Senior Backend Python Engineer
First seen by Alion on Oct 28, 2026.
Role : Senior Backend Python Engineer
Build scalable, secure, production-grade backend systems with a hands-on engineering team.
Experience : 10 - 15 years
Location : Pune / Bengaluru / Bhopal
Work Model : Hybrid
About the Role :
LatentBridge is seeking a senior, hands-on Python backend engineer to design, develop, and maintain reliable services and APIs, owning solutions from design through production.
Key Responsibilities :
- Build and maintain scalable Python backend services and REST APIs using Django, FastAPI, and/or Flask.
- Design maintainable service-oriented/microservices architectures with a focus on reliability and performance.
- Implement authentication/authorization, API security, validation, exception handling, logging, and tests.
- Work with SQL/NoSQL databases; optimize queries, indexing, and data access patterns.
- Write clean, reusable code; review code, troubleshoot production issues, and implement durable fixes.
- Collaborate with product, QA, DevOps, and engineering teams; support CI/CD, deployment, and operational readiness.
Required Skills & Experience :
- 10 - 15 years of software engineering experience with strong, recent hands-on Python backend development.
- Strong Python, OOP, debugging, clean-code, and software design fundamentals.
- Production experience with Django, FastAPI, and/or Flask; strong REST API and microservices knowledge.
- Experience with API security, authentication/authorization, automated testing, and Git.
- Hands-on SQL experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Azure SQL; NoSQL familiarity is an advantage.
- Ability to own complex backend problems and explain technical decisions clearly.
Good to Have :
- Docker, Kubernetes, AWS/Azure, and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps.
- Celery, RabbitMQ, Kafka, caching, distributed systems, observability, and production performance tuning.
- Agile delivery, technical mentoring, and constructive code reviews.
What We're Looking For :
- A hands-on senior engineer who enjoys coding and solving complex backend problems - not a purely managerial profile.
- Strong ownership, pragmatic system-design skills, and a focus on quality, security, and reliability.
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LatentBridge - Senior Backend Python Engineer - Hybrid opportunity
Skills
Backend Architecture, Python, Django, Flask, FastAPI, SQL, NoSQL, Microservices Architecture, REST API, Cloud