The Role
Own backend architecture, development, deployment, and production support for scalable digital products. Build Python services, APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and event-driven workflows while optimizing performance, reliability, security, and observability. Contribute to CI/CD, containers, cloud infrastructure, and database optimization. Mentor engineers, guide technical decisions, and collaborate with product teams in a remote environment.
Summary Generated by Built In
This is a remote position.
Shuru is an AI-native technology and engineering company that partners with businesses to build and scale high-impact digital products, platforms, and AI-driven solutions. We work with fast-growing organizations across industries, helping them solve complex technology challenges through strong engineering, product, data, and AI capabilities.]
Responsibilities
- Own backend development from architecture and system design through implementation, deployment, and production support.
- Build products from scratch and scale them as usage and business complexity grow.
- Design, develop, and optimize scalable backend services using Python, FastAPI, Django, or Flask.
- Design robust REST APIs, database models, microservices, and event-driven workflows.
- Build distributed systems with fault tolerance, reliable communication, and appropriate data consistency guarantees.
- Make architecture decisions balancing performance, scalability, consistency, security, and maintainability.
- Optimize backend services for low latency, high throughput, and efficient resource utilization.
- Improve monitoring, logging, metrics, and alerting.
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments, and cloud infrastructure.
- Mentor teammates through design discussions, code reviews, and hands-on technical guidance.
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams and take ownership of delivery and product outcomes.
Requirements
- Strong hands-on experience with Python in building, scaling, and operating production-grade backend systems.
- Strong experience with at least one Python backend framework, such as FastAPI, Django, or Flask.
- Solid understanding of Python fundamentals, object-oriented programming, asynchronous programming, concurrency, and multiprocessing.
- Strong understanding of design patterns, architectural principles, and system design.
- Hands-on experience with relational databases, data modeling, SQL query optimization, and REST API development.
- Experience with microservices, event-driven architectures, asynchronous processing, and distributed systems.
- Strong understanding of distributed consistency, concurrency, scalability, fault tolerance, and failure handling.
- Experience with background task processing and messaging systems such as Celery, Kafka, Redis, or RabbitMQ.
- Knowledge of application security, authentication, authorization, and secure data handling.
- Working knowledge of DevOps fundamentals, including CI/CD, Docker, containers, and Kubernetes.
- Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Google Cloud Platform (GCP); AWS experience is also acceptable.
- Ability to work independently, communicate technical decisions, and mentor teammates in a remote environment.
Preferred Background
- Startup experience building products from 0 to 1 and scaling them from 1 to 100.
- Experience owning architecture and delivering greenfield products using Python.
- Experience building high-concurrency, low-latency, and high-throughput backend services.
- Familiarity with Python performance profiling, memory management, async I/O, and application optimization.
- Experience with distributed caching solutions such as Redis.
- Experience with PostgreSQL, database indexing, and query performance optimization.
- Experience in anti-fraud, commercial banking, fintech, or growth engineering is a plus.
- Comfort working with ambiguity, taking ownership, and balancing delivery speed with engineering quality.
Benefits
- Work on challenging, large-scale engineering and data problems.
- Build modern platforms using cutting-edge cloud and data technologies.
- Work closely with experienced engineering, product, and technology leaders.
- Opportunity to take ownership of architecture and key technical decisions.
- Remote-first and collaborative work environment.
- Strong opportunities for learning, leadership, and career growth.
Skills Required
- Strong hands-on experience with Python building, scaling, and operating production-grade backend systems
- Strong experience with at least one Python backend framework, such as FastAPI, Django, or Flask
- Understanding of Python fundamentals, object-oriented programming, asynchronous programming, concurrency, and multiprocessing
- Understanding of design patterns, architectural principles, and system design
- Hands-on experience with relational databases, data modeling, SQL query optimization, and REST API development
- Experience with microservices, event-driven architectures, asynchronous processing, and distributed systems
- Understanding of distributed consistency, concurrency, scalability, fault tolerance, and failure handling
- Experience with background task processing and messaging systems such as Celery, Kafka, Redis, or RabbitMQ
- Knowledge of application security, authentication, authorization, and secure data handling
- Working knowledge of DevOps fundamentals, including CI/CD, Docker, containers, and Kubernetes
- Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Google Cloud Platform; AWS experience is acceptable
- Ability to work independently, communicate technical decisions, and mentor teammates in a remote environment
- Startup experience building products from 0 to 1 and scaling them from 1 to 100
- Experience owning architecture and delivering greenfield products using Python
- Experience building high-concurrency, low-latency, and high-throughput backend services
- Familiarity with Python performance profiling, memory management, async I/O, and application optimization
- Experience with distributed caching solutions such as Redis
- Experience with PostgreSQL, database indexing, and query performance optimization
- Experience in anti-fraud, commercial banking, fintech, or growth engineering
- Comfort working with ambiguity, taking ownership, and balancing delivery speed with engineering quality
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The Company
What We Do
Looking for a self-managed professional team to help take your technology and product strategy to the next level? From leadership consulting to hands-on software delivery, we can support you in many ways. 1. Mobile, Web, Backend Software Development 2. Technology Infrastructure Solutions 3. Technology Scaling Solutions 4. Adopting Emerging Tech like Artificial Intelligence 5. Product & Technology Leadership Our custom software development services specialize in end-to-end product development. With a team of experienced professionals, we can help you navigate the complex world of technology and bring your vision to life. We offer on-demand product leadership and strategic guidance to help your business excel without the full-time commitment of a Chief Product Officer. Our team of experienced product experts works closely with you to understand your unique needs and craft tailored product strategies that align with your business objectives. We provide on-demand technical leadership and expertise to help your business scale and innovate without the full-time commitment of a Chief Technology Officer. As your tech leader, we focus on driving your technology strategy, optimizing your software architecture, and fostering a culture of innovation to propel your business forward. Let us be your go-to resource for all things product and technology. Contact us to learn more about how we can help your business succeed.
