SDE 1 - Back End

Job Title: Backend Developer - FastAPI

Location: Onsite

Employment Type: Full-time

Experience Level: Mid-Level

About Us

Scimplify is a specialty chemicals manufacturing company offering a full-stack solution-from R&D and custom synthesis to large-scale manufacturing and doorstep delivery. Headquartered in Bengaluru, India, we serve multiple industries ranging from pharmaceuticals to agrochemicals and industrial chemicals to personal care and fragrances.

We enable 500+ businesses across 20+ countries to develop and scale innovative chemicals from lab to commercial production. We have raised over $54 million from top tier investors such as Accel and Bertelsmann, We are a team of 250+ professionals with entities in India, Japan, USA, UAE, and Indonesia.

Learn more about why Forbes thinks we are the top 100 startups in Asia to watch.

• Scimplify Overview

About the Role

We are looking for a skilled Backend Developer with strong experience in FastAPI to design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems. You will work closely with our frontend engineers, product managers, and DevOps team to deliver high-quality APIs and services that power our applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs and backend services using FastAPI.
• Optimize application performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Integrate with databases (SQL/NoSQL) and third-party APIs.
• Implement authentication, authorization, and security best practices.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following industry standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and deliver solutions.
• Build automated tests (unit, integration) to ensure code quality.
• Monitor and troubleshoot production issues, ensuring high system uptime.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 3+ years of backend development experience (Python preferred).
• Strong proficiency in FastAPI and asynchronous programming.
• Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and/or NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Redis).
• Knowledge of ORM frameworks (SQLAlchemy, Tortoise ORM).
• Understanding of API design principles, documentation tools (Swagger, OpenAPI).
• Familiarity with Docker and containerized deployments.
• Solid understanding of Git and version control workflows.
• Experience with testing frameworks (Pytest, unittest).
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Knowledge of GraphQL.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins).
• Experience with message brokers (RabbitMQ, Kafka, Celery).