Senior Software Engineer, Backend Development (Python)
S&P Global (company site, opens in a new tab)5+ yrsHyderabadOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 28–45 LPA
Posted 16h ago
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About This Role
- Design, develop, test, and maintain reliable, secure, and high-performance backend systems and APIs powering Kensho’s AI applications.
- Build and optimize APIs and orchestration services integrating with machine learning systems to support complex data retrieval and GenAI outputs at scale.
- Contribute to backend architecture decisions, implement monitoring and security best practices, and collaborate across Product, ML, Infrastructure, and Design teams to ensure robust and maintainable AI-driven applications.
Minimum Requirements
- 5+ years of experience developing customer-facing APIs within a team environment.
- Proficiency in Python backend frameworks such as Flask, FastAPI, or Django REST Framework.
- Experience with distributed systems concepts, concurrency, event-driven architectures, messaging/task queues (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, Celery), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud deployment (AWS preferred).
- Work Experience Required: 5+ years; Notice Period: Not explicitly mentioned in the JD.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Experienced backend engineer skilled at turning complex AI/ML requirements into scalable, low-latency services with a strong focus on system observability, reliability, and security.
- Comfortable working in product-focused, cross-functional teams encompassing ML, product, infrastructure, and design to deliver high-impact AI applications.
- Strong technical judgment in software architecture, system performance optimization, and operational excellence within cutting-edge AI platforms and integrations.