Senior Backend, Data & ML Developer

Quixta; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Quixta is seeking a Senior Backend, Data & ML Developer to own the backend, data systems, and ML model delivery. Remote-friendly, based in Bengaluru, you will design scalable APIs, data pipelines, and productionize ML solutions while coordinating with React Native and Next.js teams.

You will mentor engineers, establish coding standards, ensure reliability and observability, and drive security and performance across cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure).

Qualifications

• 6+ years of backend development with data engineering.
• Strong Django, relational DBs, API design.
• Experience building data pipelines.
• Experience deploying ML models to production (MLOps).
• Cloud infra and containers with CI/CD.
• Leadership or mentoring experience.
• Excellent communication with frontend/mobile teams.

Responsibilities

• Own backend architecture, API design, databases and data infrastructure.
• Design and build data pipelines and data models for analytics and ML.
• Lead the deployment and monitoring of ML models in production.
• Collaborate with React Native and Next.js teams on API contracts and data flows.
• Mentor the backend and data team and set engineering standards.
• Ensure system reliability, security, scalability and observability.
• Participate in senior on-call rotation with international paging.

Skills

Python

Django

Data Pipelines

MLOps

REST/GraphQL

Cloud Infrastructure

CI/CD

Containers

Mentoring

Communication

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

# Senior Backend, Data & ML DeveloperExperience: 6+ yearsLocation: BangaloreEmployment: Full TimeWork Format: Remote*Python / Django / Data Pipelines / MLOps*#### **Role Overview**You'll take technical ownership of our Backend, Data & ML team and lead the backend development team. You'll design and scale our backend services, APIs and data systems, and bring data science and ML models into production. You'll also be the main technical link to the React Native and Next.js teams.#### **Responsibilities*** Own backend architecture, API design, databases and data infrastructure.* Design and build data pipelines and data models for analytics and ML.* Lead the implementation, deployment and monitoring of ML models and data science algorithms in production.* Work closely with the React Native and Next.js teams on API contracts, data flows and ML/DS integrations.* Mentor the backend and data team, review code, and set engineering standards along with the TPM.* Ensure system reliability, security, scalability and observability.* Take part in the senior on-call rotation, including international paging.#### **What We're Looking For*** 6+ years of backend development, with significant experience in data engineering.* Strong expertise in Django, relational databases, and API design (REST/GraphQL).* Hands-on experience building data pipelines.* Some practical experience deploying ML models to production, including serving, versioning, monitoring and retraining (MLOps).* Some understanding of common data science algorithms and ML techniques.* Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP or Azure), containers and CI/CD.* Experience leading or mentoring engineers.* Excellent communication skills. You should be able to explain backend and data decisions clearly to mobile and web teams.**Note:** Full-stack experience is valuable but not mandatory. A strong backend and data specialist who works well with the frontend and mobile teams is a great fit.#### **Nice to Have*** Python ML ecosystem experience (for example scikit-learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow or pandas).* Experience with LLMs, recommendation systems or real-time data processing.* Experience with unstructured data.* Familiarity with Next.js or React Native.* Familiarity with US data protection requirements and compliance laws, such as FERPA or COPPA.