Senior Software Engineer

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About Company

A rapidly growing SaaS company operating in the healthcare technology space, focused on building smart, data-driven solutions that help service providers improve operational efficiency and patient engagement. The platform is purpose-built for a specialised segment within healthcare, with deep use cases tailored for practices like dental care. With a strong and growing customer base across global markets, the company is on a mission to simplify practice management through intuitive tools and automation — all driven by a passionate, cross-functional team.

Position Overview

You lead a high-performing backend team that builds resilient services powering dental practices worldwide. You own architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and push the client’s expansion into AI-driven automation.

Role & Responsibilities

• You provide technical leadership by setting architectural direction, decomposing projects, mentoring engineers, and driving high-quality delivery through rigorous reviews.
• You build and evolve backend services and APIs in Django/Python with a focus on performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• You own the data layer by designing efficient relational schemas in PostgreSQL, tuning queries, and managing migrations using SQLAlchemy and Alembic.
• You implement robust CI/CD processes: define branching strategies in Git, automate build/test/deploy pipelines, and ensure safe rollbacks and environment promotion.
• You optimize runtime performance using Redis caching and Nginx reverse proxying to improve throughput, latency, and secure traffic handling.
• You collaborate cross-functionally with product and operations teams to translate requirements into executable technical plans.

Must have Criteria

• 7–10 years of software development experience with deep expertise in Python and Django, delivering production web backends and RESTful APIs.
• Proven leadership experience guiding engineers, setting standards, and conducting design and code reviews.
• Strong RDBMS knowledge, including schema design, indexing, transactions, and performance tuning on PostgreSQL.
• Hands-on experience with SQLAlchemy and Alembic for model definitions, schema versioning, safe forward/backward migrations, and rollbacks.
• CI/CD and Git expertise: pipeline design, gated testing, release automation, and effective branching/review workflows.
• Practical experience with Redis and Nginx for caching strategies, eviction patterns, and secure high-throughput proxying.
• Working knowledge of NoSQL paradigms and understanding when to apply them alongside relational stores.

Nice to Have

• Cloud-native delivery with Docker/Kubernetes and infrastructure-as-code within CI/CD workflows.
• Observability practices: metrics, logs, and tracing for performance and reliability improvements.