Senior Backend Engineer - Python

This role is for one of Weekday’s clients
Salary range: Rs 7000000 - Rs 8000000 (ie INR 70 - 80 LPA)

Min Experience: 8+ years
Location: Hyderabad
JobType: full-time

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Python Developer with strong backend engineering expertise to design and build scalable, high-performance applications. The ideal candidate will have deep experience in Python, API development, database optimization, cloud-native technologies, and distributed systems. You will play a key role in building robust backend services that power next-generation AI-driven products.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend applications using Python.
  
• Build high-performance RESTful APIs using FastAPI or Flask.
  
• Design efficient, scalable database schemas and optimize database performance.
  
• Develop thread-safe, concurrent, and high-throughput backend applications.
  
• Build clean, reusable, and maintainable code following engineering best practices.
  
• Containerize applications using Docker and deploy them on Kubernetes.
  
• Develop and maintain API documentation using OpenAPI/Swagger.
  
• Optimize application performance, scalability, security, and reliability.
  
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and DevOps teams throughout the software development lifecycle.
  

Required Skills

• 8–12 years of hands-on experience in Python backend development.
  
• Strong expertise in Python 3.x.
  
• Extensive experience with FastAPI and/or Flask.
  
• Strong hands-on experience with SQLAlchemy ORM, session management, and database transactions.
  
• Solid understanding of multithreading, concurrency, asynchronous programming, and thread-safe application development.
  
• Strong experience with PostgreSQL and/or MySQL, including database design, indexing, query optimization, and performance tuning.
  
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
  
• Experience deploying and managing applications on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
  
• Strong knowledge of REST APIs, OpenAPI, and Swagger.
  
• Experience with Git, code reviews, unit testing, and software engineering best practices.
  
• Good understanding of microservices architecture, distributed systems, and scalable application design.
  

Preferred Skills

• Experience building AI/ML-enabled applications.
  
• Exposure to Redis, Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar messaging technologies.
  
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
  
• Knowledge of monitoring, logging, and application performance optimization.
  
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.

Must-have skills

Fast API, GCP, Python

Good-to-have skills

Flask, Multithreading