Backend Engineer

TransOrg; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

TransOrg Analytics is seeking a Backend Engineer in Mumbai to own and operate production-grade Python services and data workflows. You will design and deploy scalable APIs, integrate LLM capabilities, and secure access across JWT, RBAC, and SSO, working closely with frontend, product, and business teams.

You will own CI/CD pipelines, observability, and containerized deployments, balancing speed with reliability while maintaining security.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Data Science/Engineering or related field.
• Strong Python experience with FastAPI or an async framework.
• Track record of building and operating production APIs and backend services.
• Hands-on cloud experience with data warehouses, document databases, and serverless/container platforms.
• Production integration of LLM APIs, including structured output handling and performance tradeoffs.
• Understanding of JWT, RBAC, SSO, and practical application security.
• Ability to own API design, data logic, deployment, and basic incident resolution.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain scalable asynchronous Python APIs, scheduled jobs, and data-processing pipelines.
• Design reliable cloud data workflows, data models, and optimized analytical queries.
• Integrate LLM services with structured outputs, prompt versioning, evaluation, and cost/latency controls.
• Implement secure authentication and authorization using JWT, role-based access control, and enterprise SSO.
• Own containerized deployments, CI/CD pipelines, scheduling, observability, and production troubleshooting.
• Define and evolve REST API contracts collaboratively with frontend engineers and stakeholders.
• Apply secure-by-design practices, including secrets management, input validation, parameterized queries, and least-privilege access.

Skills

Python

FastAPI

API design

JWT

RBAC

SSO

Production APIs

CI/CD

Container deployments

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Data Science/Engineering or related

Tools

Cloud data warehouses

Document databases

Serverless / container platforms

Job description

Backend Engineer

Why would you like to join us?

TransOrg Analytics specializes in Data Science, Data Engineering and Agentic AI, providing advanced analytics solutions to industry leaders and Fortune 500 companies across India, US, APAC and the Middle East. We leverage data science to streamline, optimize, and accelerate our clients' businesses. Visit www.transorg.ai to know more about us.

• Location: Mumbai onsite
• Experience: 3-5 Years

Job Requirements and Skill Expectations

Seeking a hands-on backend engineer to design, build, deploy, and operate production-grade Python services, cloud data workflows, and LLM-enabled capabilities. The role requires end-to-end ownership, strong engineering judgment, and close collaboration with frontend, product, and business teams.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build and maintain scalable asynchronous Python APIs, scheduled jobs, and data-processing pipelines.
• Design reliable cloud data workflows, data models, and optimized analytical queries.
• Integrate LLM services with structured outputs, prompt versioning, evaluation, and cost/latency controls.
• Implement secure authentication and authorization using JWT, role-based access control, and enterprise SSO.
• Own containerized deployments, CI/CD pipelines, scheduling, observability, and production troubleshooting.
• Define and evolve REST API contracts collaboratively with frontend engineers and stakeholders.
• Apply secure-by-design practices, including secrets management, input validation, parameterized queries, and least-privilege access.

QUALIFICATIONS

REQUIRED

• Bachelors degree in computer science, Information Technology, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or related discipline.
• Strong Python experience with FastAPI or a comparable async framework.
• Track record of building and operating production APIs and backend services.
• Hands-on cloud experience with data warehouses, document databases, and serverless/container platforms.
• Production integration of LLM APIs, including structured output handling and performance tradeoffs.
• Understanding of JWT, RBAC, SSO, and practical application security.
• Ability to own API design, data logic, deployment, and basic incident resolution.

PREFERRED

• Experience with LangChain or similar LLM orchestration tools.
• CI/CD experience using Cloud Build, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or equivalent.
• Experience partnering with React, Next.js, or TypeScript frontend teams.
• Background in analytics, reporting, data warehousing, or BI-adjacent systems.
• Exposure to NL-to-SQL, LLM evaluation, or automated insight-classification patterns.
• Experience supporting formal security reviews such as SAST/DAST.

ENGINEERING EXPECTATIONS

• Operate with a strong ownership mindset and communicate clearly across technical and non-technical teams.
• Deliver incrementally with appropriate testing, monitoring, rollback planning, and production safeguards.
• Balance speed, reliability, maintainability, security, and cost when making technical decisions.
• Work effectively in a full-time, remote-friendly environment with minimal supervision.