Python Backend Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain backend applications, services, utilities, and data-processing components using Python.
• Develop and optimise SQL queries, stored procedures, and database interactions across Sybase, MariaDB, and other relational databases.
• Create and support Unix-based scripts, batch processes, interfaces, and operational utilities.
• Investigate defects and production issues using application logs, database analysis, and Unix troubleshooting techniques.
• Write clean, maintainable, secure, and testable code aligned with engineering standards and peer-review practices.
• Use Git for source control and support legacy SVN-based repositories where required.
• Collaborate with business analysts, QA engineers, and developers through Agile/Scrum ceremonies and iterative delivery.
• Prepare technical documentation and support controlled releases across development, test, and production environments.

Mandatory Skills

Python | SQL | Unix | Git | Relational databases, including Sybase and MariaDB

Preferred Skills

Agile/Scrum development methodology | Perl | SVN | XML | Microsoft SQL Server | PostgreSQL

Qualifications and Experience

• 4 to 6 years of relevant backend software development experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Python, SQL, Unix, Git, and relational databases.
• Working knowledge of Sybase and MariaDB; exposure to Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL is advantageous.
• Experience with Perl, SVN, and XML is preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline is preferred.

Nice to Have

• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Ownership of assigned deliverables with attention to quality and timelines.

Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional and geographically distributed tea

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain backend applications, services, utilities, and data-processing components using Python.
• Develop and optimise SQL queries, stored procedures, and database interactions across Sybase, MariaDB, and other relational databases.
• Create and support Unix-based scripts, batch processes, interfaces, and operational utilities.
• Investigate defects and production issues using application logs, database analysis, and Unix troubleshooting techniques.
• Write clean, maintainable, secure, and testable code aligned with engineering standards and peer-review practices.
• Use Git for source control and support legacy SVN-based repositories where required.
• Collaborate with business analysts, QA engineers, and developers through Agile/Scrum ceremonies and iterative delivery.
• Prepare technical documentation and support controlled releases across development, test, and production environments.

Mandatory Skills

Python | SQL | Unix | Git | Relational databases, including Sybase and MariaDB

Preferred Skills

Agile/Scrum development methodology | Perl | SVN | XML | Microsoft SQL Server | PostgreSQL

Qualifications and Experience

• 4 to 6 years of relevant backend software development experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Python, SQL, Unix, Git, and relational databases.
• Working knowledge of Sybase and MariaDB; exposure to Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL is advantageous.
• Experience with Perl, SVN, and XML is preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline is preferred.

Nice to Have

• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Ownership of assigned deliverables with attention to quality and timelines.

Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional and geographically distributed tea