Weekday AI

Senior Backend Engineer

Bengaluru
Level
Senior

Not stated in the posting: salary, work type, visa.

Open. First seen 6 November 2026.

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About the role

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๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ: ๐—ฅ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ - ๐—ฅ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ (๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ฅ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ-๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฃ๐—”)

Experience: 4+ yrs

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will lead the design, development, and deployment of high-performance APIs and microservices utilizing FastAPI, ensuring seamless integration with AWS services such as EC2 and Lambda. You will architect robust data pipelines and manage PostgreSQL databases at scale, while implementing automation and CI/CD pipelines to streamline operations. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, you will translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable code, driving technological excellence and continuous improvement.

Your role will also involve mentoring junior engineers and championing best practices in cloud-native development and API security.

Requirements

๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€

  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable RESTful and GraphQL APIs using FastAPI.
  • Deploy and manage backend services on AWS EC2 instances and serverless Lambda functions.
  • Design and optimize PostgreSQL schemas, queries, and indexing for high performance.
  • Implement CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodePipeline, GitHub Actions, or equivalent tools.
  • Ensure application security through proper authentication, authorization, and encryption practices.
  • Monitor application health and performance using CloudWatch, Prometheus, or Grafana.
  • Collaborate with frontend and data science teams to integrate APIs and data services.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve production incidents, performing root cause analysis and post-mortem reviews.
  • Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using IaC tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
  • Mentor junior developers and conduct code reviews to uphold coding standards and best practices.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ถ๐˜

  • 4+ years of professional experience building backend systems in Python.
  • Deep expertise with FastAPI, including dependency injection and asynchronous execution.
  • Proven experience deploying applications on AWS EC2 and developing Lambda functions.
  • Strong command of PostgreSQL including schema design, query optimization, and replication.
  • Familiarity with serverless architectures and event-driven design patterns.
  • Hands-on knowledge of CI/CD, containerization (Docker), and orchestration (ECS, EKS).
  • Excellent debugging skills and experience with cloud monitoring and logging solutions.
  • Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset for cross-functional teams.
  • Ability to mentor and grow junior engineers while driving architectural decisions.
  • Passion for clean code, automated testing, and continuous delivery.

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

CloudFormation ยท FastAPI ยท GitHub ยท Grafana ยท GraphQL ยท Prometheus ยท Serverless ยท Terraform

Rare in Weekday AI's other 299 open postings.

Standard for backend roles

AWS ยท CI/CD ยท PostgreSQL ยท Python

Common in backend postings at any company.

Compared with Weekday AI's other open jobs.

The team: Weekday's Client via platform HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 430 open in Weekday's Client via platform. 292 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in September: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

Python (141 of 430), CI/CD (128 of 430), AWS (119 of 430), SQL (103 of 430), Azure (96 of 430), REST (91 of 430), GCP (79 of 430)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

From the team and dates on Weekday AI's own job board.

Other openings for this role

2 open postings for this role in Bengaluru, first posted 16 October 2026. The company is likely hiring for more than one position. None has been taken down and posted again.

Salary context

54 other open postings titled Senior Backend Engineer state a salary: median USD 180,000 to USD 220,000 a year.

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