Python Developer

Senior Backend Python Developer

This is a hands-on senior individual contributor role with strong technical leadership expectations, working on a cloud-native, production-scale product that processes massive datasets and powers real-time insights for large retail chains.

Exp: 6-12 years

Location: Bangalore

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable, high-performance backend services and REST/GraphQL APIs primarily in Python
• Own the full data layer – architect and optimize MySQL, MongoDB, and Neo4j graph databases
• Implement robust security, authentication, and authorization frameworks
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and manage production deployments on Kubernetes (EKS)
• Leverage AWS ecosystem extensively: Lambda (serverless), S3, EC2, RDS, ECS/EKS, CloudWatch, etc.
• Drive performance tuning, query optimization, backup/recovery strategies, and monitoring
• Conduct code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and actively participate in architecture discussions
• Collaborate closely with Frontend, DevOps, QA, Data Science, and Product teams

Must-Have Skills & Experience

• 8–12 years of backend engineering experience on commercialized, customer-facing cloud products
• 5+ years of deep Python expertise (FastAPI/Flask/Django, async programming, pytest, etc.)
• Proven production experience with MySQL, MongoDB, and Neo4j (Cypher queries, graph modeling)
• Strong SQL proficiency and database performance tuning
• Hands-on with Docker, Kubernetes (EKS preferred), and modern CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, etc.)
• Solid experience with core AWS services – Lambda, S3, EC2, RDS, IAM, CloudFormation/Terraform