Senior Backend Engineer (Python)

Prescience Decision Solutions; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,600,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive insurance plans

Performance-based bonuses

Job summary

Prescience Decision Solutions in Bengaluru is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer with deep Python expertise to design and build scalable backend platforms. You will develop production-grade services, RESTful APIs, and microservices, and implement real-time integrations using WebSocket where needed.

You will work across data-heavy, distributed systems, collaborate with frontend and other teams, ensure performance, reliability, and security, and own end-to-end delivery from design to deployment in

Qualifications

• 6+ years backend software engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in Python and backend development.
• Hands-on experience with REST APIs and microservices architectures.
• Solid understanding of WebSockets and real-time systems.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with caching technologies such as Redis or Memcached.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and high-availability principles.
• Experience building, deploying, and supporting production-grade applications.
• Strong problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Python.
• Build, optimize, and support RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Develop real-time backend integrations using WebSockets where required.
• Ensure system performance, reliability, security, and scalability.
• Work with SQL/NoSQL databases, caching technologies, and distributed architectures.
• Collaborate with frontend and cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Drive performance tuning, monitoring, troubleshooting, and production support.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.

Skills

Python

Backend development

REST APIs

Microservices

WebSockets

SQL/NoSQL

Caching (Redis/Memcached)

Distributed systems

Production-grade code

Debugging & problem solving

Communication

Tools

Redis

Memcached

Job description

Prescience Decision Solutions | Full time

Prescience Decision Solutions, established in 2017, partners with Fortune 500 and mid-sized companies globally to unlock enterprise data and drive improved decision-making. We specialize in Data Science, Advanced Analytics, and Data Engineering, integrating AI and machine learning to deliver measurable business value and ROI.

Headquartered in Bangalore, our ‘Business Backward’ approach ensures a deep understanding of your challenges, enabling us to provide tailored, impactful solutions.

Founded by industry leaders from IIT and IIM, Prescience is a bootstrapped and profitable company with a strong project pipeline.

Our commitment to excellence has earned us recognition as one of the top three startups in the People Excellence category by xto10x, with a 97 percentile employee NPS, 100% mutual respect among employees, and a 98% employee pride rate.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace, free from discrimination based on caste, religion, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, or other protected characteristics.

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Role Overview

Looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with strong expertise in Python, APIs, microservices, and distributed systems to build scalable, high-performance backend platforms. The ideal candidate will have experience developing production-grade services, real-time integrations, and reliable backend systems within fast-paced product engineering environments.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Python.
  
• Build, optimize, and support RESTful APIs and microservices.
  
• Develop real-time backend integrations using WebSockets where required.
  
• Ensure system performance, reliability, security, and scalability.
  
• Work with SQL/NoSQL databases, caching technologies, and distributed architectures.
  
• Collaborate with frontend and cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
  
• Drive performance tuning, monitoring, troubleshooting, and production support.
  
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code

Requirements

• 6+ years of backend software engineering experience.
  
• Strong proficiency in Python and backend application development.
  
• Hands-on experience with REST APIs and microservices architectures.
  
• Solid understanding of WebSockets and real-time systems.
  
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
  
• Experience with caching technologies such as Redis or Memcached.
  
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and high-availability principles.
  
• Experience building, deploying, and supporting production-grade applications.
  
• Strong problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills.
  

Preferred Skills

• Experience in large-scale product, consumer-tech, or platform engineering environments.
  
• Familiarity with complex distributed systems and high-traffic applications.
  
• Experience with cloud platforms, containerization, CI/CD, monitoring, and observability tools.
  
• Prior experience building and supporting real-time, highly available backend services.
  

What You'll Bring

• Strong ownership and execution mindset.
  
• Ability to work independently and drive projects end-to-end.
  
• Passion for building scalable, reliable, and high-quality backend systems.
  
• Commitment to engineering excellence and continuous improvement.
  

Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.

Comprehensive insurance plans.

Collaborative and supportive work environment.

Chance to learn and grow with a talented team.