JobScans.in

Job description

**Senior Backend Engineer – 7+ years** **Role Overview** Seeking a Senior Backend Engineer with strong expertise in **Python, FastAPI, distributed backend systems, and Azure cloud services** . This role will build and harden the platform’s API and processing layer that powers ingestion, orchestration, validation, and downstream integration for high-volume document-processing workflows. The ideal candidate brings deep experience building secure, scalable, resilient backend services in event-driven cloud-native architectures. **Key Responsibilities** - Design and build backend APIs and microservices using **Python** and **FastAPI** for core ATLAS platform capabilities. - Develop event-driven services and integrations across ATLAS processing flows using Azure services such as **App Services, Functions, Event Grid, Service Bus, Blob Storage, Cosmos DB, and Key Vault** . - Implement secure API design and service-to-service access using **Microsoft Entra ID, OAuth2/JWT, managed identities, and RBAC** . - Build integrations with persistence layers including **Cosmos DB** , relational databases, and Blob Storage, with attention to auditability, traceability, and performance. - Containerize, deploy, and support services through **Docker** , CI/CD pipelines, and production-grade release practices. - Instrument services with strong logging, monitoring, and observability to support performance, troubleshooting, and operational resilience. - Collaborate with frontend, platform, AI, and operations teams to deliver backend capabilities that are reusable, secure, and production-ready. **Required Skills** - **7+ years** of backend engineering experience building production-grade services and APIs. - Strong hands-on expertise in **Python** and modern API frameworks such as **FastAPI** . - Experience designing **microservices** , asynchronous processing, and **event-driven** backend systems. - Strong experience with **Azure** backend services and cloud-native deployment patterns. - Solid understanding of **API security** , identity, access control, and secure secret management. - Hands-on experience with **databases** , data modeling, and performance tuning for backend services. - Experience with **Docker** , CI/CD, logging, monitoring, and production support practices. **Preferred** - Experience building backend systems for enterprise-scale, high-volume platforms. - Exposure to workflow, orchestration, or document-processing platforms is a plus. - Experience working in Agile product and engineering environments.