Senior Backend Developer

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Python (FastAPI / Django / Flask).
• Build scalable REST APIs and microservices for high-throughput applications.
• Work with both structured databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and unstructured datastore systems (MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis, etc. ).
• Optimise query performance, data models, and indexing strategies.
• Contribute to architecture decisions for new services and system components.
• Ensure code quality through reviews, testing, documentation, and CI/CD practices.
• Collaborate closely with frontend, DevOps, and product teams to deliver features end-to-end.
• Guide and mentor junior developers, ensuring best engineering practices.
• Troubleshoot production issues and improve system observability, logging, and resilience.
• Integrate third-party APIs, auth systems, and cloud services (GCP/AWS preferred).