Role & responsibilities

API Developer (Python & Cloud Services)

Experience: 5-10 Years

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced API Developer with strong expertise in Python and cloud-native application development. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, securing, and maintaining scalable APIs and microservices that power enterprise applications, data platforms, and AI-enabled solutions.

The role requires close collaboration with product, data engineering, cloud, and DevOps teams to build high-performance, reliable, and secure services in modern cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

- Design, develop, test, and deploy RESTful APIs and microservices using Python.
- Build scalable backend services for enterprise applications, integrations, and data-driven solutions.
- Develop APIs to integrate with cloud services, databases, SaaS platforms, and third-party systems.
- Create reusable and well-documented APIs following industry standards and best practices.
- Implement authentication, authorization, API security, and governance standards.
- Optimize API performance, reliability, scalability, and monitoring.
- Collaborate with DevOps teams to enable CI/CD automation and cloud deployments.
- Develop logging, monitoring, and observability capabilities for production environments.
- Troubleshoot and resolve performance, integration, and production issues.




- Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to technical design decisions.

Required Skills

- 5-10 years of software development experience.
- Strong programming expertise in Python.
- Hands-on experience with API frameworks such as:

FastAPI

Flask

Django REST Framework

- Robust understanding of:

REST APIs

API design principles

JSON

OpenAPI / Swagger

- Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases:

PostgreSQL

SQL Server

MySQL

MongoDB

- Experience with at least one cloud platform:

Microsoft Azure

AWS

Google Cloud Platform

- Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker.
- Experience with Git-based development workflows.
- Knowledge of API security including OAuth2, JWT, API Keys, and role-based access controls.
- Understanding of CI/CD practices and automation pipelines.

Preferred candidate profile

- Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration.
- Experience developing APIs for AI/ML or GenAI applications.
- Familiarity with message queues and event-driven architectures:
- Kafka
- RabbitMQ
- Azure Service Bus

- Experience with API gateways:

- Azure API Management
- AWS API Gateway
- Kong
- Apigee

- Exposure to Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Bicep.

Experience with monitoring tools such as Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Grafana, or Prometheus.

Perks and benefits

📌 API developer with Python & cloud (New Delhi)
🏢 Capgemini
📍 New Delhi