Python (FastAPI) Backend Developer

United States Digital Space LLC; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking experienced Python developers with a minimum of 2 years of production experience to build web applications, APIs and backends using Python, Django and FastAPI.

The role emphasizes strong fundamentals, problem solving and the ability to contribute to leadership as the team scales their microservice architecture, with an expectation of delivering production-ready code and collaborating across infra and QA teams.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of production experience building web apps with Python, Django or FastAPI.
• Strong fundamentals and ability to work without AI assistance.
• Experience with microservice backends and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Understand requirements and contribute to the Scope of Work with technical expertise.
• Build APIs and modules using AI assisted coding.
• Write well documented and scalable code.
• Debug and resolve issues raised by QA.
• Deploy applications in collaboration with the infra team.

Skills

Python fundamentals

Problem solving

Leadership potential

Tools

Python 3.x

FastAPI

Django 2+

PostgreSQL

MySQL

ORM

REST APIs

Redis

React

Next.js

OAuth 2.0

Caching

Git

Docker

CICD

AWS

Digital Ocean

Heroku

Sentry

Sonar

AI assisted development

Job description

We're looking for experienced Python developers with minimum 2 years of production experience and strong expertise in building web applications, APIs & Backends using Python, Django and FastAPI. Ability to write and debug code without AI assistance is a must.

While we are an AI Augmented company, strong fundamentals are key to this position. We are looking for candidates who are problem solvers, thinkers, go-getters and are leaning towards leadership positions. Candidates must have a proven history of building, scaling, optimising and securing Python based backends and APIs using a microservice architecture.

Required Experience

2 Years & Above experience building scalable Web Applications using Python with the Django Framework/FastAPI and PostgreSQL or MySQL with strong exposure to AI enabled development processes

Key Skills Required for this Job

If your entire ability to code is dependant on AI, this job is not for you. While we leverage AI assisted coding, we truly value fundamentals.

• Strong experience and fundamentals with Non-AI generated Python Code
• Python 3.x
• FastAPI
• Django 2+
• RDBMS Database Design with Postgres or MySQL
• Strong understanding of ORM
• REST APIs using Django REST Framework, FastAPI
• Experience with Queues and Async using Redis or similar
• Basic understanding of frontend frameworks such as React and NextJs
• Experience with OAuth 2.0 (Auth flows, Refresh flows)
• Experience with Caching
• Git & Docker
• CICD Fundamentals, Deploying applications to AWS, Digital Ocean or Heroku
• Experience with tools such as Sentry and Sonar
• Exposure to AI Assisted development using Skills and Agents

KRAs

• Understanding requirements
• Contributing to the Scope of Work with technical experitse
• Building APIs and modules, independently or as part of a team using AI assisted coding
• Writing well documented and scalable code
• Writing technical tests for the code
• Debugging, Resolving issues raised by the QA team
• Deploying applications in collaboration with the infra team