Python Backend Engineer

Job Description: We are looking for a Python Backend Engineer to join our Product Development team.

This is a role focused on innovation, engineering excellence, and making the cloud easier for our customers.

Our Python Engineering role is a full-time position dedicated to designing and building microservices (and APIs) that deliver SaaS and PaaS experiences, underpinning our enterprise Analytics as a Service (AaaS) product and other initiatives.

In this role, you will design and build Python microservices, APIs, and packages leveraging FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, and related tools in Django and Flask.

We are looking for candidates with a strong software engineering background, ideally with 4+ years in Python development and modern architectures.

Responsibilities Write clean, reusable code complete with comments, unit tests, and documentation.

Collaborate closely with team members across engineering, delivery, QA, product, and design.

Build secure, scalable back-end systems that deliver real-world value.

Stay curious and up-to-date on emerging technologies.

Promote usability best practices and code reusability.

Qualifications & Skills Experience: At least 5 years of relevant software development experience, including 4+ years with Python 3.x, Django/Flask Frameworks, Celery, FastAPI (or other standard industry API), and relational databases (SQL/ORM).

Architecture: Experience with microservices-based architecture and modern cloud-based architecture is essential.

Problem Solving: Demonstrated ability to take complex requirements and develop them into working features with minimal oversight.

Cloud Platforms: Experience with the Azure cloud platform, including development and deployment practices, is desired (knowledge of other cloud platforms is also acceptable).

Familiarity with Azure Data Factory and Databricks is also highly valued.

Front-End: Experience with front-end frameworks such as React or Angular is a plus.

Integration: Competency in performing integrations into enterprise applications.

Quality: A strong commitment to writing reliable, scalable, testable, and maintainable code.

Work Style: Self-motivated with a drive to complete tasks within realistic time frames.

Communication: Ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing.

Collaboration: Capable of working well within teams while maintaining effectiveness as an independent contributor.