Senior Backend Engineer ((Python / Go)

About this role

Senior Backend Engineer (Python / Go)

Overview

We are seeking a skilled and passionate Senior Backend Engineer to join our team, focusing on the design, development, and maintenance of high-performance, scalable microservices. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Go (Golang), and a deep understanding of distributed systems architecture.

Essential Qualifications

Technical Skills

Skill Category
Requirement
Proficiency Level

Programming Languages
Python (Deep expertise with frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, or Django)
Advanced

Programming Languages
Go (Golang) (Experience building robust, high-concurrency microservices)
Expert

Microservices / Architecture
Designing, developing, and deploying RESTful APIs
Expert

Security
Keycloak, API authentication, JWT
Advanced

Databases
Realtime analytics (Clickhouse)
Advanced

Databases
Relational databases (MySQL) including complex query optimization
Advanced

Databases
NoSQL databases (Redis)
Advanced

Containerization / Orchestration
Kubernetes for deployment and scaling
Advanced

Containerization / Orchestration
Docker container build
Advanced

Testing
Writing comprehensive unit, integration, and end-to-end tests
Advanced

Core Experience

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7+ years of professional experience in backend software development, with a significant focus on building and operating microservices in a production environment.

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Proven ability to work with and contribute to large-scale, distributed systems.

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Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) for deployment, monitoring, and scaling.

Desired Qualifications

Process & Tools

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CI/CD: Experience setting up and maintaining automated deployment pipelines

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Observability: Proficiency with monitoring and logging tools

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Source Control: Expertise in Git and collaborative workflows

Architecture & Design

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Familiarity with event-driven architectures and streaming data processing

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Experience with security best practices in API design (e.g., OAuth 2.0, JWT, input validation)

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Knowledge of performance tuning and optimization techniques for both Python and Go applications

Key Responsibilities

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Design, implement, and maintain scalable and reliable backend microservices using Go

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Collaborate with product managers and front-end teams to define API specifications and integration points

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Ensure services are deployed, monitored, and scaled efficiently in a Kubernetes environment

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Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and planning sessions

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Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues, ensuring high availability and performance

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Drive continuous improvement in development processes, tooling, and infrastructure

Must-have skills for a Senior Backend / Microservices Engineer (owner-level)

Production microservices ownership (not just “worked on”)

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Has owned at least 1–2 services end-to-end (design → build → deploy → on-call → incident fixes → scaling)

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Comfortable with service boundaries, APIs, versioning, backward compatibility, SLAs/SLOs

System design & architecture (senior bar)

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Can design systems with tradeoffs: latency, throughput, cost, reliability

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Patterns: idempotency, retries, timeouts, circuit breakers, async workflows, queues, eventual consistency

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Data design: relational vs NoSQL, caching, indexing, migrations, multi-tenant considerations (if…