Senior Backend Developer

We're seeking an experienced Senior Backend Developer to join our engineering team. In this role, you'll design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable, and performant backend services using FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, and PostgreSQL. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement business logic, API endpoints, and database solutions while adhering to our comprehensive development standards.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop RESTful APIs using FastAPI, following our established API standards and best practices.
• Implement robust data models and database interactions using SQL Alchemy and PostgreSQL.
• Develop and maintain core business logic in service and repository layers.
• Write comprehensive unit, integration, and end-to-end tests for all code.
• Create clear, detailed documentation for code, APIs, and architectural decisions.
• Collaborate with frontend developers to define API contracts and integration points.
• Implement and maintain high availability patterns and performance optimizations.
• Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to peers.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues across the application stack.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and help evolve our technology standards.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional experience in backend development.
• Strong proficiency in Python (3.9+) with a solid understanding of type hints, async/await, and modern Python features.
• 2+ years of production experience with FastAPI hosted on Azure Cloud.
• Proficiency with relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL.
• Working knowledge of SQL Alchemy.
• Experience implementing RESTful APIs and understanding of API design principles.
• Strong understanding of software testing approaches (unit, integration, end-to-end).
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and container orchestration.
• Experience with Git version control and CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of secure coding practices and common security vulnerabilities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Pydantic for data validation and schema definition.
• Familiarity with PostgreSQL advanced features (JSONB, full-text search, etc. ).
• Experience with asynchronous programming in Python.
• Experience with Uvicorn, an ASGI web server for Python.
• Understanding of infrastructure as code (Terraform, AWS CloudFormation).
• Experience with Kubernetes in production environments.
• Understanding of event-driven architecture and message brokers.
• Exposure to microservices architecture patterns.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools.
• Contributions to open-source projects.

Technical Competencies:

• Python 3.9+ features and language constructs.
• Type hints and static type checking with mypy.
• Error handling and exception management.
• Asynchronous programming with asyncio.
• Documentation using Google-style docstrings.

Web Frameworks and APIs:

• Fast API application development and organization.
• API design and RESTful principles.
• Request validation and response formatting.
• Authentication and authorization implementation.
• Performance optimization techniques.

Database:

• PostgreSQL schema design and optimization.
• SQL Alchemy ORM and Core.
• Query optimization and performance tuning.
• Transaction management.
• Database migrations with Alembic.

Testing:

• Test-driven development practices.
• Unit testing with pytest.
• Integration testing for APIs and databases.
• Mockups and fixtures.
• Code coverage analysis.

DevOps and Infrastructure:

• Docker containerization.
• CI/CD pipeline configuration.
• Infrastructure as code concepts.
• Monitoring and logging implementation.
• High availability patterns.

Development Standards Expertise:

• The ideal candidate will demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to: Domain-driven design principles, API-first development approach, Test-driven development, Security by design, Continuous delivery practices, Comprehensive documentation, and Code quality and maintainability, Performance optimization, and Error handling best practices.

Skills

fastapi, postgresql, python