Web Full Stack Developer (Python)

Role Title:- Mid-Level Python Developer

 Location - Bangalore

 Employment Type -Full-time (Work from Office)

Experience Required - 3 to 7 years

Notice Period Preference - Open to all candidates, but shorter notice period candidates will be preferred.

About the Role

We are looking for a strong Mid-Level Python Developer to join our backend engineering team in Bangalore. The role is focused on building, maintaining, and improving backend systems for fintech products in the Indian capital markets domain, specifically around PMS, AIF, portfolio operations, order management, reporting, and client-facing enterprise workflows.

The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in building APIs, working with relational databases, writing clean and maintainable Python code, and solving practical backend engineering problems. This is a backend-first role. Frontend or Angular exposure is preferred but not mandatory.

The candidate should be capable of independently owning backend modules, collaborating with product and frontend teams, mentoring junior developers, and eventually growing into a team lead role.

Key Responsibilities

- Design, develop, and maintain backend APIs using Python and FastAPI.

- Build reliable, scalable, and maintainable backend services.

- Work extensively with PostgreSQL for database design, querying, optimization, and data integrity.

- Use Redis for caching, queues, session handling, or performance improvement where applicable.

- Write clean, modular, testable, and production-ready Python code.

- Develop REST APIs with proper request validation, error handling, authentication, and response structure.

- Understand business requirements and convert them into robust backend implementation.

- Debug production issues, identify root causes, and implement long-term fixes.

- Optimize database queries, backend logic, and API performance.

- Participate in code reviews and maintain engineering standards.

- Mentor junior developers and help improve their coding, debugging, and backend design skills.

- Work closely with frontend developers, QA, product/business teams, and management.

- Contribute to technical documentation, SOPs, and internal development practices.

- Build backend solutions for fintech workflows related to PMS, AIF, capital markets, reporting, order processing, and operational automation.

Required Technical Skills

Python Backend Development:-

- Strong hands-on experience with Core Python.

- Good understanding of Python data structures, functions, classes, modules, exception handling, and file handling.

- Ability to write clean, reusable, and maintainable backend code.

- Experience with practical backend service logic, data transformation, and debugging.

FastAPI / API Development:-

- Hands-on experience with FastAPI or similar Python web frameworks.

- Strong understanding of REST API design.

- Experience with request/response validation, status codes, error handling, middleware, and dependency injection.

- Basic understanding of authentication and authorization in APIs.

- Ability to design APIs that are practical, secure, and maintainable.

Database Skills:-

- Strong working knowledge of PostgreSQL.

- Ability to write SQL queries involving joins, aggregations, filters, subqueries, and transactions.

- Understanding of indexing, query performance, constraints, and relational database design.

- Ability to troubleshoot data issues and optimize database-heavy backend workflows.

 Redis / Caching:-

- Working knowledge of Redis.

- Understanding of caching use cases, TTL, key-value storage, and performance improvement patterns.

- Experience using Redis in backend applications will be preferred.

 Backend Engineering Fundamentals:-

- Understanding of application architecture, modular code structure, logging, configuration management, and environment variables.

- Good debugging and problem-solving ability.

- Understanding of production issues, edge cases, and maintainability.

- Basic understanding of background jobs, queues, async processing, or scheduled tasks will be preferred.

Version Control & Development Practices

- Experience with Git.

- Ability to work with branches, pull requests, code reviews, and structured development workflows.

- Familiarity with testing, basic unit tests, and API testing tools such as Postman.

Preferred Skills

- Experience in fintech, capital markets, PMS, AIF, wealth management, portfolio reporting, or order management systems.

- Exposure to Angular or frontend development.

- Experience with background task processing, Celery, Redis queues, or scheduled jobs.

- Experience with Docker or Linux-based deployment environments.

- Experience working on enterprise SaaS or client-facing business applications.

- Understanding of financial data workflows, reconciliations, transactions, holdings, reporting, or order lifecycle.

