FastAPI Backend Engineer — Secure, Scalable APIs

Antons Recruitment Agency; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Python FastAPI Developer to create high-performance RESTful APIs. The ideal candidate will possess a minimum of 2 years of experience with FastAPI, strong skills in API security, and knowledge of JWT and authentication mechanisms. Your role will involve designing and maintaining APIs, ensuring performance and security compliance, as well as collaborating with different teams for robust backend solutions in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience developing APIs using Python and FastAPI.
• Strong understanding of RESTful API design principles.
• Hands-on experience with JWT-based authentication and role-based access control.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain FastAPI-based REST APIs.
• Implement secure authentication mechanisms.
• Manage access tokens and secure API key handling.
• Optimize API performance, scalability, and response times.

Skills

Python programming

FastAPI

API security best practices

JWT-based authentication

Rate limiting

RESTful API design principles

Async programming

Tools

Docker

Nginx

APIs (Swagger/OpenAPI)

Job description

A recruitment agency is seeking a Python FastAPI Developer to create high-performance RESTful APIs. The ideal candidate will possess a minimum of 2 years of experience with FastAPI, strong skills in API security, and knowledge of JWT and authentication mechanisms. Your role will involve designing and maintaining APIs, ensuring performance and security compliance, as well as collaborating with different teams for robust backend solutions in a dynamic environment.