XTN-13EC841 | SENIOR BACKEND ENGINEER (PYTHON).
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This role is responsible for designing, building, and scaling the backend systems and APIs that power GRG Health's AI-driven healthcare and life sciences platforms. The Senior Backend Engineer owns end-to-end backend architecture, ensures reliability and performance at scale, and mentors engineers across the team.
Health Insurance/HMO
- Enjoy unlimited MadMax Coffee
Diverse learning & growth opportunities • Accessible Cloud HR platform (Sprout)
- Above standard leaves
Architect, build, and scale backend services and APIs using Python and FastAPI
Design and optimize relational and NoSQL data models across PostgreSQL and MongoDB
Build secure, high-performance RESTful APIs for data-intensive and AI-driven services
Implement authentication, authorization, caching, and performance best practices
Ensure reliability, scalability, observability, and high availability of production systems
Lead code reviews, enforce engineering standards, and mentor junior engineers
Collaborate with frontend, AI, data, and product teams to deliver end-to-end features
Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native deployments on AWS
.• 5+ years of professional backend engineering experience with Python
Strong expertise in FastAPI and REST API design
Strong expertise in PostgreSQL and MongoDB, including schema design and performance tuning
Solid understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and cloud-native deployments
Experience with caching, message queues, and asynchronous processing
Familiarity with AI-driven or data-intensive production platforms
Strong debugging, performance optimization, and problem-solving skills
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