Backend Engineer - Python/Django (4-7 yrs)

Key Responsibilities :

- Develop and maintain high-performance, scalable backend applications using Python, Django, and FastAPI.

- Design, implement, and optimize RESTful and GraphQL APIs for seamless communication between frontend and backend systems.

- Architect and maintain PostgreSQL databases, ensuring data integrity, performance, and scalability.

- Deploy, manage, and optimize applications on AWS using services such as EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, and API Gateway.

- Write clean, modular, and well-documented code following best practices, including TDD (Test-Driven Development).

- Monitor application performance and troubleshoot production issues, ensuring high availability and reliability.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including frontend engineers, DevOps, and product managers, to develop and launch new features.

- Ensure security best practices are followed in API authentication, authorization, and data protection.

- Work efficiently in a startup environment, adapting to changing requirements and fast development cycles.

Key Requirements

- 4-5 years of experience as a Backend Engineer with expertise in Python, Django, and FastAPI.

- Strong proficiency in PostgreSQL, including schema design, query optimization, and indexing.

- Experience in building and integrating APIs, including RESTful and GraphQL.

- Hands-on experience with AWS services such as EC2, Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, S3, and CloudWatch.

- Good understanding of asynchronous programming and event-driven architecture.

- Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced startup environment.

- Ability to work within overlapping time zones with the team, starting no later than 10 AM and ending by 7:30 PM.

Preferred Skills (Nice to Have) :

- Experience with Celery, Redis, or RabbitMQ for task scheduling.

- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines is a plus.

- Exposure to microservices architecture and containerized deployments.

- Knowledge of OAuth, JWT, and API security best practices.

This is a contractual role for a contract of 3-5 months, may be extended if the project is extended