithreaded applications and concurrency control
- Ability to use Linux as both a development platform and a target execution environment
- Understanding of version control systems such as git and/or subversion
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to effectively work in a cooperative, distributed team environment
- Experience with cloud deployments is a plus
Mandatory Skill:
1. Need to know about Byte Code Interpreter Development in Rust.
2. Need to know about Hasher and Pair Trait development in Rust
3. Need to know about ADT Schemes in Rust.
4. Need to know about Deterministic and Non-Deterministic transitions in Rust.
5. Blockchain development experience will be an added advantage
- 2 - 6 years of software development experience
- Good grasp on programming fundamentals including OOP, Design Patterns and Data Structures
- Excellent analytical, logical and problem-solving skills
- Software Development Engineer
- Good understanding of complexities involved in designing/developing large scale systems
- Strong system design skills
- Experience in technologies like Elasticsearch, Redis, Kafka etc
- Good knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases
- Familiarity with common machine learning algorithms. In-depth knowledge is a plus
- Experience of working with big data technologies like Hadoop, Spark, Hive is a big plus
- Ability to understand business requirements and take ownership of the work
- Exhibit passion and enthusiasm for building and maintaining large scale platforms
Required Qualifications and Skills:
- 3-5 years of work experience in the development background, with at least 2 years experience in Java, Spring, Sprint Boot, Hibernate or JPA, MySQL, Oracle, Spring MVC.
- B.E. degree in Computer Science, Graduate in Software Engineering or equivalent
- Experience in Core JAVA, Spring, Spring Boot Frameworks.
- Experience with ORM's like Hibernate.
- Good knowledge of developing RESTful web services using Spring Boot, Java1.x,Servlet2.4, JSP2.0, JDBC3.0, Java Mail, Struts2.x, HTML, HTML5, Angular7+, JavaScript, JSF, Bootstrap2.x-3.x, JQuery & CSS 3.x, Maven 3.x, Apache Tomcat7
- Knowledge of Cloud AWS.
- Experience in any Messaging Queue e.g. Apache Kafka, ActiveMQ, etc.
- Experience on Web services with REST and SOAP.
- Experience working on tool set like Eclipse IDE, SQL clients.
- Experience using application server like Jboss, TomCat, Wildfly, glassfish.
- Experience in using tools like SOAP UI, POSTMAN
- Ability to write SQL queries to fetch data.
- Knowledge of Micro services, Redis Cache and Mongo DB (or any other NoSQL) is good to have










