Senior Backend Engineer - Python

# Senior Backend Engineer - Python
> Weekday AI · Hyderabad, India · Full-time · Posted 2026-07-10
**Salary:** INR 7,000,000–8,000,000
**Workplace:** on_site
**Department:** Weekday's Client via platform
## Description
**This role is for one of Weekday’s clients
Salary range: Rs 7000000 - Rs 8000000 (ie INR 70 - 80 LPA)**
Min Experience: 8+ years

Location: Hyderabad

JobType: full-time

We are looking for a highly skilled **Senior Python Developer** with strong backend engineering expertise to design and build scalable, high-performance applications. The ideal candidate will have deep experience in Python, API development, database optimization, cloud-native technologies, and distributed systems. You will play a key role in building robust backend services that power next-generation AI-driven products.

## Requirements

### Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend applications using **Python**.
• Build high-performance RESTful APIs using **FastAPI** or **Flask**.
• Design efficient, scalable database schemas and optimize database performance.
• Develop thread-safe, concurrent, and high-throughput backend applications.
• Build clean, reusable, and maintainable code following engineering best practices.
• Containerize applications using **Docker** and deploy them on **Kubernetes**.
• Develop and maintain API documentation using **OpenAPI/Swagger**.
• Optimize application performance, scalability, security, and reliability.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and DevOps teams throughout the software development lifecycle.

### Required Skills

• **8–12 years** of hands-on experience in Python backend development.
• Strong expertise in **Python 3.x**.
• Extensive experience with **FastAPI** and/or **Flask**.
• Strong hands-on experience with **SQLAlchemy ORM**, session management, and database transactions.
• Solid understanding of **multithreading, concurrency, asynchronous programming, and thread-safe application development**.
• Strong experience with **PostgreSQL** and/or **MySQL**, including database design, indexing, query optimization, and performance tuning.
• Hands-on experience with **Docker** and **Kubernetes**.
• Experience deploying and managing applications on **Google Cloud Platform (GCP)**.
• Strong knowledge of **REST APIs**, **OpenAPI**, and **Swagger**.
• Experience with **Git**, code reviews, unit testing, and software engineering best practices.
• Good understanding of **microservices architecture**, distributed systems, and scalable application design.

### Preferred Skills

• Experience building AI/ML-enabled applications.
• Exposure to **Redis**, **Kafka**, **RabbitMQ**, or similar messaging technologies.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Knowledge of monitoring, logging, and application performance optimization.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.

### Must-have skills

Fast API, GCP, Python

### Good-to-have skills

Flask, Multithreading

## Apply
[Apply at Weekday AI](https://apply.workable.com/weekday-1/j/9229800557/apply)
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