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The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience building scalable APIs and microservices using FastAPI, developing automated test frameworks, and deploying applications in Kubernetes environments. Candidate should be very strong in coding.\nIn this role, you will work closely with product, QA, DevOps, and engineering teams to design, develop, and maintain high-performance backend services that are reliable, secure, and scalable.\nRequirements\nKey Responsibilities\nDesign, develop, and maintain backend applications and RESTful APIs using Python and FastAPI.\nBuild comprehensive automated test suites using Pytest to ensure application quality, stability, and maintainability.\nDevelop, validate, and troubleshoot APIs using Postman and related API testing tools.\nDeploy, manage, and support containerized applications within Kubernetes environments.\nCollaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality features and enhancements.\nOptimize system performance, scalability, availability, and security across backend services.\nContribute to CI/CD pipelines, code reviews, and engineering best practices.\nInvestigate and resolve production issues, implementing sustainable solutions to prevent recurrence.\nCreate and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and automation scripts.\nParticipate in architecture discussions and contribute to the evolution of backend platforms and services.\nRequired Skills\nStrong proficiency in Python development.\nHands-on experience with FastAPI for building scalable backend services and APIs.\nExperience writing automated tests using Pytest.\nProficiency with Postman for API development, validation, and troubleshooting.\nExperience deploying and managing applications on Kubernetes.\nPreferred Skills\nExperience with Redis for caching and high-performance data access.\nFamiliarity with LaunchDarkly for feature flag management and controlled feature releases.\nExperience using New Relic or similar observability and application monitoring platforms.\nKnowledge of PagerDuty for incident management and operational response workflows.\nFamiliarity with TestRail for test management and quality assurance processes.\nExperience working with AWS S3 and cloud-based object storage services.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience designing and supporting distributed systems and microservices architectures.\nUnderstanding of API security principles, including authentication and authorization mechanisms.\nFamiliarity with CI/CD pipelines and Git-based development workflows.\nKnowledge of logging, monitoring, tracing, and observability best practices.\nStrong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.\nAbility to thrive in agile, collaborative, and fast-paced development environments.\nMust-have skills\nPython, FastAPI, pytest\nGood-to-have skills\nPostman, Kubernetes","description_format":"text","description_chars":3085,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"India","iso":"IN","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-24T08:24:25Z"}],"liveness":{"score":52,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.516,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":5,"reasons":["conf:0","agency","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-24T12:28:23Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/weekday-software-engineer-python-fastapi","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/weekday-software-engineer-python-fastapi.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-24T12:28:23Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}