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Hands-on coding in contemporary languages (likely Python, Java, or similar).

Applying AI/ML to improve internal workflows, reporting, and productivity.

System design and architecture for scalable, reliable services.

Hands-on technical leader who can guide a team, own architecture, contribute code, integrate AI/automation, and deliver scalable reporting solutions while mentoring engineers and driving business impact.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & System Design

- Own end-to-end architecture of public-facing API platforms
- - Design scalable, multi-tenant, distributed systems with high availability
- - Drive API standards: versioning, backward compatibility, documentation, governance
- - Define security, rate limiting, and abuse prevention strategies
- - Lead performance optimisation and reliability initiatives
- Engineering Execution

- Build and review high-quality backend services using Python and FastAPI
- - Architect and optimise asynchronous systems using Celery
- - Design and tune complex schemas and queries in PostgreSQL
- - Lead production readiness, observability, and incident response improvements
- - Drive AWS infrastructure architecture decisions
- Technical Leadership

- Mentor backend engineers and raise engineering standards
- - Lead design reviews and establish coding best practices
- - Partner with Product, Frontend, DevOps, and Data teams




- - Drive the technical roadmap and manage technical debt strategically
- - Influence long-term platform scalability decisions
- Required Skills & Qualifications

- 14-16 years of backend engineering experience with strong production ownership
- - Deep expertise in Python/Java and modern API frameworks (FastAPI preferred)
- - Proven experience designing and scaling public-facing APIs
- - Strong system design expertise (distributed systems, scalability, fault tolerance)
- - Extensive experience with PostgreSQL (performance tuning, indexing, transactions)
- - Strong experience with Celery or distributed task processing systems
- - Hands-on experience with Redis and caching strategies
- - Advanced experience with AWS (ECS/EKS, RDS, Lambda, S3, API Gateway, networking)
- - Experience implementing secure API architectures (OAuth2, JWT, RBAC, WAF)
- - Experience with Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code
- - Experience operating high-traffic, production-critical systems
- - Experience designing multi-tenant or external partner APIs
- Strong Differentiators

- Experience leading backend teams in a product-driven environment
- - Experience designing API platforms consumed by third parties
- - Frontend exposure (React / Next.js / TypeScript)

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