Backend Developer

About the Role:

We are looking for a strong Python Backend Developer (3–5 years experience) to build scalable, high-performance backend systems. This role requires hands-on expertise in API development, real-time systems, distributed workflows, and production-grade infrastructure.

You will contribute to system architecture, performance optimization, and backend reliability while working closely with product, frontend, DevOps, and AI teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop scalable backend services using Python
• Build robust REST APIs using FastAPI
• Implement secure authentication and authorization using OAuth2
• Develop and scale real-time systems using WebSockets
• Design and optimize relational schemas using PostgreSQL
• Implement ORM models and complex queries using SQLAlchemy
• Use Redis for caching, pub/sub, rate limiting, and performance optimization
• Implement async and concurrent processing patterns
• Contribute to system architecture and technical design decisions
• Improve observability, monitoring, and system reliability
• Write clean, testable, production-grade code
• Participate in code reviews and mentor junior engineers when needed

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 3–5 years of professional backend development experience with Python
• Strong hands-on experience with FastAPI
• Deep understanding of OAuth2 authentication flows
• Experience building and scaling real-time applications using WebSockets
• Strong knowledge of SQLAlchemy
• Solid experience with PostgreSQL
• Experience with Redis (caching, queues, pub/sub)
• Strong understanding of async programming in Python
• Good understanding of system design fundamentals
• Experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience debugging production issues

Good to Have:

• Experience with Agentic AI systems or LLM-driven workflows
• Experience with Apache Airflow
• Experience with Temporal.io
• Experience with OpenTelemetry (tracing, metrics, observability)
• Experience deploying applications on Kubernetes
• Experience with WebRTC for low-latency communication systems
• Experience in microservices-based architectures
• Experience working in high-scale production environments
• Familiarity with Docker and containerized deployments

What We're Looking For:

• Strong ownership mindset
• Ability to work independently on backend modules
• Comfort working in distributed, event-driven systems
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills