Python Developer — High-Scale Backend & Applied AIML

1. 5 years building production Python systems services under real traffic not scripting or notebooks alone.
2. Deep familiarity with at least one web framework (FastAPI Django or Flask) and its request lifecycle.
3. Demonstrated experience with high-throughput low-latency systems you can talk concretely about the RPS you handled where it broke and what you did about it.
4. Async programming and concurrency in Python (asyncio threading multiprocessing) and the judgement to know which applies.
5. Strong SQL skills with PostgreSQL or MySQL including indexing query tuning and read/write scaling patterns.
6. Caching and messaging at scale Redis plus Kafka RabbitMQ or Pub/Sub.
7. Applied AI/ML experience serving models in production working with LLM APIs or building RAG/embedding pipelines. Comfort with PyTorch TensorFlow scikit-learn or Hugging Face as appropriate to the problem.
8. Testing discipline: pytest mocking fixtures CI-integrated suites and load testing (JMeter k6 Gatling or Locust).
9. Docker Git and CI/CD pipeline experience.

Required Skills:

Python