Python Developer

About the Company

Datum Technologies Group is the go-to partner for comprehensive technology solutions and staffing services. We are industry veterans with expertise in managed services, technology project delivery, and global workforce solutions, with a proven track record of delivering innovative solutions to help businesses optimize operations, reduce costs, and achieve their digital transformation objectives.

Experience : 9+ years

Location : Chennai/Mumbai/Gurugram

Work Mode : Hybrid

About the Role

Python Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design and develop maintainable and structured RESTful APIs and backend services for AI projects using modern Python frameworks, including data models, validation, pagination, error handling, versioning, and OpenAPI/JSON Schema contracts.
• Collaborate with development team members to understand product requirements and translate them into software designs.
• Participate in meetings with project teams and collaborate with stakeholders to answer technical questions and provide technical guidance.
• Follow security, privacy, and compliance guidelines when developing applications like zero-trust, data minimization, retention policies, safe logging, and using secret management tools like Vault.
• Write robust, comprehensive tests using pytest, enforce quality using type hints, mypy, ruff/black, and/or pre-commit, and drive code reviews and documentation.
• Implement concurrency patterns (asyncio, multiprocessing, task queues) for low-latency inference, parallel evaluation, and high-throughput processing.
• Troubleshoot issues, complete bug fixes, optimize for performance and implement new features across various components of the software stack.
• Containerize services with Docker that allows autoscaling and continuous integration and deployment of services.
• Implement and maintain automated processes for data handling and service deployment.
• Document methodologies and follow best practices in software engineering and API development.

Qualifications

• Strong coding fundamentals with proven software engineering experience.
• Advanced Python expertise with deep understanding of the language and its ecosystem.
• Hands-on experience with FastAPI for building high-performance APIs.
• Experienced with API gateways and API management practices.
• Proficient in using Pydantic for data validation and configuration management.
• Strong knowledge of multiprocessing and concurrency patterns in Python.
• Experienced in using Docker for containerization and deployment.
• Skilled in data manipulation and working with data models with hands-on experience using relational databases like MySQL and caching/queues such as Redis, Celery/RQ, or similar.
• Proficient in test-driven development and code coverage best practices using testing frameworks like pytest, implementing CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, and ensuring comprehensive observability through metrics, tracing and logging.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability and desire to learn new processes and technologies in a fast-paced environment.