Software Engineer, API(Python)

Overview

Software Engineer (API) working across a SaaS platform’s APIs, data models, background jobs, and integrations using production Python with FastAPI.

What you'll do

• Build and own platform features end to end, including data models, APIs, deployment, and tests.
• Develop and maintain internal services and customer-facing API endpoints.
• Ensure performance, reliability, and stable API contracts for other teams.
• Design database schemas and manage migrations across MySQL and Postgres.
• Debug production issues and implement monitoring and guardrails to prevent regressions.
• Contribute to ongoing work including multi-tenancy and background processing.

What you'll need

• 7+ years of professional software engineering with Python as the primary language.
• FastAPI or a similar async Python framework such as Starlette.
• Strong SQL and relational database skills (schema design, performant queries, indexing and query plans).
• Experience with SQLAlchemy.
• Knowledge of async patterns, dependency injection, and ORM tradeoffs.
• Ability to write unit and integration tests.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
• Work mode: hybrid, 2 days a week in office.
• On-site expectation includes overlapping with morning Pacific hours for syncs and collaboration.