Python Developer REST APIs - Immediate Start

Worx-ai; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Worx-ai is seeking an experienced Python Developer to design, build, and maintain production-grade applications and API services. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Python in real environments and can work independently and collaboratively.

The role requires proficiency in Python, understanding of performance trade-offs, and experience in debugging production issues. Strong candidates will also have experience with Flask, relational databases, Git, and cloud platforms like Azure.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Python (3.x) with real production experience.
• Solid understanding of Python internals including memory management.
• Experience with Flask and RESTful API design.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Python applications used in production.
• Debug and optimize existing systems for performance.
• Collaborate with various teams to deliver features end-to-end.

Skills

Python (3.x)

Flask

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Docker

Azure cloud platform

Celery

RabbitMQ

Kafka

Git

Tools

pytest

Django ORM

SQLAlchemy

Job description

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Python Developer to design, build, and maintain production‑grade applications and API services. The ideal candidate has hands‑on experience shipping and supporting Python code in real environments, understands performance and reliability trade‑offs, and can work independently as well as within a team. This role is not about writing scripts only — it involves owning systems end‑to‑end, from design to deployment and maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Python applications and services used in production
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable Python code
• Debug, profile, and optimize existing systems for performance and reliability
• Collaborate with product, DevOps, and frontend teams to deliver features end‑to‑end
• Build and consume REST APIs and/or background workers
• Write unit tests and integration tests; participate in code reviews
• Diagnose and resolve production issues using logs, metrics, and monitoring tools
• Participate in architecture discussions and technical decision‑making
• Follow security best practices and contribute to improving engineering standards

Restrictions

No telecommuting. Agencies are OK.

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in Python (3.x) with real production experience
• Solid understanding of Python internals (memory management, GIL, concurrency)
• Experience with Flask
• Experience working with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and/or NoSQL
• Familiarity with ORMs (Django ORM, SQLAlchemy) and query optimization
• Experience writing tests using pytest, unittest, and mocking techniques
• Understanding of RESTful API design
• Experience using Git and participating in code reviews
• Comfortable debugging real production issues
• Knowledge of Docker and containerized deployments
• Familiarity with Azure cloud platform
• Experience with message queues or background jobs (Celery, RabbitMQ, Kafka)