Senior Python Software Engineer

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Job Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Python Developer with 5+ years of hands-on backend experience in Python, distributed systems, microservices, cloud technologies, and performance-oriented API development. The candidate must demonstrate strong problem-solving abilities, architectural thinking, and production-grade coding skills.
Applicants must be graduates of IIT, NIT, or IIM only.

Roles & Responsibilities

Back-end Development & API Engineering

• Develop - scalable Python applications, microservices, and high-performance API systems.
• Build - RESTful/gRPC APIs with best practices for performance, security, and reliability.
• Implement asynchronous processing with asyncio/FastAPI where applicable.

Architecture & Design

• Contribute to system architecture, design reviews, and technical roadmaps.
• Assist in microservice decomposition, data modeling, and inter-service communication patterns.

Database Engineering

• Work with PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, and implement optimized schemas.
• Implement caching, indexing, tuning, and efficient query execution.

Cloud Deployment

• Deploy and manage services on AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Ensure cloud security, monitoring, scalability, and cost optimization.

DevOps & CI/CD

• Work with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions/Jenkins/GitLab CI).
• Collaborate with DevOps for deployments, scaling, and automation.

Performance Optimization

• Conduct profiling, debugging, load testing, and performance tuning.
• Identify bottlenecks and ensure system scalability and reliability.

Security & Compliance

• Apply secure coding standards (OWASP).
• Implement authentication and authorization (JWT, OAuth2, SSO).

Collaboration & Leadership

• Collaborate closely with QA, Product, and DevOps teams.
• Mentor junior developers and participate in technical reviews.

Production Support

• Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventive measures.

Detailed Skills Required

Python Expertise

• Strong command over Python 3.x: decorators, generators, type hints, context managers.
• Deep understanding of concurrency, asyncio, threading, and multiprocessing.

Python Frameworks

• Hands-on experience with Django, Flask, FastAPI, or Tornado.
• Strong knowledge of ORMs, middleware, routing, and request handling.

APIs & Microservices

• Expertise in designing RESTful APIs, gRPC services, schema design, and versioning.
• Knowledge of distributed systems, service discovery, and inter-service communication.

Databases

SQL Databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL):

• Experience in joins, indexing, schema design, complex queries, and performance tuning.

NoSQL Databases (MongoDB, Redis):

• Strong understanding of key-value stores, caching patterns, aggregation pipelines, and in-memory data management.

Data Processing & Analytics Libraries (NumPy, Pandas)

• Strong practical experience with Pandas for:
• Large data manipulation
• Data cleaning & transformation
• Data Frames, merging, grouping, pivoting
• Handling time-series data
• Proficiency in NumPy for:
• Numerical computations
• Array operations
• Vectorized operations
• High-performance data processing
• Experience using these libraries for backend data workflows, reporting pipelines, or analytical modules.

Cloud Technologies

• Experience with AWS/Azure/GCP: EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, VPC, CloudWatch, Load Balancers.
• Cloud-native architecture, autoscaling, and cost-optimized deployments.

DevOps & Containerization

• Proficiency with Docker, multi-stage builds, container security.
• Kubernetes: Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps, scaling, Helm (added advantage).
• CI/CD pipelines: automated testing, build pipelines, deployment automation.

Messaging & Distributed Systems

• Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, Celery for asynchronous task processing.
• Strong understanding of distributed queues, events, retries, and workflows.

Testing & Code Quality

• Strong hands-on experience with pytest, unittest, mocking.
• Writing unit, integration, and automated tests with high coverage.

Software Architecture

• Strong understanding of design patterns (Factory, Strategy, Singleton, Observer, etc.).
• Knowledge of SOLID, Clean Architecture, and modular system design.

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Strong analytical thinking and the ability to work independently.
• Willingness to mentor team members and contribute to high-quality engineering culture.

Education (Mandatory Requirement)

Only candidates from the following top institutions are eligible:

• IIT - Indian Institutes of Technology
• NIT - National Institutes of Technology
• IIM - Indian Institutes of Management