Company Profile

Infocusp Innovations is an IT firm working in the broad fields of Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mobile and Web App Development, QA, and Signal Processing. Global presence in India and The United States of America with offices in Ahmedabad, Pune and California, we make businesses smart and systems smarter to make people's lives easier. Our teams work closely with the research and product engineering teams to develop next-gen robust solutions that improve the quality of life of users and enhance the user experience. We have worked on high-impact projects in the domains of Healthcare, FinTech, IoT, Law and Humanity, AgroTech and Horticulture, Molecular Chemistry, GeoPhysics, Biology, Energy, Logistics, Recruitment and Gaming.

Transparent communication, healthy and constructive discussions along with an open and welcoming work culture are what we prefer at Infocusp. We make conscious decisions to facilitate our work with favorable working conditions and amenities that enable our employees to give their best.

About the Role

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Backend Engineer to design, develop, and scale robust backend platforms and applications. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in backend engineering, distributed systems, and cloud-native architectures. This role requires hands-on experience in building scalable services, optimizing cloud infrastructure, and ensuring reliability, observability, and security in production environments.

Responsibilities

1. Backend Engineering & Platform Development

- Design, develop,



and maintain scalable backend services using Python, FastAPI, and asynchronous microservices architectures.
- Build and optimize data-intensive applications using PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB or equivalent technologies at production scale.
- Develop high-performance APIs and distributed systems to support AI-driven applications.

2. Cloud Infrastructure & DevOps

- Architect and manage cloud-native applications on AWS or GCP.
- Deploy and operate services using ECS, EKS, Lambda, Cloud Run, GCP - GKE, and other cloud-native technologies.
- Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or equivalent frameworks like Pulumi or CloudFormation.
- Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for reliable and automated deployments.
- Experience with Apache Kafka for building event-driven, scalable, and distributed systems.
- Manage and troubleshoot containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring scalability, availability, and performance.

3. Monitoring and Observability

- Instrument backend services end-to-end with metrics, distributed tracing, and structured logging using OpenTelemetry
- Hands-on with some observability stacks — Prometheus + Grafana, Datadog/New Relic, and centralized logging (ELK/Loki)




- Build actionable dashboards and alerting to detect latency, errors, and resource bottlenecks before customer impact

Requirements

- 4+ years of experience in backend development.
- B.E.B.TechB.S. Candidates' entries with significant prior experience in the fields above will be considered.
- Robust experience in Python development and FastAPI.
- Hands-on experience with asynchronous microservices architectures.
- Expertise in PostgreSQL, Mongodb, Redis, and distributed backend systems.
- Experience with AWS or GCP cloud platforms and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent).
- Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes for deploying and managing containerized applications.
- Experience with Apache Kafka for messaging, event-driven and distributed systems.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps best practices.
- Guardrails in production: model fallback routing, prompt-injection defense, token cost budgets.
- Demonstrated ownership mindset with the ability to drive projects and deliver high-quality solutions.
- Experience in mentoring team members, conducting code reviews, and sharing best practices.

Location: Ahmedabad/Pune

Pay: ₹2,000,000.00 - ₹3,000,000.00 per year

Benefits:

- Health insurance
- Provident Fund
- Work from home

Application Question(s):

- What is your notice period?

Experience:

- Python: 5 years (Required)
- FastAPI: 5 years (Required)
- AWS: 3 years (Required)
- Kafka: 3 years (Required)
- Kubernetes: 3 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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