Python Backend Developer

Actively Reviewing the Applications

Team Geek Solutions

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru Full-Time On-site INR 18–21 LPA

Posted 3 weeks ago • Apply by June 3, 2026

Job Description

Tech Lead / Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

Location: Bangalore, India

Experience: 5–7 years

Team: Backend Engineering

About The Role

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior / Lead Backend Engineer to design, build, and scale core backend systems. You will contribute both as an individual contributor (IC) and as a technical lead, responsible for development, mentoring, and driving end-to-end delivery. This role involves working on cloud-native, distributed systems that power large-scale consumer-facing applications.

Key Responsibilities

Contribute to architectural decisions and technical strategy discussions.
Design, develop, and maintain highly scalable backend systems.
Collaborate closely with product managers, frontend developers, and DevOps engineers to deliver business outcomes.
Mentor and guide a team of backend engineers; review code and enforce code quality and best practices.
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration and deployment.
Monitor, troubleshoot, and enhance system performance and reliability.
Ensure robust observability via logging, tracing, and metrics.
Continuously optimize data flow, caching, and database access patterns for scalability and performance.

Must-Have Skills

4–7 years of professional experience in backend development.
Strong expertise in Python(preferred)/Java/Golang
Hands-on experience in REST APIs. GRPC and GraphQL will be plus.
Strong expertise in AWS or GCP or Azure cloud platform, including deployment and cloud-native services.
Strong proficiency in writing queries on SQL and Nosql databases
Strong proficiency in Redis, Memcached, or other caching layers.
Hands-on experience in unit testing, integration testing, and using frameworks like PyTest, JUnit, or equivalent.
Proficient in Git and experience with collaborative workflows (branching, merging, PR reviews).
Experience in designing and managing CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Cloud Build, or similar).
Experience with Docker; exposure to Kubernetes or container orchestration tools preferred.
Experience on microservices, event driven systems and serverless frameworks
Hands-on experience with monitoring, logging, and tracing tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or OpenTelemetry.

Add-ons

Good understanding of frontend technologies to enable effective collaboration with frontend teams.
Prior experience building or scaling eCommerce websites/consumer facing websites will be addon
Hands on experience in building AI agents/Agentic workflow/AI based automation will be add on
Holding degrees from premier educational institutes like IIT, NIT, etc.

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