HYDERABAD · FULLTIME
Tech Lead - Backend Engineering - Python/FastAPI
Infinity Learn
Hyderabad · onsite · Posted 35d ago
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About this role
Key Responsibilities
- Lead technical design for scalable backend services, RESTful APIs, and event-driven microservices using Python and FastAPI.
- Own service architecture, API contracts, database models, integration patterns, and non-functional requirements such as reliability, scalability, latency, security, and observability.
- Review technical designs, pull requests, database changes, and operational plans for correctness, maintainability, performance, security, and production readiness.
- Guide the team in building robust Postgres-backed systems, including schema design, query optimization, indexing strategy, transactions, and data integrity practices.
- Drive cloud-native and serverless implementation on AWS, including Lambda functions, S3-based workflows, SQS queues, IAM-aware integrations, and event-driven architecture.
- Take ownership of assigned services across the full lifecycle, including design, delivery, deployment, monitoring, incident response, reliability improvements, and technical debt management.
- Mentor backend engineers through design discussions, code reviews, pairing, feedback, knowledge sharing, and guidance on engineering best practices.
- Set and uphold engineering standards for clean Python code, testability, documentation, security, observability, and operational excellence.
- Troubleshoot complex production issues across APIs, Postgres queries, queues, Lambda executions, S3 workflows, and service-to-service integrations.
- Collaborate with product managers, QA, DevOps, data, and frontend engineers to convert ambiguous requirements into practical delivery plans and resilient technical solutions.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 4 - 6 years of professional backend engineering experience, including experience leading technical design, reviewing work, and owning production services.
- Python, FastAPI, Postgres, AWS (Lambda, S3, SQS), Microservices Architecture.
- Must have experience mentoring engineers, providing constructive code and design feedback, improving team practices, and helping developers grow technically.
- Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, communicate technical tradeoffs clearly, and own backend systems through delivery, production support, and continuous improvement.
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Skills
data integrityAws LambdaobservabilityIAM-aware integrationsServerless implementationPostgresqltransactionsQuery Optimizationrestful apiscloud nativescalabilityschema designreliabilityAWS S3AWS SQSAPI Contractslatencyevent-driven microservicesPythonSecurityMicroservicesFastAPIIndexing strategydatabase models
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Infinity Learn
EdTech
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2021
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