Python Backend Engineer

About Hitachi Solutions India Pvt Ltd:
Hitachi Solutions, Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a core member of Information & Telecommunication Systems Company of Hitachi Group and a recognized leader in delivering proven business and IT strategies and solutions to companies across many industries. The company provides value-driven services throughout the IT life cycle from systems planning to systems integration, operation and maintenance. Hitachi Solutions delivers products and services of superior value to customers worldwide through key subsidiaries in the United States, Europe, China and India. The flagship company in the Hitachi Group's information and communication system solutions business, Hitachi Solutions also offers solutions for social innovation such as smart cities.
Our Competitive Edge
We work together in a dynamic and rewarding work environment. We have an experienced leadership team, excellent technology and product expertise, and strong relationships with a broad base of customers and partners.
We offer competitive compensation and benefits package, regular performance review, performance bonuses, and regular trainings.
What is it like working here?
We pride ourselves on being industry leaders and providing an enjoyable work environment where our people can grow personally and professionally. Hitachi is the place people can develop skills they’re excited about. The following are our commitments to employees.
We recognize our profitability and project success comes from our team—great people doing great things. As such, we pursue profitable growth and expanded opportunities for our team.
We offer challenging and diverse work across multiple industries and reward creativity and entrepreneurial innovation.
We respect, encourage, and support each individual needs to continually learn and grow personally and professionally. We are committed to fostering our people.
We listen. Every employee has something important to say that can contribute to enriching our environment.
We compensate fairly. And while employees might come for the paycheck, they stay for the people. Our people are the reason we are exceptional. This is something we never forget.
Job Description
Job Description:
We are looking for a Python Backend Engineer to join our Product Development team. This is a role focused on innovation, engineering excellence, and making the cloud easier for our customers.
Our Python Engineering role is a full-time position dedicated to designing and building microservices (and APIs) that deliver SaaS and PaaS experiences, underpinning our enterprise Analytics as a Service (AaaS) product and other initiatives.
In this role, you will design and build Python microservices, APIs, and packages leveraging FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, and related tools in Django and Flask. We are looking for candidates with a strong software engineering background, ideally with 4+ years in Python development and modern architectures.
Responsibilities
Write clean, reusable code complete with comments, unit tests, and documentation.
Collaborate closely with team members across engineering, delivery, QA, product, and design.
Build secure, scalable back-end systems that deliver real-world value.
Stay curious and up-to-date on emerging technologies.
Promote usability best practices and code reusability.
Qualifications
Qualifications & Skills
Experience: At least 5 years of relevant software development experience, including 4+ years with Python 3.x, Django/Flask Frameworks, Celery, FastAPI (or other standard industry API), and relational databases (SQL/ORM).
Architecture: Experience with microservices-based architecture and modern cloud-based architecture is essential.
Problem Solving: Demonstrated ability to take complex requirements and develop them into working features with minimal oversight.
Cloud Platforms: Experience with the Azure cloud platform, including development and deployment practices, is desired (knowledge of other cloud platforms is also acceptable). Familiarity with Azure Data Factory and Databricks is also highly valued.
Front-End: Experience with front-end frameworks such as React or Angular is a plus.
Integration: Competency in performing integrations into enterprise applications.
Quality: A strong commitment to writing reliable, scalable, testable, and maintainable code.
Work Style: Self-motivated with a drive to complete tasks within realistic time frames.
Communication: Ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing.
Collaboration: Capable of working well within teams while maintaining effectiveness as an independent contributor.
Additional Information
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