Senior Backend Engineer - Python

Job Description For Senior Backend Engineer -Python

Job Title: Senior Backend Engineer- Python

Company: Mydbops

Job Location: Chennai

About Mydbops:

Mydbops helps fast-growing teams and unicorns run mission-critical databases with speed, scale, and reliability. Trusted by 800+ clients, including 30+ unicorns, we optimize and manage systems like MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MariaDB, TiDB, and Cassandra, powering 10B+ transactions daily across industries such as fintech, SaaS, healthcare, logistics, and e-commerce.

With 9+ years of deep expertise, we build automation tools, lead complex migrations, and solve high-impact performance and database challenges. We are ISO and PCI-DSS certified, combining engineering excellence with enterprise-grade security and compliance.

Role Overview:

You’ll build and scale backend services that power our database management and performance tooling. Your work will include designing APIs, orchestrating backend workflows, and architecting reliable, secure systems.

Key Requirements

• Design and develop backend services and APIs using Python

• Architect robust and scalable server-side modules and microservices

• Implement and maintain secure authentication, RBAC, and session management

• Optimize backend systems for performance, reliability, and concurrency

• Collaborate with product, infrastructure, and frontend teams to define clear data flows

• Establish coding standards, testing practices, and CI/CD workflows

• Write clean, modular, well-tested code with documentation

Core Requirements

• 4+ years of production backend development experience

• Strong expertise in Python (FastAPI / Django / Flask)

• Expertise in designing REST APIs, writing efficient async code, and building real-time features with WebSockets

• Strong understanding of authentication, RBAC, and backend security

• Experience with SQL databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL) and ORMs

• Knowledge of caching, queues, or streaming systems

• Experience with Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud fundamentals

• Knowledge of logging, tracing, and observability tooling

• Strong problem-solving skills and architectural thinking

Culture Fit

You thrive in an engineering-driven environment where execution, ownership, performance, and long-term thinking matter.

Job Details:

• Job Type: Full-time opportunity

• Work time: General Shift

• Mode of Employment - Remote

• Experience - 4+ Years