About the Company :
Datum Technologies Group is the go-to partner for comprehensive technology solutions and staffing services. We are industry veterans with expertise in managed services, technology project delivery, and global workforce solutions, with a proven track record of delivering innovative solutions to help businesses optimize operations, reduce costs, and achieve their digital transformation objectives.
Experience : 9+ years
Location : Chennai / Mumbai / Gurugram
Work Mode : Hybrid
About the Role :
We’re hiring a Python Engineer to build scalable RESTful APIs and backend services for AI-driven projects. You’ll work with FastAPI , Pydantic , Docker , and CI / CD pipelines to deliver secure, high-performance systems. Ideal candidates have strong Python expertise, experience with async programming , MySQL / Redis , and a passion for clean, efficient code.
Responsibilities :
- Design and develop maintainable and structured RESTful APIs and backend services for AI projects using modern Python frameworks, including data models, validation, pagination, error handling, versioning, and OpenAPI / JSON Schema contracts.
- Collaborate with development team members to understand product requirements and translate them into software designs.
- Participate in meetings with project teams and collaborate with stakeholders to answer technical questions and provide technical guidance.
- Follow security, privacy, and compliance guidelines when developing applications like zero-trust, data minimization, retention policies, safe logging, and using secret management tools like Vault.
- Write robust, comprehensive tests using pytest, enforce quality using type hints, mypy, ruff / black, and / or pre-commit, and drive code reviews and documentation.
- Implement concurrency patterns (asyncio, multiprocessing, task queues) for low-latency inference, parallel evaluation, and high-throughput processing.
- Troubleshoot issues, complete bug fixes, optimize for performance and implement new features across various components of the software stack.
- Containerize services with Docker that allows autoscaling and continuous integration and deployment of services.
- Implement and maintain automated processes for data handling and service deployment.
- Document methodologies and follow best practices in software engineering and API development.
Qualifications :
Strong coding fundamentals with proven software engineering experience.Advanced Python expertise with deep understanding of the language and its ecosystem.Hands-on experience with FastAPI for building high-performance APIs.Experienced with API gateways and API management practices.Proficient in using Pydantic for data validation and configuration management.Strong knowledge of multiprocessing and concurrency patterns in Python.Experienced in using Docker for containerization and deployment.Skilled in data manipulation and working with data models with hands-on experience using relational databases like MySQL and caching / queues such as Redis, Celery / RQ, or similar.Proficient in test-driven development and code coverage best practices using testing frameworks like pytest, implementing CI / CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, and ensuring comprehensive observability through metrics, tracing and logging.Strong oral and written communication skills.Ability and desire to learn new processes and technologies in a fast-paced environment.