Lead Python Developer

Architect/Lead Engineer : Python with Agentic AI :- Bangalore/Remote :

Experience - 8-12 years

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Requirement

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated, hands-on senior Python backend engineer to join the back-end platform engineering team for our partner. Experience with a fast-paced India/US product start-up or a product engineering services company in a developer role, building a high-performance real-time distributed system is mandatory. Applicants having experience in developing and maintaining large scale healthcare systems/platforms are preferred. Applicants must have a passion for engineering with accuracy and efficiency, be highly motivated and organized, able to work as part of a team, and also possess the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

Who You Are:

• BTech/BE CS or related discipline with 8+ years of backend experience designing,

  building large-scale distribution systems

  , and maintaining enterprise web applications
• 8+ years of hands-on experience developing backend systems using

  Python

  , with a deep understanding of software design, performance, and maintainability
• Proven experience with modern

  Python frameworks

  such as

  FastAPI, Django, or Flask

  , used in production at scale
• Strong expertise in designing and implementing

  RESTful and GraphQL APIs

  , with a focus on scalability, versioning, and clean data modeling
• Solid working knowledge of

  PostgreSQL

  or other relational databases, including schema design, query optimization, and handling large datasets
• Exposure to or experience working with

  Agentic AI

  systems or integrating LLM-based agents into backend workflows
• Experience building and deploying applications on

  AWS

  , leveraging services like

  EC2, Lambda, RDS, S3, and CloudWatch

• Familiar with microservices architecture, asynchronous programming, and event-driven systems
• Comfortable with

  Docker, Kubernetes,

  and setting up

  CI/CD

  pipelines for smooth and reliable deployments
• Strong understanding of backend engineering best practices: testing, observability, security, and resilience at scale
• Experience working in cross-functional teams with product, frontend, and

  DevOps

  , following agile methodologies

What you'll do:

• Design and

  build scalable backend systems

  using Python and modern frameworks like

  FastAPI, Django, or Flask

  , optimized for performance and maintainability
• Stay current with emerging backend technologies, and (ideally) explore how Agentic AI and LLM integrations can be leveraged in modern backend services
• Develop and maintain robust

  RESTful and GraphQL APIs

  that power internal systems, user-facing apps, and external integrations
• Architect

  distributed microservices

  capable of handling large-scale workloads, with a focus on fault tolerance, security, and observability
• Own data modeling and query design for

  PostgreSQL

  and other databases, ensuring data integrity and query performance
• Work closely with DevOps to define and implement cloud-native infrastructure on

  AWS

  , including CI/CD, monitoring, and auto-scaling
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, frontend developers, and other engineers to define features, scope solutions, and deliver high-impact projects
• Implement

  asynchronous tasks

  and event-driven workflows using tools like

  Celery

  and message queues (e.g., Kafka, SQS)
• Contribute to technical architecture decisions and influence best practices across engineering
• Write clean, well-documented, and testable code, with a strong emphasis on quality and continuous improvement

Additional Project/Soft Skills:

Should be able to work independently with India & US based team members.

Strong verbal and written communication with ability to articulate problems and solutions over phone and emails.

Strong sense of urgency, with a passion for accuracy and timeliness.

Ability to work calmly in high pressure situations and manage multiple projects/tasks.

Ability to work independently and possess superior skills in issue