Senior Software Engineer - Backend & APIs

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Backend Developer with deep expertise in Python and FastAPI to join our team. This role focuses on building high-performance, scalable backend services capable of handling high request volumes while integrating advanced LLM technologies.

The ideal candidate will design robust distributed systems, implement efficient data storage solutions, and ensure enterprise-grade security within an Azure-based infrastructure. This is a great opportunity to work on AI/ML integrations and mission-critical applications requiring high performance and reliability.

Key Responsibilities:

Backend Development

• Design and maintain high-performance backend services using Python and FastAPI
• Implement advanced FastAPI features such as dependency injection, middleware, and async programming
• Write comprehensive unit tests using pytest
• Design and maintain Pydantic schemas

High-Concurrency Systems

• Implement asynchronous code for high-volume request processing
• Apply concurrency patterns and atomic operations to ensure efficient system performance

Data & Storage

• Optimize MongoDB operations
• Implement Redis caching strategies (TTL, performance tuning, caching patterns)

Distributed Systems

• Implement rate limiting, retry logic, failover mechanisms, and region routing
• Build microservices and event-driven architectures
• Work with EventHub, Blob Storage, and Databricks

AI/ML Integration

• Integrate OpenAI API, Gemini API, and Claude API
• Manage LLM integrations using LiteLLM
• Optimize AI service usage within the Azure ecosystem

Security

• Implement JWT authentication
• Manage API keys and encryption protocols
• Implement PII masking and data security mechanisms

Collaboration

• Work with cross-functional teams on architecture and system design
• Contribute to engineering best practices and technical improvements
• Mentor junior developers where required

Must-Have Skills & Requirements

Experience

• 7+ years of hands-on Python backend development
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Experience building high-traffic, scalable systems

Core Technical Skills

Python

• Advanced knowledge of asynchronous programming, concurrency, and atomic operations

FastAPI

• Expert-level experience with dependency injection, middleware, and async code

Testing

• Strong experience with pytest and Pydantic schemas

Databases

• Hands-on experience with MongoDB and Redis
• Strong understanding of caching patterns, TTL, and performance optimization

Distributed Systems

• Experience with rate limiting, retry logic, failover mechanisms, high concurrency processing, and region routing

Microservices

• Experience building microservices and event-driven systems
• Exposure to EventHub, Blob Storage, and Databricks

Cloud

• Strong experience working in Azure environments

AI Integration

• Familiarity with OpenAI API, Gemini API, Claude API, and LiteLLM

Security

• Implementation experience with JWT authentication, API keys, encryption, and PII masking

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration
• Ability to manage multiple priorities
• Detail-oriented approach to code quality
• Experience mentoring junior developers

Good-to-Have Skills

Containerization

• Docker, Kubernetes (preferably within Azure)

DevOps

• CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment

Monitoring & Observability

• Experience with Grafana, distributed tracing, custom metrics

Industry Experience

• Experience in Insurance, Financial Services, or regulated industries

Advanced AI/ML

• Vector databases
• Similarity search optimization
• LangChain / LangSmith

Data Processing

• Real-time data processing and event streaming

Database Expertise

• PostgreSQL with vector extensions
• Advanced Redis clustering

Multi-Cloud

• Experience with AWS or GCP alongside Azure

Performance Optimization

• Advanced caching strategies
• Backend performance tuning

Job Title: Backend Engineer – Python / Golang / Rust

Location: Bangalore, India

Experience Required: Minimum 2–3 years

About the Role

We are looking for a passionate Backend Engineer to join our growing engineering team. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in building enterprise-grade, scalable backend systems using microservices architecture. You will work closely with product, frontend, and DevOps teams to design, develop, and optimize robust backend solutions that can handle high traffic and ensure system reliability.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs.

• Architect and implement microservices-based systems ensuring modularity and resilience.

• Optimize application performance, database queries, and service scalability.

• Collaborate with frontend engineers, product managers, and DevOps teams for seamless delivery.

• Implement security best practices and ensure data protection compliance.

• Write and maintain unit tests, integration tests, and documentation.

• Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and architecture design sessions.

• Monitor, debug, and improve system performance in production environments.

Required Skills & Experience

• Programming Expertise:

• Advanced proficiency in Python (Django, FastAPI, or Flask), OR

• Strong experience in Golang or Rust for backend development.

• Microservices Architecture: Hands-on experience in designing and maintaining distributed systems.

• Database Management: Expertise in PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, including schema design and optimization.

• API Development: Strong experience in RESTful APIs and GraphQL.

• Cloud Platforms: Proficiency with AWS, GCP, or Azure for deployment and scaling.

• Containerization & Orchestration: Solid knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.

• Messaging & Caching: Experience with Redis, RabbitMQ, Kafka, and caching strategies (Redis, Memcached).

• Version Control: Strong Git workflows and collaboration in team environments.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and cloud-native deployments.

