Senior Software Engineer

SourcingXPress; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 700,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Bengaluru is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with extensive expertise in Python, AWS, and microservices architecture. You will design and maintain high-performance python microservices, ensuring scalability and reliability. The role requires significant experience in deploying distributed systems on AWS and managing Kubernetes environments. Ideal candidates should possess strong hands-on skills alongside a background in cloud infrastructure. This is a full-time position offering a competitive salary range of ₹ 7-24 Lacs PA.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of Python internals and advanced OOP design patterns.
• Hands-on experience with AsyncIO, multiprocessing, and multithreading.
• Proven skills in designing and deploying scalable microservices.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain high-performance Python microservices.
• Deploy and manage services on AWS and Kubernetes.
• Collaborate with teams for CI/CD and infrastructure automation.

Skills

Core Python

Concurrency & Parallelism

Microservices Architecture

Cloud & Infrastructure (AWS)

Kubernetes Fundamentals

Education

5+ years of professional Python development

5+ years of experience building and running microservices in production

Experience deploying and scaling services on AWS

Tools

AWS (EKS, EC2, S3)

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

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• Company: Simpliigence
• Website: Visit Website
• Business Type: Consulting Firm
• Company Type: Service
• Business Model: B2B
• Funding Stage: Bootstrapped
• Industry: IT Services
• Salary Range: ₹ 7-24 Lacs PA

Job Description

We are looking for a highly skilled Python Backend Engineer with deep expertise in core Python internals, concurrency models, and large-scale microservices architectures. The ideal candidate has strong hands‑on experience designing, building, and scaling distributed systems on AWS and Kubernetes in production environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high‑performance Python microservices.
• Build scalable and fault‑tolerant distributed systems.
• Design clean and efficient REST/gRPC APIs.
• Implement service‑to‑service communication using events, messaging, and queues.
• Optimize application performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Deploy and manage services on AWS and Kubernetes (EKS).
• Collaborate closely with DevOps and platform teams for CI/CD and infrastructure automation.

Required Skills & Expertise

Core Python (Hardcore Level)

• Deep understanding of metaclasses and class object lifecycle.
• Advanced class construction and OOP design patterns.
• Strong knowledge of magic methods (__dunder__ methods).
• Expertise in context manager design.
• Strong grasp of Python internals and memory model.

Concurrency & Parallelism

• AsyncIO.
• Multiprocessing.
• Multithreading.

Microservices Architecture

• Designing and implementing multiple microservices at scale.
• API design – REST & gRPC.

Service‑to‑Service Communication

• Events.
• Messaging.
• Queues.

Cloud & Infrastructure (AWS)

• EKS (Kubernetes).
• EC2, VPC, IAM.
• S3, SQS, SNS, Lambda.
• CloudWatch, X‑Ray.

Kubernetes Fundamentals

• Deployments.
• Services.
• HPA.
• Ingress.
• ConfigMaps & Secrets.
• Docker containerization.
• CI/CD pipelines: GitHub Actions / GitLab CI / Jenkins (or similar).

Scalability & Performance

• Horizontal scaling of microservices.
• Performance profiling and optimization.
• Caching strategies: Redis / ElastiCache.
• Distributed system design patterns.

Nice to Have

• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Streaming & Messaging: Kafka or Kinesis.
• Service Mesh: Istio / Linkerd.
• Experience with distributed locking, rate limiting, and idempotency design.

Education & Experience

• 5+ years of professional Python development.
• 5+ years of experience building and running microservices in production.
• Proven experience deploying and scaling services on AWS.

Additional Information

• Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
• Employment type: Full‑time
• Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries: Technology, Information and Internet