Full Stack Engineer – Backend Focus

Gitforce; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Gitforce is hiring a Backend Heavy Fullstack Engineer in Hyderabad to build modern web applications. You will focus on backend services with Python and FastAPI, and contribute to frontend tasks when needed.

The role is full-time and office-based, offering opportunities to design reliable backend systems and work across the full stack. You will translate requirements into practical backend modules, design data models, and ensure secure, scalable solutions while collaborating with client teams to

Qualifications

• Strong Python programming skills.
• Hands-on experience with FastAPI.
• Experience building REST APIs and backend services.
• Strong understanding of backend application architecture.
• Working knowledge of SQL and PostgreSQL.
• Experience with database design and data modeling.
• Experience integrating third-party APIs and external services.
• Understanding of authentication, authorization, validation, and error handling.
• Experience writing tests and debugging backend applications.
• Working knowledge of JavaScript or TypeScript and modern frontend development.
• Good understanding of Git and software engineering fundamentals.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend services and REST APIs using Python and FastAPI
• Translate business requirements into clear application logic and maintainable backend modules
• Design relational data models, manage database migrations, and write efficient SQL queries
• Implement authentication, authorization, input validation, and consistent error handling
• Integrate third-party APIs and external services
• Develop background jobs and asynchronous workflows with appropriate retries and failure recovery
• Improve application performance and reliability through monitoring, debugging, and query optimization
• Build and integrate frontend features using React and TypeScript when needed
• Write automated tests, participate in code reviews, and maintain technical documentation
• Collaborate with engineers and client teams to deploy, support, and improve production applications

Skills

Python

FastAPI

REST APIs

SQL

TypeScript

Git

React

Frontend development

Tools

FastAPI

SQLAlchemy

PostgreSQL

Docker

Job description

We're hiring a Backend Heavy Fullstack Engineer to build and ship modern web applications for our clients. You'll work primarily on backend services and APIs using Python and FastAPI while also contributing to frontend development when needed. This is a full-time , work-from-office role in Hyderabad for an engineer who enjoys designing reliable backend systems but is also comfortable working across the full stack.

About the job:

We're hiring a Backend Heavy Fullstack Engineer to build and ship modern web applications for our clients. You'll work primarily on backend services and APIs using Python and FastAPI while also contributing to frontend development when needed. This is a full-time , work-from-office role in Hyderabad for an engineer who enjoys designing reliable backend systems but is also comfortable working across the full stack.

About us:

We're a new age tech & business services company. We're HQ'ed in Hyderabad with clients across the world. Find out more about us at https://www.linkedin.com/company/gitforce

What You'll Do

TL;DR: Build reliable backend services with Python and FastAPI, and contribute to React frontend features when needed.

• Build and maintain backend services and REST APIs using Python and FastAPI
• Translate business requirements into clear application logic and maintainable backend modules
• Design relational data models, manage database migrations, and write efficient SQL queries
• Implement authentication, authorization, input validation, and consistent error handling
• Integrate third-party APIs and external services
• Develop background jobs and asynchronous workflows with appropriate retries and failure recovery
• Improve application performance and reliability through monitoring, debugging, and query optimization
• Build and integrate frontend features using React and TypeScript when needed
• Write automated tests, participate in code reviews, and maintain technical documentation
• Collaborate with engineers and client teams to deploy, support, and improve production applications

Qualifications

TL;DR: Strong Python and backend engineering skills with hands-on FastAPI experience are the most important things we're looking for, along with the ability to contribute across the frontend when needed.

You Are:

• 2 to 5 years into your software engineering career as a professional
• Someone who enjoys building backend systems, APIs, and data-driven applications
• Strong on backend engineering but comfortable working across the full stack
• Comfortable figuring things out independently and learning new technologies quickly
• An engineer who cares about reliability, performance, code quality, and maintainability
• Someone who can understand a business requirement and translate it into a practical technical solution

Must-haves:

• Strong Python programming skills
• Hands-on experience with FastAPI
• Experience building REST APIs and backend services
• Strong understanding of backend application architecture
• Working knowledge of SQL and PostgreSQL
• Experience with database design and data modeling
• Experience integrating third-party APIs and external services
• Understanding of authentication, authorization, validation, and error handling
• Experience writing tests and debugging backend applications
• Working knowledge of JavaScript or TypeScript and modern frontend development
• Good understanding of Git and software engineering fundamentals
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills

Nice-to-haves:

• Experience with React or Next.js
• Experience with asynchronous Python and background jobs
• Experience with Redis, queues, or cachingExperience with Docker and CI/CD
• Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Experience with ORMs such as SQLAlchemy
• Experience with microservices or distributed systems
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tools