About the job
We're hiring a Backend Engineer to own and build the backend of a subscription-based SaaS platform. The product includes gated content, video courses, AI-powered features, research tools, and real-time systems, built on Python/FastAPI with PostgreSQL on AWS. This is a hands-on, building role. You'll work across content APIs, payment integrations, user management, backend infrastructure, and AI system integrations.

You'll communicate directly with project managers and occasionally with technical stakeholders.
We need someone who can read an existing codebase, take ownership, improve systems proactively, and drive decisions independently. Not someone who waits to be told what to do next.

What You'll Work On
- Backend services and APIs built with Python and FastAPI
- Content management systems: gated libraries, video courses, and admin tooling
- User migration and onboarding pipelines
- AI system integrations: LLM APIs, context management, usage controls, and knowledge retrieval
- Real-time features using WebSocket-based messaging and community systems
- Database design,



migrations, and query optimization in PostgreSQL
- AWS infrastructure: EC2, RDS, SES, Docker, and deployment workflows
- Backend reliability and production monitoring using Sentry, logging systems, and analytics tooling
- Backend scalability, performance optimization, and API hardening

Requirements
- 4+ years of professional backend engineering experience in Python
- Robust FastAPI skills including async patterns and dependency injection
- Solid PostgreSQL knowledge: schema design, migrations, query optimization, and indexing
- Experience with Stripe or similar payment and subscription APIs
- Experience with AWS, Docker, and backend deployment workflows
- Comfortable working with existing production systems and improving them incrementally
- Comfortable writing migration scripts that safely handle production data
- Familiarity with observability and debugging tools: Sentry, logging sys

📌 Python Backend Engineer (India)
🏢 BNCW Enterprises
📍 India