Domain Exposure Preferred

Candidates with experience or interest in the following areas will be preferred:

- Indian capital markets

- Portfolio Management Services — PMS

- Alternative Investment Funds — AIF

- Wealth management platforms

- Order management systems

- Financial reporting systems

- Investor/client reporting workflows

- Transaction, holding, and reconciliation workflows

Expected Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate should be:

- A strong backend developer with practical problem-solving ability.

- Comfortable working independently on backend modules.

- Able to understand business workflows and translate them into technical implementation.

- Detail-oriented, especially when working with financial data.

- Comfortable debugging production issues and improving system reliability.

- Capable of mentoring junior developers.

- Interested in growing into a future technical/team lead role.

- Comfortable working from an office in Bangalore.

Assessment Process

The hiring process will include:

1. Initial screening based on resume, experience, notice period, and compensation fit.

2. Google Form technical assessment of 50 marks.

3. Live coding / technical discussion round.

4. Final face-to-face discussion covering technical depth, domain fit, ownership, and team fit.

What We Are Evaluating

- Python fundamentals and coding clarity

- Backend API design ability

- SQL and PostgreSQL practical knowledge

- Debugging and problem-solving approach

- Understanding of Redis and caching basics

- Ability to think through edge cases

- Code maintainability and readability

- Production-readiness mindset

- Ability to work in fintech/capital markets workflows

- Potential to mentor juniors and grow into a lead role

 Summary

This role is suitable for a backend-focused Python developer who has strong hands-on coding ability, practical database knowledge, and the maturity to independently own backend modules. The candidate should be comfortable working in a fintech product environment where accuracy, reliability, and clean backend design are critical.

Strong Full stack/Backend engineer profile

Mandatory (Experience): Must have 2+ years of hands-on experience as a full stack developer (backend-heavy)

Mandatory (Backend Skills): Must have 1.5+ strong experience in Python, building REST APIs, and microservices-based architectures

Mandatory (Frontend Skills): Must have hands-on experience with modern frontend frameworks (React or Vue) and JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

Mandatory (AI): Must have hands on experience with using AI tools (eg: Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codeium, Deepdcode) for coding.

Mandatory (Database Skills): Must have solid experience working with relational and NoSQL databases such as MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis

Mandatory (Cloud & Infra): Must have hands-on experience with AWS services including EC2, ELB, AutoScaling, S3, RDS, CloudFront, and SNS

Mandatory (DevOps & Infra): Must have working experience with Linux environments, Apache, CI/CD pipelines, and application monitoring

Mandatory (CS Fundamentals): Must have strong fundamentals in Data Structures, Algorithms, OS concepts, and system design

Mandatory (Company) : Product companies (Preferably Top product companies, AI native companies, B2B SaaS)

Mandatory (Stability): Must have atleast 2 years of experience in each of the previous companies (if less exp, then proper reason)

Mandatory (Note): Candidates who have owned end-to-end product development or worked on app development projects during their graduation will be highly preferred.

Mandatory (Note 2): The role offers a mix of work setups, including remote, Mumbai (in-office), and Bangalore (in-office) opportunities

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Python-based applications.
• Design and optimize SQL queries and databases.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code.
• Troubleshoot and debug applications.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to team knowledge sharing.

Qualifications and Required Skills

• Strong proficiency in Python programming.
• Experience with SQL and database management.
• Experience with web frameworks such as Django or Flask.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Familiarity with version control systems like Git.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Good to Have Skills

• Experience with cloud platforms like AWS or Azure.
• Knowledge of containerization technologies like Docker.
• Familiarity with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines

Overview of the role

As a Node Developer you will be collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design and build performant modern web applications and services. Build high-quality web applications and services by writing clean and modular code.

