Python Developer

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Python Developer to design, build, and maintain production-grade applications and services. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience shipping and supporting Python code in real environments, understands performance and reliability trade-offs, and can work independently as well as within a team. This role is not about writing scripts only — it involves owning systems end-to-end, from design to deployment and maintenance.

Responsibilities

- Design, develop, and maintain Python applications and services used in production
- Write clean, maintainable, and testable Python code
- Debug, profile, and optimize existing systems for performance and reliability
- Collaborate with product, DevOps, and frontend teams to deliver features end-to-end
- Build and consume REST APIs and/or background workers
- Write unit tests and integration tests; participate in code reviews
- Diagnose and resolve production issues using logs, metrics, and monitoring tools
- Participate in architecture discussions and technical decision-making
- Follow security best practices and contribute to improving engineering standards

Requirements

- Strong proficiency in Python (3.x) with real production experience
- Solid understanding of Python internals (memory management, GIL, concurrency)
- Experience with at least one Python framework:
- Backend: Django, Flask, FastAPI
- Or async frameworks (e.g., asyncio-based systems)
- Experience working with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and/or NoSQL
- Familiarity with ORMs (Django ORM, SQLAlchemy) and query optimization
- Experience writing tests using pytest, unittest, and mocking techniques
- Understanding of RESTful API design
- Experience using Git and participating in code reviews
- Comfortable debugging real production issues
- Knowledge of Docker and containerized deployments
- Familiarity with Azure cloud platform
- Experience with message queues or background jobs (Celery, RabbitMQ, Kafka)