Python Developer

• This role is for one of Weekday’s clients
• Salary range: Rs 500000 - Rs 2500000 (ie INR 5 - 25 LPA)

• Min Experience: 5+ years
• Location: Bengaluru
• JobType: full-time

We are looking for an experienced Python Developer with 5–8 years of hands-on experience in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable backend applications and APIs. The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in Python, FastAPI, and Kubernetes , along with a solid understanding of modern backend engineering practices, microservices, containerization, and cloud-native application development.

You will be responsible for building reliable and high-performance backend services, developing RESTful APIs, integrating third-party systems, and contributing to the architecture and deployment of scalable applications. The role requires strong problem-solving abilities and the ability to work closely with engineering, product, QA, and DevOps teams.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• •Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable backend applications using Python .
• •Build high-performance, secure, and maintainable REST APIs using FastAPI .
• •Develop and maintain microservices and backend components supporting business-critical applications.
• •Design efficient application architecture, data flows, and API integrations.
• •Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot containerized applications using Kubernetes .
• •Work with Docker and Kubernetes-based environments to ensure reliable application deployment and scalability.
• •Optimize backend services for performance, reliability, availability, and maintainability.
• •Integrate external APIs, databases, messaging systems, and other third-party services.
• •Implement appropriate logging, monitoring, error handling, and security practices.
• •Collaborate with frontend developers, QA engineers, DevOps teams, product managers, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions.
• •Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, architecture decisions, and engineering best practices.
• •Identify and resolve production issues and contribute to continuous improvement of backend systems.
• •Write clean, modular, reusable, and well-documented code.

Must-Have Skills

• Python
• •Strong hands-on experience with Python development and object-oriented programming.
• •Excellent understanding of Python frameworks, libraries, data structures, exception handling, and asynchronous programming.
• •Experience building scalable and production-grade backend applications.

• FastAPI
• •Strong experience developing RESTful APIs using FastAPI .
• •Understanding of API design, request validation, authentication, authorization, dependency injection, and asynchronous APIs.
• •Experience integrating FastAPI services with databases and external systems.

• Kubernetes
• •Strong practical experience with Kubernetes for deploying and managing backend applications.
• •Understanding of Pods, Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps, Secrets, namespaces, scaling, and troubleshooting.
• •Experience working with containerized applications and cloud-native environments.

Good-to-Have Skills

• •Experience with pytest for unit testing, integration testing, mocking, and test automation.
• •Hands-on experience with Postman for API testing, validation, debugging, and documentation.
• •Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Git, and cloud platforms.
• •Understanding of microservices architecture, observability, logging, and monitoring tools.
• •Experience working with relational or NoSQL databases.