Must have skills

• Overall 3-5 Years of experience in writing unit and integration tests to ensure the robustness and reliability of web applications and services.
• Measure and improve the performance of microservices. Catalyse growth within the team through code reviews and pair programming to maintain high development standards
• Investigate operational issues to find the root cause and propose improvements Design, build, and maintain APIs, services, and systems across Stripe’s engineering teams.
• Expert level of experience in the design and development of Web Applications, and highly scalable distributed systems.
• Should have experience in development skills using the latest technologies including NodeJS(fastify framework), Microservices, PostgreSQL, Redis, etc. Should have exposure to NoSQL and SQL development.
• Comprehensive knowledge of physical and logical data modeling, and performance tuning.
• Should possess excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and productively with globally dispersed teams.
• Build high-performance teams and Coach teams for successful career growth.
• Experience working with relational and non-relational databases, query optimization, and designing schema

Desired Background

Bachelors/Masters Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology

Must-Have:

• Web development frameworks and tools, such as AngularJS, and React JS • Knows frameworks and programming languages such as .NET, C#, JavaScript, and NodeJS. • Must have an idea about hybrid cloud platforms like Azure or AWS • Knowledge about build Tools like Webpack and Grunt • Should know basic design principles and coding practices, such as linters and types • Secure coding practices and protocols such as the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) • Basic knowledge of CMS tools and their workings, CMS like Sitecore • Having experience in API and service-based architectures using REST APIs, microservices, and utilizing JSON for web or mobile applications

Good to Have:

• Testing frameworks and tools like Jest, Codecept, Tosca, Jenkins • SQL, PL/SQL, and NoSQL database management. • Knowledge of various web tools and software like Miro, Figma, Visual Studio, VS Code, PyCharm, Jira, Confluence, and DevOps portals • Could have knowledge of payment gateways and their implementations on e-commerce management tools like Hybris • Having knowledge of product life cycle management

• Work with the architect in identifying modules, interfaces, functionality to be developed
• Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding and debugging
• Write clean code to develop functional web application, addressing technical and design requirements
• Understand and implement heuristic algorithms as necessary
• Troubleshoot and debug applications
• Create and maintain upto date documentation 
• Collaborate with Front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server side logic
• Provide training and support to internal teams
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Liaise with developers, architects,  designers and system administrators to identify and incorporate new features

• Proven work experience in Java as a Back-end developer
• In-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design, development and deployment)
• Hands on experience with programming languages like https://resources.workable.com/back-end-developer-job-description" target="_blank">Java and Python
• Hands on experience in relational and non relational databases
• Working knowledge of CMS framework
• Familiarity with front-end languages (e.g. HTML, JavaScript and CSS)
• Excellent analytical and time management skills
• Teamwork skills with a problem-solving attitude
• BE/ MS degree in Computer Science or relevant field

1. About the Job

Upside Digital is looking for a brilliant mind to help build its portfolio FinTech Startup, https://www.instaval.co/">InstaVal. The role of the FS Developer is ideal for smart coders who have the technical expertise and passion to turn our vision into a living product.

1. You will 

• Work with product lines to implement functional & non-functional business requirements into working software, including APIs, web services, etc.
• Enhance existing web solutions to ensure scalability across customer's new business requirements. 

1. You have

• Good Communication Skills. 
• Good personal work ethics and a well-rounded team player. 
• Ability to own and start projects with the team and manage to deliver in timely manner. 

1. You’re skilled at

• Microsoft .NET Framework (C#).
• Web development (http://asp.net/">ASP.NET, web services, WCF, JavaScript, NodeJS, AngularJS, HTML5, CSS).
• MongoDB or Microsoft SQL, MySQL, NoSQL.
• Staying on top of technology trend and contribute to technical design throughout project.

• Experience or familiar with a SaaS business.
• Past startup experience.

• InstaVal is a tech-enabled Business Valuation and Deal Discovery Platform made to promote equity investments in early stage business.
• Our vision is (i) to empower founders and (ii) enable ecosystem stakeholders to efficiently deliver their set of investment advisory & support services.
• An opportunity for you to be part of a global disruptive startup in the corporate finance space.
• We encourage creative thinking, independent responsibilities for business results & team collaboration.
• We have lives outside of work.

• Airtime: Full-time basis - five days a We’re not civil service officials neither.
• Compensation structure: Salary, Bonus, Equity.
• Location: Dubai,
• Unlimited paid time off as long as you get **** done.
• Start Period: November 2019