• Proven experience working on production-grade, high-traffic applications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of software architecture patterns (event-driven, CQRS, hexagonal, etc.).

• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies.

• Contributions to open-source projects or strong personal backend projects.

• Experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Jaeger).

Why Join Us?

• Work on cutting-edge backend systems that power enterprise-grade applications.

• Opportunity to learn and grow with a fast-paced engineering team.

• Exposure to cloud-native, microservices-based architectures.

• Collaborative culture that values innovation, ownership, and technical excellence.

5 years in software development (Minimum 3 years)

Strong expertise in Ruby on Rails (3-5 years)

Knowledge of Python is a plus

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#Skills:

Proficiency in scalable app techniques: caching, APM, microservices architecture

Ability to write high-quality code independently

Experience mentoring junior engineers (0-2 years of experience)

What We Offer:

An opportunity to work with a dynamic team

A challenging environment where your skills will be put to the test

A chance to make a real impact by guiding and mentoring others

Ready to make your mark? If you're based out of or willing to relocate to Gurgaon and have the experience we're looking for, apply now!

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 2 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.

The Risk team is responsible for overall risk framework and strategy for the organization. The team develops various risk models, arrives at various sector reports from a risk perspective and provides in depth analysis and recommendation around risk profiles of various clients.

In this role, the person is responsible for playing a leadership role in the Risk function to identify, assess, monitor and make timely and measured judgments on all current and potential future risks faced, in order to protect the organization’s interest, assets and reputation of the group along with growing shareholder value and profitability.

Responsibilities

• Manage risk for the retail and wholesale portfolio. Should have managed organization level Risk Policies, Credit Underwriting and Collection functions.
• Manage risk framework for the organization - including updating, establishing new risk management mechanisms, to identify, assess, monitor, measure and control a broad spectrum of risks. Ensure all policies and frameworks are kept updated and deployed to the optimum level.
• Develop continuous monitoring and improvement of the quality of the organization's credit and lending portfolio through credit policy direction and implementation.
• Possess a complete understanding the business. Evaluate, improve, and monitor the business, including assisting in reporting to the Board and Board Committees and providing leadership in the effectiveness of credit risk management controls, systems, and processes across the organization.
• Lead and mentor a team of analysts.

• Possess 7+ years of relevant experience in financial services industry in a risk role.
• Exposure to both wholesale and retail risk in a banking environment will be preferred. Some experience in a business / sales role within the banking / NBFC space will be an added advantage.
• Should have held a position of authority in terms of allocation and appropriating limits.
• Sector understanding in financial institution space and good knowledge of interpreting financial trends.
• High proficiency in Python and SQL/NoSQL.
• Experience with big data and cloud computing e.g., PySpark, data lake is a plus.
• Outstanding written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to speak at various levels of an organization (CXOs to analysts).
• Have demonstrated resilience – stayed with companies and taking businesses to scale, have preferably not ‘hopped jobs. Strong organizational skills and excellent follow-through.
• Present / articulate / position an idea compellingly and ability to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Takes personal ownership; Self-starter; Ability to drive projects with minimal guidance and focus on high impact work.
• Learns continuously; Seeks out knowledge, ideas and feedback.

About Sportz Interactive

Sportz Interactive (SI) works with its clients and partners to revolutionize the sports fan experience across consumption points by creating best-in-class, kickass products. SI was founded in 2002 as a B2B sports content business. Through the years, it gained immense reputation for its state-of-the-art hosted solutions, digital simulators, match centers and fantasy games. Sportz Interactive has a fantastic reputation in the online sports community, having worked with clients across the globe including the likes of The International Cricket Council, STAR Sports, Yahoo!, AOL, Eurosport, Castrol, Web 18, NDTV, Nimbus, Times of India, Rediff.com and Singtel amongst others. 

Sportz Interactive provides in-depth sports information and content and specializes in product development for the web, mobile and other interactive platforms. 
http://www.sportzinteractive.net/">www.sportzinteractive.net 

Designation: Senior Associate

Office Location: Goregaon East, Mumbai

Position description: 3+ years of experience on web technologies.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Actively work on server-side development on the .NET framework
• Browser / client-side development on JavaScript (or its libraries such as JQuery). Work with data structures such as XML and JSON
• Translate application storyboards and use cases into functional applications
• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code
• Integrate data storage solutions like Postgres SQL and Redis
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality and responsiveness of applications
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to mitigate and address these issues
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization

Required Skills:

Mandatory: Passionate about sports, Problem-solving, Team player, Target & Result oriented.

Functional: C#, OOPS Concepts, Web API, MVC, LinQ, NET Core 2.0, 2.1, 3.0, DI, WCF, Cron Job / Services, Database Development - MS SQL/Oracle DB/PostGreSQL/Redis/Cassandra, Architectural Patterns, Design Principles, OWASP Adherence, Testing Frameworks like NUnit, Nginx, AWS - Cloud Computing, Async Programming.