Senior Backend Software Engineer (Python / TypeScript)

Experience: 6 to 8 Years
Location: Remote (Partial Onsite as Required)

About the Role

We are seeking an exceptional Backend Software Engineer with deep expertise in building scalable APIs, distributed backend services, and system-to-system integrations. This role requires strong software engineering fundamentals, excellent coding skills in Python or TypeScript, and experience designing highly reliable, production-grade backend systems.

The ideal candidate is passionate about writing clean, maintainable code, solving complex engineering challenges, and building services that operate reliably at scale.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance backend services and RESTful APIs.

• Architect and implement scalable system-to-system integrations with internal and external platforms.

• Build resilient microservices capable of handling high throughput and low latency.

• Design clean, extensible APIs with strong security, versioning, and observability.

• Optimize application performance, scalability, and reliability.

• Develop automated tests, participate in code reviews, and uphold engineering best practices.

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional engineering teams to deliver high-quality software.

• Troubleshoot complex production issues and drive root-cause analysis.

• Contribute to architectural decisions and mentor other engineers when appropriate.

Required Qualifications

• 6 – 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.

• Expert-level proficiency in Python (preferred) or TypeScript/Node.js.

• Strong experience designing and developing REST APIs and backend services.

• Extensive experience building backend system-to-system integrations.

• Deep understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, networking, and asynchronous programming.

• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, and software engineering principles.

• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.

• Experience deploying applications on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.

• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and Git.

• Strong debugging, performance tuning, and production support experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building high-scale, mission-critical production systems.

• Experience with event-driven architectures, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Pub/Sub, or similar messaging systems.

• Familiarity with GraphQL and gRPC.

• Experience implementing OAuth2, JWT, SAML, or OpenID Connect.

• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or OpenTelemetry.

• Exposure to AI/ML platforms, LLM integrations, or AI infrastructure is a plus.

What We''re Looking For

• Strong computer science fundamentals.

• Exceptional problem-solving and debugging skills.

• Ability to write clean, efficient, and well-tested code.

• Experience designing systems for scalability, reliability, and maintainability.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Interview Focus Areas

• Advanced Python coding

• API design and backend architecture

• Distributed systems and microservices

• Concurrency and asynchronous programming

• System design

• Data structures and algorithms

• Production debugging and performance optimization